Voting with Their Feet

Migrant Zimbabwean Nurses and Doctors in the Era of Structural Adjustment

Rudo Gaidzanwa

 

Synopsis

This research report examines the ways in which medical professionals have responded to the changing environment of work and livelihood in Zimbabwe since the adoption of a structural adjustment program. Of particular interest are those doctors and nurses who took a decision to migrate from Zimbabwe to Botswana and South Africa in search of "greener pastures".

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Rudo Gaidzanwa is a professor at the University of Zimbabwe. Her research interests include Industrial Sociology; Gender and Education.

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