Jabou,
I checked and,indeed,the Lancaster House Agreement provides for land
acquisition for resettlement during the first decade of Zimbabwe's
independence which "broadly followed a willing buyer/willing seller
approach,aided by resources made available by Great Britain," according to
donor assessment. I suspect that the absentee-landlord's intransigence is a
reaction, in part, to the Zimbabwean leadership.  Should there be a change
in policy in Harare, including disengagement in the DRC conflict, and
Blaire's huge majority in parliament holds to a reasonable degree, I
beleive you will see some progress in the resettlement problem with both
Britain and the donor community reacting positively.
On Basil's p
oint that Mugabe squandered the bouyant economy he inherited
from Ian Smith;while it is true that Zimbabwe moved from net exporter to
net importer of food,I do not beleive that on the monetary front things
were all that rosy as you seem to be claimimg. According to yet another
assessment the "complex array of price, investment,interest rate,foreign
exchange and import controls(mostly inherited from the UDI era)" could have
only gone to protecting domestic production,stifle competetion and
discourage investment.The historical perspective of Yusupha is relevant.
Sidi Sanneh

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