Public Problems
These are the key issues that are faced in Zimbabwe and are addressed by the think tanks profiled on this website.
Economy
- High Levels of Unemployment
- Hyperinflation
- International isolation (sanctions)
- Weak or no economic growth as measured by GDP
- De-industrialization/closure of companies
- Limited Utilization of factory capacity
- Collapse of infrastructure
- High prices of goods
- Cash shortages
- Weak demands over goods

Agriculture
- Contestations over land reform and disagreements over compensation model
- Land Reform induced decline/collapse of agricultural performance (2000-2008)
- Food crises/increase in number of food insecure households
- Shrinking of land under irrigation
- Shortage of productive inputs
- Climate change induced challenges

Health
- Shortage or unavailability of essential drugs
- Shortage of machines to carry out basic procedures
- Skills Migration (Doctors and Nurses)
- Poor remuneration for Doctor and Nurses

Housing
- Weak or no supply of low priced housing stock
- Increasing number of families on housing waiting lists
- Weak financing mechanisms to support supply of housing especially for BOP based households
- Increasing prices of stands
- Increasing number of people living in informal settlements

Education
- Growth in population not matched by increase in education infrastructure
- High levels of teacher absenteeism
- Skills Migration of highly qualified professionals
- Poor remuneration of teachers
- Shortage of textbooks
- Increasing numbers of school drop outs

Politics & Governance
- Polarization & High levels of intolerance of dissenting views
- Weak or no respect for rule of law
- Failure to manage succession within political parties
- Abuse of electoral processes
- Election based/related violence
- Increase in the number of citizen-based protests on government actions
