1: Introduction Theorising the Political Economy of Livelihoods in Contemporary Zimbabwe Sandra Bhatasara, Manase Kudzai Chiweshe and Kirk Helliker 2: Livelihood Strategies of Urban Women: Emerging Evidence from Magaba, Harare Takunda Chirau 3: Construction of Livelihood Strategies in Budiriro, Harare Tafadzwa Chevo 4: Sex Work as a Livelihood Strategy in the Border Town of Beitbridge Wadzanai Takawira and Kirk Helliker 5: Migration and Survival in post-2000 Zimbabwe Manase Kudzai Chiweshe 6: Agricultural Production Systems of Small-Scale Farmers in Hwedza in the Context of Innovation Platforms Innocent Mahiya 7: Development NGOs Understanding Participatory Methods, Accountability and Effectiveness of World Vision in Umzingwane District Kayla Knight Waghorn 8: A Critical Analysis of Community Participation at the Primary Level of the Health System in Goromonzi District Rachel Gondo 9: Climate Variability in Local Scales Narratives and Ambivalences from Mutoko District Sandra Bhatasara 10: Livelihoods Vulnerability among Riverbed Farmers in Negande, NyamiNyami District Felix Tombindo 11: Let Them Starve so that they Hear us Differing Perspectives on Unresolved Land Occupations and Livelihoods at Mushandike Smallholder Irrigation Scheme, Masvingo District Jonathan Mafukidze 12: Other People Inherit Property, But I Inherit People and Their Problems The Role of Kinship and Social Capital in Providing Care and Support for the HIV Infected and AIDS Affected, Chivanhu Informal Settlement, Masvingo Province&aml“ˆ