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Government Policies Lead to Collapse of Zimbabwe Economy

NPR

By Jason Beaubien

Published June 2, 2006 at 6:00 AM EDT

Hear the story of and see images from last year's Operation Murambatsvina.

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Jason Beaubien is NPR's Global Health and Development Correspondent on the Science Desk.

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