17 there been any comprehensive assessment of the costs and damages to these groups, although there has been extensive analysis of the effects of the land reform process on the agricultural sector, and this suggests that the poorly-executed land reform process is the single factor explaining the calamitous decline of the Zimbabwe economy. 31 While such global analyses are undoubtedly important, they do not show the picture of the individual suffering of farmers and farm workers, nor do they demonstrate the individual losses and damages incurred during the past 6 years. This report is an attempt to fill that gap. 31 See again Craig J. Richardson, “Property Rights, Land Reforms, and the Hidden Architecture of Capitalism”, DEVELOPMENT POLICY OUTLOOK, No. 2, 2006. American Enterprise Institute. A Preliminary Report on Human Rights Violations on Commercial Farms, 2000 to 2005.