September 25, 1982 Development Studies in Zimbabwe T V Satyamurthy THE task of bending the colonial university structure in third world countries to a better appreciation of the urgent needs of development in the context of independence has never been an easy one. It is doubly difficult when the country involved has gone through a struggle for national liberation leading up to the formation of a new state. Seldom has this problem been faced more forthrightly than in the context of development research in Zimbabwe.