Conference

Conference on poverty and inequality in Mozambique

What is at stake?

This conference will bring together government representatives, policy advisors, and development practitioners to discuss the latest results on, as well as methodologies to study, poverty and inequality in Mozambique.

With both local and international speakers, the conference will promote more in-depth analyses of issues ranging from multidimensional poverty to agricultural investment as well as gender equality in the Mozambican context. The overarching aim is to inform innovative policies for more inclusive growth in the country.

The conference will take place on 27 November 2017 at Hotel Avenida in Maputo. Participants are also welcome to take part in the related Public forum on the challenges of inequality in Mozambique on 28 November 2017 at the Complexo Pedagógico of Eduardo Mondlane University.

Programme

08:30-09:00	Registration
09:00-09:45	Welcome and Opening Emílio Tostão, Scientific Director of Eduardo Mondlane University Representative, Ministry of Economics and Finance Laura Torvinen, Ambassador of Finland Finn Tarp, Director of UNU-WIDER
09:45-10:00	Coffee
10:00-12:00	Plenary session 1: Poverty and Inequalities Chair: Jakko Jakkila Carlos Gradín and Finn Tarp \| Slides Investigating inequality in Mozambique Servass van der Berg and Carlos da Maia \| Slides Educational inequality in Mozambique Conchita D´Ambrosio and Andrew Clark \| Slides Living conditions and wellbeing: evidence from African countries Válerie Berenger \| Slides Levels and trends in multidimensional poverty in some Southern and Eastern African countries using counting based approaches
12:00- 13:00	Lunch
13:00-15:00	Plenary session 2: Gender and children, in collaboration with UNICEF-Mozambique Chair: António Cruz Carlos Gradín and Finn Tarp \| Slides Gender inequality in employment in Mozambique Jacques Silber and Joseph Deutsch \| Slides On women’s empowerment and child health: the case of Mozambique Andrea Rossi and Vincenzo Salvucci \| Slides Multidimensional poverty of children in Mozambique: determinants of key components Cecilia Navarra \| Slides Contracts between smallholders and private firms in rural Mozambique: implications on gender inequalities
15:00-15:15	Coffee
15:15-16:45	Parallel sessions A. Labour and Land Chair: Faizal Carsane Yonesse Paris \| Slides Os Determinantes da Participação da Mulher na Força de Trabalho em Moçambique, 2014/15 Félix Mambo \| Slides Procura por Educação Primária em Moçambique Gimelgo Xirinda \| Slides Impacto da Posse da Terra no Investimento Agrícola: O Caso de Moçambique Matias Farahane \| Slides O Papel da Terra na Agricultura Camponesa Moçambicana B. Poverty Chair: Representative of the Directorate of Economic and Financial Studies Finório Castigo \| Slides Estimativas e Perfil da Pobreza em Moçambique: Uma Analise Baseada no Inquérito sobre Orçamento Familiar - IOF 2014/15 Edson Mazive \| Slides Crescimento pró-pobre em Moçambique: Evidências a nível dos sectores de actividade económica, 2008/9- 2014/15 Maimuna Ibraimo \| Slides Os Determinantes da Pobreza em Moçambique, 2014/15 Félix Mambo, Ricardo dos Santos, Vincenzo Salvucci e Yonesse Paris \| Slides Efeito da crise de 2015-16 sobre consumo real e pobreza dos agregados familiares em Moçambique
16:45-17:00	Closing remarks Carlos Gradín

Event details

27 November 2017
09:00-17:00

Hotel Avenida
Av. Julius Nyerere 627, 3236
Maputo

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