Inclusive growth in Mozambique – scaling-up research and capacity

The Inclusive growth in Mozambique (IGM) is a research and capacity development programme supporting Mozambique since 2015 in designing evidence-based policies that support inclusive growth benefitting the poorest and most vulnerable groups. It is implemented by the National Directorate of Economic and Development Policies (DNPED) of the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Mozambique (MEF) and the Centre for Economic and Management Studies (CEEG) of the Faculty of Economics of the Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM) in partnership with the Development Economics Research Group at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH-DERG) and the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER).

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Policy brief
Expanding social protection in Mozambique (in Portuguese)
Simulating different scenarios for PSSB upgrade and expansion
This policy brief aims to assess the impact of different scenarios for updating PSSB values on levels of poverty and inequality in Mozambique, as well as the fiscal space required.

Márcia C. Chelengo, José Cardoso and Gito Mataba

Opinion
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Digital platforms and job search

Sam Jones and Kunal Sen

Digital technologies can be deployed to improve job search, but their effectiveness in practice is disrupted. This column uses experimental data to investigate the effect of a digital job-matching platform on the labour outcomes of...

August 2022

News
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Call for Papers – IGM Annual Conference 2022
The Inclusive growth in Mozambique (IGM) programme will organize its annual conference 2022 on 8 November in Maputo, Mozambique, on the topic of ‘Private sector dynamics and wellbeing in Mozambique’. National and international researchers are...

11 August 2022

Training
IGM
Course on poverty, inequality and growth
On 1-3 August 2022, the Inclusive growth in Mozambique (IGM) programme organizes a short course on poverty, inequality and growth, with a focus on Mozambique, for the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Mozambique (MEF).

1-3 August 2022

Training
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Second MOZMOD retreat
In collaboration with the national MOZMOD team, International Labour Organization (ILO) Mozambique, Ministry of Economy and Finance of Mozambique (MEF) and the Southern Africa for Social Policy Research Insights (SASPRI), UNU-WIDER organizes a 5-day MOZMOD...

25-29 April 2022, Ponta do Ouro, Mozambique