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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News
Switzerland signs agreement to support IGM Phase II
On 22 February 2023, the Swiss Embassy in Mozambique signed a funding agreement of US$2.2 million to support the second phase of the Inclusive growth in Mozambique programme. By signing the agreement, the Swiss Embassy...

February 2023

News
Agriculture
Call for Papers – IGM Annual Conference 2023
The 2023 annual academic conference of the Inclusive growth in Mozambique (IGM) programme will take place in November in Maputo, Mozambique, under the topic of ‘Agricultural development in Mozambique: trends, challenges and opportunities’.

February 2023

News
Doha
IGM featured at 5th UN LDC Conference
On 5–9 March 2023, world leaders, parliamentarians, CSOs, the private sector, and youth representatives gathered in Doha, Qatar, to the 5th United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDCs). The aim of this one-in-a-decade...

March 2023

Seminar
Info Session
IGM Call for Papers 2023: Information session
The Inclusive growth in Mozambique (IGM) will organize its annual academic conference in November 2023 in Maputo, Mozambique, on the topic of ‘Agricultural development in Mozambique: trends, challenges and opportunities’.

February 2023

Conference
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IGM Annual Conference 2022
How is the Mozambican private sector doing today? This is one of the questions raised during the IGM Annual Conference 2022, ‘Private sector dynamics and well-being in Mozambique’, held on 8 November 2022 in Maputo...

8 November 2022, Maputo

In the media
IGM Annual Conference 2022
Local media cover IGM Annual Conference 2022
‘The Government of Mozambique should urgently adopt policies to promote inclusive growth and reduce poverty in the country. The private sector has great potential in supporting these goals.’ These were the two messages echoed by...

8 November 2022

Working paper
Migration out of poverty

Maimuna Ibraimo and Eva-Maria Egger

Internal migration plays an important role in the economic development of individuals, their families, and their country. This study describes Mozambique’s most common migration patterns from 1992 until 2017 using data from three population censuses.

January 2023

Working paper
The evolution of inequality in Mozambique

Giulia Barletta, Maimuna Ibraimo, Vincenzo...

After decades of war, ending in 1992, Mozambique embarked on a path of sustained economic growth and substantial poverty reduction. However, these positive dynamics started to revert from 2015, with per capita growth rates getting...

December 2022

Working paper
Determinants of gender gaps in youth employment in urban Mozambique

Jana Bischler, Eva-Maria Egger, Paul Jasper, Ivan...

In this study, we explore the correlates of the employment gender gap among urban youth in Mozambique. Young people are confronted with simultaneous decisions about education, work and family life influenced by social norms around...

December 2022

Working paper
Documenting the 2019 Social Accounting Matrix for Mozambique

Antonio S. Cruz, Cipriano Cláudio, Vincenzo...

This technical note describes how the 2015 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for Mozambique was updated. New Household Budget Survey data availability, changes in the economic structure as captured by the underlying Supply and Use Tables...

December 2022