In brief | Inclusive growth in Mozambique

Research brief

Critical reflection on the formalization of firms in Mozambique

Hanna Berkel and Hilário Muchabel

Despite global efforts to formalize enterprises, the majority still operate informally. Recent data from 2022 indicates that 8 out of 10 enterprises globally remain informal. Advocates for formalization policies at the ILO and OECD argue...

November 2024

Opinion

Understanding Mozambique’s social protection system in the context of recurring shocks – perspectives from the field

Sara Almeida and Amadeu das Neves

Effective social protection programmes that meet local needs can significantly enhance well-being and break the cycle of structural poverty among the poor and vulnerable. Measuring their effectiveness and understanding their impact is crucial for policymakers...

October 2024

Opinion

Budget credibility in Mozambique – challenges and solutions

Félix Mambo and Ricardo Santos

Mozambique ranks in the bottom 20 of the human development index, with nearly two-thirds of its population (18.9 million people) living below the USD 0.70-a-day national poverty line. Simultaneously, the country struggles to finance public...

September 2024

Opinion

Business environment in Mozambique (poster)

Juli Melembe, Kenny Mutar

INTRODUCTION This poster summarizes recent developments in Mozambique’s business environment, focusing on key findings from the Mozambican manufacturing enterprise survey (IIM 2012-17-22), created under the Inclusive Growth in Mozambique (IGM) programme. It examines four dimensions...

April 2024

Opinion

The employment journey in Mozambique (poster)

Pamela Mabunda, Valdemiro Américo

KEY FINDINGS Many students find themselves facing inactivity, unemployment, and informal work [5 & 8]. Women in TVET face more obstacles than men in labor transitions [2, 5 & 8]. Peer salary information significantly influences...

April 2024

Opinion

The evolution of poverty in Mozambique (poster)

Hilário Muchabel, Telça Massingue

Consumption Poverty (CP) decreased until 14/15, but then increased sharply until 19/20.Multidimensional Poverty (MP) steadily improved, reducing to about half of its 96/97 level in 19/20.The South is multidimensionally less poor than the Center and...

April 2024

Opinion

The anatomy of the presource curse (poster)

Marcelo Mucocana, Vasco Vilanculo

The presource curse in Mozambique Natural resource exploitation is often associated with macroeconomic distortions due to Dutch Disease. In Mozambique major challenges have emerged in the discovery and development phases, years prior to actual production...

April 2024

Opinion

A mount of vegetables on display at a market in Maputo

Studying food price dynamics in Mozambique – insights from the field

Firmino Guiliche, Elina Penttinen, Naira Materula

In Mozambique, analysing how and why food prices change is crucial. Understanding the dynamics of price formation is fundamental to mitigate the adverse effects of price volatility to the economy. Detailed data on the prices...

April 2024

Opinion

Can agriculture be the key to Mozambican prosperity? Report from the 2023 IGM Annual Conference

Márcia Chelengo

More than 70% of the Mozambican population depends on subsistence agriculture. As such, the agriculture sector is undoubtedly of fundamental importance to the country’s wellbeing. It has enormous potential to reduce poverty, promote food security...

January 2024

Opinion

How institutions matter in Mozambique

Launched in 2015 and completed in 2022, the Institutional Diagnostic Project aimed at identifying institutional factors that affect development, reforms that may help address existing institutional constraints, and factors that can preclude or enable these...

October 2023

Opinion

Manufacturing firms in Mozambique – surviving but not thriving

A well-functioning manufacturing sector has the potential to transform an economy by generating high-quality and poverty-reducing employment, fuelling growth through enhanced productivity and innovation, and improving the opportunities for trade in the globally interconnected economy...

July 2023

Research brief

Perceptions of inequality among young adults in Mozambique

Giulia Barletta, Ines A. Ferreira and Vincenzo...

A recent study examines how inequality is perceived among young adults in Mozambique and how perceptions of inequality correlate with different demographic characteristics, including gender. It focuses on how young Mozambicans view the disparities between...

May 2023

Policy brief

Impact of the expansion on the Program of the Basic Social Subsidy (PSSB) in Mozambique (in Portuguese)

Floriano Xavier, Finório Castigo, Zeca Saide, Gito...

A expansão do Programa de Subsídio Social Básico (PSSB) tem um potencial de reduzir a taxa de pobreza, cobrindo odos os agregados familiares elegíveis , embora potencialmente com um maior custo para o Estado.

February 2023

Opinion

Policy panel at IGM Annual Conference 2022

Assessing the health of the private sector in Mozambique: Key findings from the IGM Annual Conference 2022

Josenilde Mário Janguia

Since 2016, the private sector in Mozambique has faced several external shocks, including terrorism in Cabo Delgado, Cyclones Idai and Kenneth, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Ukrainian conflict and its impact on commodity prices and...

December 2022

Policy brief

Expanding social protection in Mozambique (in Portuguese)

Márcia C. Chelengo, José Cardoso and Gito Mataba

O Programa Subsídio Social Básico (PSSB) é um programa de transferência de renda mensal, não condicional, por tempo indeterminado, com o objectivo de reforçar o bem-estar da população pobre e vulnerável.

April 2022

Opinion

Will COVID-19 bring winds of change in Mozambique?

Selma Inocência

This blog by the Mozambican journalist Selma Inocência discusses the main takeaways of the IGM Annual Conference 2021 'The economic impacts of COVID-19 in Mozambique and future perspectives', held o 24 November 2021.

December 2021