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Intergenerational mobility in Mozambique
A recent study provides new insights into intergenerational social mobility in Mozambique, focusing on education and occupation, as well as multidimensional and subjective well-being. This adds an important perspective to existing national poverty and well-being...

February 2025

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Agricultural development in Mozambique 2002–2020

Sofiare Jamú

Importance of agriculture Agriculture is fundamental to Mozambique’s national development as stated in the constitution. It is the primary source of income for over 70% of the population and contributes 23% to the country’s GDP...

February 2025

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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