In brief | Inclusive growth in Mozambique

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

Opinion

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

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

Opinion

How can research help Least Developed Countries achieve sustainable development?

Kunal Sen

The next decade is a make-or-break for the world’s most vulnerable countries. To tackle the unprecedented confluence of COVID-19, climate, and economic crises, new solutions are desperately needed. Scientific research is one key for finding...

October 2021

Opinion

Mozambique's difficult decade: three lessons to inform next steps

Sam Jones and Finn Tarp

At the start of the last decade, Mozambique’s prospects looked stellar. Following from the early 1990s, when peace finally arrived after a devastating and protracted armed conflict, this vast country in Southern Africa could look...

June 2021

Policy brief

Universal subsidy for children between 0 - 2 years old as a strategy to reduce poverty and inequality in Mozambique

Geral A. Bazo, Zeca Saide, Morais Sapula and Vanda...

This brief estimates the impact of introducing a universal child allowance on the levels of poverty and inequality in Mozambique and provides estimates of the costs of its expansion.

May 2021

Research brief

Is technical and vocational education and training a solution for youth unemployment?

UNU-WIDER

Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is often seen as a silver bullet resolving issues ranging from youth unemployment to labour market-related structural change.

May 2021

Policy brief

Closing the gap of old age social protection (in Portuguese)

Imarciana Cunamizana, Marcos Muianga, Celso...

This policy brief aims to assess the impact of different scenarios for introducing an old-age pension in Mozambique on the country's levels of poverty and inequality, as well as the necessary fiscal space.

April 2021

Opinion

Adding insult to injury: the impacts of COVID-19 on urban youth in Mozambique

Eva-Maria Egger, Ivan Manhique and Finn Tarp

The negative economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mozambique range from reduced social interaction to business closures, job losses, and increased poverty.

April 2021

Opinion