In brief | Inclusive growth in Mozambique

Opinion

Poverty and Inequality – twins or just siblings?

Ricardo Santos

Sitting in the large conference room where we are being invited to ‘Think WIDER’ at the WIDER Development Conference this September. Surrounded by, and listening to, the great minds that do analyses and research on...

September 2018

Policy brief

Employment expectations of university students in Mozambique

Ricardo Santos and Sam Jones

Before now, there has been no systematic study of the transition of university students as they finish their studies and enter the labour market. This Policy Brief summarises the findings of a baseline survey of...

August 2018

Opinion

Baseline survey on Mozambican university graduates’ school-to-work transitions

Félix Mambo

Baseline Survey on the School-to-Work Transitions of University Graduates in Mozambique will be launched on 4 September. This baseline survey is part of a larger study that will improve our understanding of the labour market...

August 2018

Research brief

Potential benefits and pitfalls of extractives in Mozambique

UNU-WIDER

Mozambique has seen a significant expansion of interest and investment in its extractive industries. New gas finds in the past ten years have led to expectations that these industries will contribute very significantly to the...

July 2018

Opinion

Mozambique: improving our understanding of the potential of manufacturing

Vincenzo Salvucci

Mozambique’s manufacturing industry is facing many challenges. Nevertheless, we should not underestimate its linkages to the rest of the economy and its potential in terms of job creation and structural transformation.

June 2018

Opinion

Obstacles for Mozambique’s manufacturing firms amplified by macroeconomic disturbances

Peter Fisker

Mozambique has been facing macroeconomic difficulties since 2015. This has amplified the obstacles for micro, small and medium-sized manufacturing firms, but the actual problems lie deeper.

June 2018

Policy brief

The business environment of Mozambican manufacturing firms

Ricardo Santos

The 2017 Survey of Mozambican Manufacturing Firms builds on data collected in 2012 from surviving firms to trace how changing economic conditions have affected the development of firms over five years. The survey takes an...

April 2018

Policy brief

Workforce and leadership characteristics in Mozambican manufacturing

Ricardo Santos

April 2018

Opinion

Three key findings on child poverty for Mozambican policy makers

Vincenzo Salvucci

Mozambique has experienced rapid growth and reductions in poverty over the last twenty years. The latest poverty report showed a decline in the poverty rate of about 25 percentage points over the period 1996/97-2014/15, from...

January 2018

Opinion

What would it take for Mozambique’s growth to be inclusive?

Ricardo Santos

In late November 2017 more than 100 people gathered in Maputo, Mozambique, to participate in a joint reflection on poverty and inequality in the country. We had the opportunity to host eight international researchers who...

December 2017

Opinion

What role for East African hydrocarbons in the global economy post-Paris COP21?

Evelyn Dietsch

Over the past decade significant hydrocarbon discoveries have been made across East Africa. Unsurprisingly, the respective governments countries have been excited about these discoveries, expecting revenue and local economic opportunities to follow suit. However, concerns...

October 2017

Policy brief

Multidimensional poverty and wellbeing in Mozambique

Ricardo Santos and Vincenzo Salvucci

Poverty is a multidimensional phenomenon involving things other than consumption — such as access to and quality of health and education, housing, possession of durable goods, freedom, and many other factors. The consumption and multidimensional...

February 2017

Policy brief

Poverty in Mozambique – significant progress but challenges remain

Ricardo Santos and Vincenzo Salvucci

In 1990, Mozambique was one of the poorest countries in the world, with poverty estimated to reach 80% of the total population. At that stage, a Millennium Development Goal of reducing this proportion by half...

December 2016

Opinion

Some good news from Mozambique: poverty levels have been reduced

Channing Arndt and Finn Tarp

There has been a serious deficit of good news in Mozambique for quite some time. The recent release of Mozambique’s Fourth Poverty Assessment, based on a large nationally representative household survey conducted in 2014-15, provides...

November 2016

Opinion

Poverty and wellbeing in Mozambique

Vincenzo Salvucci, Ricardo Santos and James...

Policy advisers, development practitioners, and government representatives gathered on 25 October 2016 to discuss Mozambique’s progress over the past three decades with the release of Mozambique’s 4th National Poverty Assessment. Based on the 2014/15 household...

October 2016

Opinion

Macroeconomic policy in Mozambique

Ricardo Santos

On 25 October 2016, the Inclusive Growth in Mozambique project brought together key actors in macroeconomic policy management from the Ministry of Finance, the Bank of Mozambique, and Mozambican academia. The goal was to jointly...

October 2016