Seminar

IGM Seminar Series

Inclusive growth in a time of multiple crisis

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the world in a profound and unexpected way. In Mozambique, like elsewhere, the public sector, businesses, academia, development practitioners and communities have been forced to radically adapt their ways of working and thinking in order to push ahead in a challenging situation.

Moving onto a digital platform, the IGM Seminar Series wants to take stock of these developments and continue to deliver on our programme’s mission to produce and share relevant research for better economic and social policy.

Presenting the current research carried out under the IGM programme, the seminar series will explore the challenges of promoting inclusive growth in Mozambique at a time of overlapping crises: the economic and financial crisis of hidden debt, the climate crisis, and the global health crisis.

Programme

Seminars will be run using the Zoom video-conferencing platform. Each seminar will feature a presentation of 30 minutes followed by a moderated Q&A session for discussion.

The presentations will be in Portuguese.

The seminars will take place on a Thursday at 15:0016:00 (Maputo time, GMT +2).

The programme for the series will be regularly updated throughout the second half of 2020 as seminars are confirmed.

 

Date

Seminar

Thursday 18 June 2020

Evolution of multidimensional poverty in crisis-ridden Mozambique
Presenters:
Eva-Maria Egger, UNU-WIDER
Finn Tarp, University of Copenhagen
Vincenzo Salvucci, University of Copenhagen

Moderator: Ricardo Santos, UNU-WIDER

WIDER Working Paper | Presentation slides (in Portuguese) | Video recording (in Portuguese)

Thursday 16 July
2020

Africa’s lockdown dilemma — High poverty and low trust
Presenters:
Ivan Manhique, UNU-WIDER
Ricardo Santos, UNU-WIDER

Moderator: Inês Ferreira, University of Copenhagen

WIDER Working Paper | Presentation slides (in Portuguse) | Video recording (in Portuguese) 

Thursday 20 August
2020

The effects of the Maputo ring road on the quantity and quality of nearby housing
Presenter:
Peter Fisker, University of Copenhaguen

Moderator: Ricardo Santos, UNU-WIDER

WIDER Working Paper | Video recording (in Portuguese)

Thursday 17 September
2020

The effects of firm formalization: A mixed-method study on Mozambique
Presenter:
Hanna Berkel, University of Copenhagen

Moderator: Ricardo Santos, UNU-WIDER

Presentation slides (in Portuguese) | Video recording (in Portuguese)

Thursday 15 October 2020

Elections and the African electoral system: challenges and prospects for Mozambique
Presenter:
A. Hama Thay, Eduardo Mondlane University

Moderator: Ricardo Santos, UNU-WIDER

Working Paper | Presentation slides (in Portuguese) | Video recording (in Portuguese)

Thursday 19 November 2020

POSTPONED: The contribution of digital financial services to financial inclusion in Mozambique: an ARDL model approach
Presenter:
Carla Fernandes, University of Eduardo Mondlane

Moderator: Ricardo Santos, UNU-WIDER

Working Paper

Thursday 18 February 2021

The socioeconomic impact of coal mining in Mozambique
Presenters:
Eva-Maria Egger,, UNU-WIDER
Jorge Mouco, UNU-WIDER
Michael Keller, University of Copenhagen

Moderator: Ricardo Santos, UNU-WIDER

Presentation slides (in Portuguese) | Video recording (in Portuguese)

Thursday 18 March 2021

Economic complexity and structural transformation: the case of Mozambique   
Presenters:
Bjørn Bo Sørensen, University of Copenhagen
Christian Estmann Hansen, University of Copenhagen

Moderator: Ricardo Santos, UNU-WIDER

Working Paper | Presentation slides | Video recording

Thursday 15 April 2021

Macroeconomic impact of COVID-19 in Mozambique 
Presenter:
Rosário Betho, Ministry of Economy and Finance of Mozambique

Moderator: Ricardo Santos, UNU-WIDER

Presentation slides (in Portuguese) | Video recording (in Portuguese)

Thursday 20 May 2021

Preventing Islamic radicalization: experimental evidence on anti-social behavior
Presenter:
Pedro Vicente, Professor of Economics at Nova School of Business and Economics (Nova SBE)

Moderator: Ricardo Santos, UNU-WIDER

Presentation slides | Video recorging (in Portuguese)