Seminar

Presentation of MOZMOD – a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Mozambique

The Ministry of Economy and Finance of Mozambique will, together with the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), the Southern African Social Policy Research Institute (SASPRI) and ILO Mozambique, lauch a tax-benefit microsimulation model called MOZMOD on 3 July 2019.

The MOZMOD model has been developed in cooperation with staff from the Directorate of Economic and Financial Studies (DEEF) of the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Southern African Social Policy Research Institute (SASPRI), based in South Africa, in the context of a project called SOUTHMOD.

The objective of SOUTHMOD, implemented in collaboration with UNU-WIDER, the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) at the University of  Essex in UK, and SASPRI, is to promote a tax-benefit microsimulation modeling in developing countries using the EUROMOD tax-benefit microsimulation software.

The EUROMOD platform has been developed by Professor Holly Sutherland and colleagues over years through funds from the Europe Commission. Mozambique is one of the first developing countries to use the software.

The MOZMOD launch event will be followed by a 2.5-day training for key end users identified from the Government of Mozambique.

For more information about the model, including how to access and use it, is available here

 

Preliminary Programme

08:00 – 08:30

Registration

08:30 – 08:45

Welcoming words
Director Vasco Nhabinde, DEEF/Ministry of Economy and Finance

08:45 – 08:55

Introduction to UNU-WIDER
Ricardo Santos, UNU-WIDER | slides (in Portuguese)

08:55 – 09:10

Introduction to SOUTHMOD
Christine Byaruhanga, SASPRI

09:10 – 09:40

Introduction to MOZMOD

  • What is the tax and benefit microsimulation model and how can it help policy makers? 
    José Cardoso, DEEF/Ministry of Economy and Finance
  • What is MOZMOD? Presentation of the benefits simulated by INAS
    Vanadio Monteiro, INAS

09:40 – 10:00

Discussion
Chair:  Enilde Sarmento, DEEF/Ministry of Economy and Finance

10:00 – 10:15

Presentation of MOZMOD: Closing Speech
Adriano Maleiane, Minister of Economy and Finance (TBC)

10:15 – 10:30

Group photo

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee