In Mozambique, analysing how and why food prices change is crucial. Understanding the dynamics of price formation is fundamental to mitigate the adverse effects of price volatility to the economy. Detailed data on the prices...

The second LDC Future Forum — organized by the United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS) and the Government of Finland...

More than 70% of the Mozambican population depends on subsistence agriculture. As such, the agriculture sector is undoubtedly of fundamental importance to the country’s wellbeing. It has enormous potential to reduce poverty, promote food security...

From 12 to 15 December 2023, the Brazilian Econometric Society hosted its 45th Annual Meeting at the Windsor Barra Hotel in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event featured a series of presentations on research carried...

On 23 November 2023, the International Growth Centre (IGC) in Mozambique organized a half-day event entitled ‘Recovery and Resilience of Firms in the Face of Crises in Mozambique’ at Hotel Avenida, in Maputo. The event...

‘The Government of Mozambique advocates for adding more value to agricultural production. Agricultural production should increase its contribution to the national economy.’ These were the key messages echoed by the Mozambican media when covering the...

´The industrial sector in Mozambique remains stagnant, and with a bleak outlook´. This was the main message echoed by the Mozambican media when covering the launch of the final report of the Survey of Mozambican...

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...

The Inclusive Growth in Mozambique programme jointly with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) representative office in Maputo launched a series of Brown Bag events on 31 August 2023, inviting UNU-WIDER Research Fellow Sam Jones to...

On 10–13 July, the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI) and the Centre for African and Development Studies (CEsA) organized a four-day conference in Lisbon, Portugal. The event, entitled ‘Towards New Rhythms...

On 20 April, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Research Centre for Agricultural Food Policy and Programs (CEPPAG) of the University of Eduardo Mondlane (UEM) organized a workshop to discuss the challenges...

On 5–9 March 2023, world leaders, parliamentarians, CSOs, the private sector, and youth representatives gathered in Doha, Qatar, to the 5th United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDCs). The aim of this one-in-a-decade...

The 2023 annual academic conference of the Inclusive growth in Mozambique (IGM) programme will take place in November in Maputo, Mozambique, under the topic of ‘Agricultural development in Mozambique: trends, challenges and opportunities’.

On 14–15 December 2022, the World Bank, IZA (Institute of Labor Economics), UNU-WIDER, and the Network on Jobs and Development co-organized an in-person conference on jobs and development in Cape Town, South Africa. Entitled ‘The...

On 8 December, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in Mozambique organized, in collaboration with the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MIC) and the United Nations Resident Coordinator’s Office (UN RCO) in Mozambique, a...

On 1 December 2022, Eva-Maria Egger, UNU-WIDER Research Fellow in the Inclusive growth in Mozambique programme (IGM), participated in a panel discussion on the short- and long-term integration of displaced people and refugees in Mozambique.