Working paper
Determinants of HIV prevalence in Mozambique (in Portuguese)

Isa Chiconela

O Vírus de Imunodeficiência Humana é uma doença de preocupação mundial e a situação não é diferente se tratando de Moçambique. Neste contexto, o principal objectivo deste estudo é analisar os factores que determinam a...

December 2018

Working paper
The role of skill in the perception of academic performance (in Portuguese)

Felix Mambo and Edson Mazive

As habilidades cognitivas e analíticas, além de medidas de empregabilidade, são um dos principais factores usados para explicar o desempenho académico. A não correspondência das habilidades e a percepção do desempenho académico gera distorções no...

December 2018

Working paper
The impact of land tenure on agricultural investment (in Portuguese)

Gimelgo Cosme Xirinda

Ao longo dos anos a segurança na posse sobre a terra tem sido apontada pela literatura económica como sendo importante para a realização de actividades produtivas na terra. Vários estudos foram conduzidos em África com...

December 2018

Working paper
The evolution of private returns to education during post-conflict transformation

Sam Jones,Thomas Pave Sohnesen and Neda Trifković

This paper estimates how private returns to education have evolved in the context of postconflict transformation in Mozambique. This has been characterized by rapid economic growth, significant expansion of the schooling system, but also limited...

November 2018

Working paper
Mozambique—bust before boom

Alan R. Roe

This paper is a sequel to an earlier paper that looked in broad terms at many of the issues that Mozambique faces today in managing its new extractive resources.

November 2018

Working paper
The construction sector in Mozambique

Antonio Cruz, Francisco Fernandes, Fausto J...

The construction sector value added in Mozambique grew at an average annual rate of 12.8 per cent in 1993–2015. Investment in the basic infrastructure of health, education, and housing improved families’ and communities’ living conditions...

September 2018

Working paper
Multidimensional poverty of children in Mozambique

Kristi Mahrt, Andrea Rossi, Vincenzo Salvucci and...

We analyse the multidimensional wellbeing of children aged 0–17 in Mozambique and find that 46.3 per cent can be considered multidimensionally poor.

September 2018

Working paper
What does it mean to be poor?

Sam Jones and Inge Tvedten

This paper reflects on the relationship between economic (quantitative) and anthropological (qualitative) approaches to the analysis of poverty in developing countries. Drawing on detailed evidence from Mozambique, we argue that different research approaches do not...

July 2018

Working paper
What does it mean to be poor?

Sam Jones and Inge Tvedten

This paper reflects on the relationship between economic (quantitative) and anthropological (qualitative) approaches to the analysis of poverty in developing countries. Drawing on detailed evidence from Mozambique, we argue that different research approaches do not...

July 2018

Working paper
Quantifying the contribution of a subpopulation to inequality

Carlos Gradín

In this paper, I quantify the contribution of a subpopulation to inequality. This is defined as the sum of the contributions of its members, with these contributions computed as the impact on inequality of a...

June 2018

Working paper
Extractive industries and development

Alan R. Roe

In common with several other low-income African economies, in recent years Mozambique has seen a significant expansion of interest and investment in its long-established extractives industries. Huge new gas finds in particular have led to...

May 2018

Report
Survey of Mozambican Manufacturing Firms 2017

Hanna Berkel, Marcelo Cardona, Peter Fisker, John...

This report documents the principal findings of the 2017 Survey of Mozambican Manufacturing Firms (IIM 2017). The main objective of the IIM 2017 is to trace the companies interviewed in the previous survey round (IIM...

April 2018, Maputo