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This case study is one of a series commissioned to support the Stabilisation Unit’s (SU) development of an evidence base relating to elite bargains and political deals. The project explores how national and international interventions have and have not been effective in fostering and sustaining political deals and elite bargains; and whether or not these political deals and elite bargains have helped reduce violence, increased local, regional and national stability and contributed to the...

This study questions why domestic work that is generally considered a feminine job is yet a field dominated by men in the city of Nampula, Mozambique. In the attempt to explain this phenomenon, the research explores economic, social and cultural aspects. Due to the fact that Nampula is a province with a strong Islamic presence and the majority of the population identify themselves as belonging to the Makhuwa ethnic group—which is traditionally defined by a matrilinear kinship system—I argue...

This exploratory study describes the characteristics of four independent urban community libraries in Nampula city, located in northern Mozambique, East Africa. In a country where public library services are inadequately equipped to address the educational, informational and cultural needs of its citizens, the emergence of urban community libraries in the city indicates that the population is seeking better alternative sources of information. The study profiles four urban libraries to...

Este documento sumariza as aprendizagens feitas ao longo da implementação do Cartão de Pontuação Comunitária (CPC) no quadro do Programa Cidadania e Participação (CEP), o qual terminou em Dezembro de 2017. O CEP foi um programa de responsabilização social que tinha como objectivo final aumentar a influência dos cidadãos na melhoria da qualidade dos serviços de saúde e educação em Moçambique.

Background and objective: maternal and neonatal mortality rates in Mozambique are high, due to insufficient numbers of qualified health workers, lack of equipment and materials, referral system deficiency, difficulties to access health services and gender issues. This study assesses the barriers to health care access, regular attendance at ante natal consultations, institutional delivery and postnatal and neonatal follow-up. This is part of the baseline study for an implementation research...

O Agronegócio em Moçambique poderá ser um factor dinamizador da agricultura, chave para o desevolvimento económico, elemento para a equidade no desenvolvimento social e fundamental para a redução da pobreza e da fome. O estudo analisa as perceções dos atores do agronegócio do milho e da mandioca sobre o impacto destas culturas na vida económica e social no meio rural. Diante desta perspetiva, esta pesquisa teve como objetivo investigar prospectivamente as cadeias de valor das culturas do...

In this study, we set out to examine three interrelated questions: To what extent has Brazilian cooperation in the agriculture sector contributed to agrarian transformation in Mozambique? How has Mozambican civil society, and in particular the União Nacional dos Camponeses (UNAC, National Peasants’ Union), responded to the prospect of Brazilian agribusiness investments in the Nacala Corridor? And what effects has BrazilianMozambican agricultural development cooperation had on the existing...

This paper analyses inclusive land governance in Mozambique. It focuses on the country’s legal framework and the DUAT, the right to use and benefit from the land. The DUAT is a distinctive element of the Mozambican legislation that has land as the property of the state but recognises land use rights for occupants and users on the basis of a unitary system of tenure. The challenges of putting in practice what is thought to be one of Africa’s most progressive legal frameworks are discussed....

Recommendations: 1. On planning and budgeting, greater coordination is recommended between planning (setting priorities) and budgeting (financial apportionment). Transformation of all District Health Services, Women and Social Action (SDSMAS) into Management Beneficiary Units (MBU) is necessary. 2. Stakeholders should bet more on application of national public financial management systems (PFM). The use of parallel financial systems instead of enabling the National Health System (NHS) to be...

This case study was commissioned by N’weti Comunicação para a Saúde to explore the changes emerging from the implementation of an adapted version of the Community Scorecard (CSC) tool in 11 health facilities catchment areas in Nampula. This case study discusses how N’weti has adapted the Community Scorecard (CSC) tool to better improve the quality of the participation and prospects of accountability for citizens. The case study presents evidence that the adapted CSC tool has resulted in an...

The Government of Mozambique (GoM), acting through the national roads administration (ANE) has made requests to international financial institutions including the African Development Bank, for the improvement of transport infrastructure and for strengthening the institutional capacity of the roads sector. ANE plans to apply a portion of these funds to the environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) of the project for the rehabilitation of the N13, Cumanba-Mandimba-Lichinga (302 km)....

This report is part of the efforts to monitor and evaluate the implications of Mozambique’s Poverty Reduction Strategy PARPA II (GdM 2005). Three qualitative and participatory studies have already been carried out in three different areas of the country: One in the District of Murrupula in Nampula Province (Tvedten, Paulo & Rosário 2006); one in four bairros in the capital Maputo (Paulo, Rosário & Tvedten 2007); and one in the district of Buzi in Sofala Province (Rosário, Tvedten & Paulo...

A 17a Sessão Ordinária do Conselho de Ministros realizada em 2007 tomou a corajosa decisão de descentralizar os fundos dos sectores de estradas, águas, agricultura, e infra-estruturas de educação e saúde para garantir a implementação efectiva da Lei 8/2003 sobre os Órgãos Locais do Estado e materializar os objectivos estratégicos definidos no PARPA II e no Plano Quinquenal do Governo. Tal decisão, em parte, reconhece que a pobreza absoluta que flagela muitos cidadãos está estreitamente...

The main objective of this report is to capture the local configurations of gender relations in Nampula, by focussing on one rural and one urban area in the province. The former is the coastal and rural district of Mossuril, which is considered one of the most deprived districts in the province, both in terms of material poverty and human development (MAE 2005). The urban areas are Muatala and Namutequeliua, which are two of the most populous bairros in the city of Nampula and largely...

Issues of sex and food are often inscribed in male/female relationships. Frequently in a western context sex is perceived as a site of male power and female subordination, while food and cooking are seen as female domains, but still sites of subordination, as elements of women's household chores. In this article, looking at issues of sex and food in a rural matrilineal setting, power aspects of male/female relationships as mediated through sex and food emerge somewhat differently. Sexual...

Research-based information is recognised as crucial for Mozambique's endeavours to reduce its poverty. This first report in a series of three qualitative studies on poverty in Mozambique focuses on the district of Murrupula in Nampula province. In Chapter 1 we argue that qualitative studies are important for the monitoring and evaluation of poverty reduction policies. They inform quantitative data and correlations by testing causal hypotheses on the ground. They discover processes and...

This article reconstructs key aspects of the evolving relationship between state institutions and former regulos (Portuguese‐appointed chiefs), in Nampula Province, Mozambique during the first 12 years of independence. In doing so, it simultaneously draws on and critiques two opposing interpretations of revolution and counterrevolution which have dominated scholarly production on post‐independence Mozambique and have polarized Mozambican studies in recent years. Against both sets of...

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