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Findings from ERIA’s SME research project in FY 2009 confirms that access to finance is amongst the most critical factors determining the competitive readiness of regional SMEs and their ability to fully exploit and participate in the global economy and business opportunities from regional economic integration and, in particular, participation in regional production networks. Well recognized in the literature, access to funding is the lifeblood of any enterprise, enabling it to grow, and to...

This publication is the result of a visit to Mozambique in November 2009 by two activists involved in the struggle against tree monocultures in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo. This visit was made possible by the World Rainforest Movement (WRM) with the goal of exchanging experiences about large-scale tree monocultures. With more than 40 years of dealing with monoculture plantations and expansion, Brazil has a lot of experience in this area. At the same time, affected communities and...

Gender equality and women’s empowerment are high on the government and donor agendas in Sub-Saharan Africa, but have largely failed to have an impact. Rather than ‘mainstreaming’ gender, more attention to the variations in the position of women is necessary. In a series of three studies on gender policies and the feminisation of poverty in Mozambique, significant differences were found between the north and the south as well as between rural and urban areas. Such variations are essential to...

A igualdade de género e o empoderamento das mulheres estão no centro das agendas do governo e dos doadores na África Sub-Sahariana, mas no geral não conseguiram ter impacto. Mais do que a ‘integração’ do género, é necessária mais atenção às variações da posição das mulheres. Numa série de três estudos sobre políticas de género e feminização da pobreza em Moçambique, foram encontradas diferenças significativas entre o norte e o sul, bem como entre as áreas rural e urbana. É essencial que se...

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...

Este relatório final é o terceiro da série "Políticas de Género e Feminização da...

O relatório que se segue retrata a avaliação conduzida ao Sistema de Gestão de Finanças Públicas da Província de Cabo Delgado considerando o ciclo orçamental do ano de 2008, considerando a informação de contabilidade, reporte e auditoria relacionada com este ano mas produzida em 2007 e em 2009. A avaliação teve como base a Metodologia PEFA – Despesa Pública e Responsabilidade Financeira – devidamente adaptada ao nível subnacional (província) de acordo com as orientações metodológicas...

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...

Este estudo enquadra‐se no âmbito dos Mecanismos e Instrumentos de Monitoria e Avaliação do Plano de Acção para a Redução da Pobreza Absoluta 2006‐2009 (PARPA II), que preconizam a preparação de um Relatório de Avaliação de Impacto (RAI). O RAI tem como objectivo sintetizar informação sobre a pobreza e a evolução de indicadores socioeconómicos e analisar esta informação com uma visão particular para atribuir causa e efeito. Como parte das prioridades do ...

The report is divided into seven chapters. This introductory chapter is followed by Chapter Two, which provides an overview of Mozambique as a backdrop to the report. Chapters Three to Six evaluate developments and challenges in the four APRM focus areas (Democracy and Political Governance; Economic Governance and Management; Corporate Governance; and Socio-Economic Development) respectively. Each of these chapters has two sections: the first analyses the codes and standards of the APRM,...

This report is based on information collected within the context of the study concerning Community Land Rights in Niassa Province in Mozambique, with special attention paid to the programme implemented by the Malonda Foundation. This programme is supported and financed by the Swedish Government and aims to promote private investment in the province while seeking, during the course of the process, to ensure equitable and beneficial social impact as an explicit objective, in particular for the local population.

The major cross-cutting issues which featured prominently in all the thematic areas are highlighted below. A comprehensive approach is needed to address these issues as they have wider ramification for the various dimensions of governance in Mozambique. The following are the major thirteen crosscutting issues emerging from this report: Poverty and Inequality; Party/government/business dichotomy; HIV/AIDs; Land Ownership; High levels of illiteracy; High aid dependency; Information flow and...

A periodização que se segue tem como objectivo dar uma visão geral da evolução da economia moçambicana e situar a indústria no contexto desse desenvolvimento histórico. Uma das conclusões que se pode tirar desta visão panorâmica é que, mais de um século depois da partilha de África na Conferência de Berlim e de 35 anos de independência, a economia moçambicana apresenta ainda um padrão de tipo colonial, tendo como traço dominante a exportação de matérias-primas e recursos naturais.

This report forms part of a portfolio of work on youth focussed on two interconnected thematic areas: youth, jobs and growth and on youth exclusion, fragile states and conflict and complements work being conducted to develop a Youth Participation Guide for DFID staff. It is intended to inform a DFID Policy Briefing and a practical Guidance Note on addressing youth exclusion and unemployment. The objectives of the study are: (i) To scope out existing evidence and analysis on the links between...

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...

The purpose of this synopsis is to facilitate discussions between the government, civil society organisations, donors and other stakeholders in Mozambique’s efforts to reduce poverty and, more specifically, to contribute to the Impact Assessment Report (Relatótio de Avaliação de Impacto, RAI) which is to be carried out in 2009. We will focus on our main findings and preliminary conclusions, and will to the extent possible avoid repeating data found in the original reports to ease...

The relationship between climate change and its effects on human health has been widely studied. Increases in temperature and variations in precipitation can exacerbate a number of human diseases including respiratory infections, malnutrition, vector and water borne diseases such as malaria and cholera. Besides all efforts undertaken by the Mozambican Government to reduce poverty and meet the MDGs targets, it is clear that climate change effects will influence negatively in meeting these...

This report is about how women entrepreneurs can contribute more to the quality and direction of economic and social development in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Economic growth in the Middle East has been remarkable since 2004, mainly because of higher oil prices. Rapid job growth has followed, driven mainly by the private sector. Yet the region still faces two important challenges: the first is to create better jobs for an increasingly educated young workforce; the second...

Women in Africa

There are a number of compelling reasons to focus on the ways in which the processes and relations of adverse incorporation and social exclusion (AISE) underpin chronic poverty. In particular, AISE research draws attention to the causal processes that lead poverty to persist, and to the politics and political economy of these processes and associated relationships over time. Specific dimensions of AISE are explored in relation to chronic poverty – namely political, economic, socio-cultural...