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O gás de Moçambique pode ser usado para promover industrialização e desenvolvimento rural desde que, a partir de agora, sejam feitas as opções correctas. As actuais prioridades vão para os megaprojectos baseados na exportação, que prometem altos rendimentos mas que, tal como os megaprojectos anteriores, fazem pouco pela criação de empregos ou pela redução da pobreza. Os megaprojectos custando dezenas de bilhões de dólares são essenciais, mas o Conselho de Ministros pode orientar as...

Mozambique’s gas can be used to promote industrialisation and rural development, but only if key choices are made now. Current priorities are for export based mega-projects promising high revenues, but like past mega-projects doing little to create jobs or reduce poverty. Mega-projects costing tens of billions of dollars are essential, but the Council of Ministers can instruct that negotiations give a higher priority to using the gas to create a domestic industry and jobs, even if it reduces short term income.

Child marriage is one of Mozambique’s most serious but largely ignored development challenges – requiring far greater attention from policy makers Child marriage rates are still very high despite a long-term decline, especially in marriage before the age of 15. Economic pressures and the incentive of bride price appear to be powerful factors driving parents to marry off their daughters at a young age. The high rates of child marriage cannot be allowed to continue without a vigorous...

As eleições municipais de 2003 marcaram o início do exercício do poder local pela Renamo no município de Angoche. Quais são os factores explicativos desta situação eleitoral local? A partir de uma perspectiva sócio-histórica, este artigo procura compreender como é que a evolução política e administrativa destes territórios influenciou a lógica do poder local. São as relações estabelecidas entre as populações e o Estado e a forma como a municipalização foi desenhada e implementada desde 1994...

The aim of this article is to extend the state of analysis on the impacts of gas development in Mozambique by evaluating the relationship between the gas sector, the Mozambican economy, and social change. As the resource curse framework is only limited to economic growth, this work utilizes two alternative frameworks—the Staples approach and the Linkages approach—that are melded into an institutional analysis, looking simultaneously at “benefits, costs, and uncertainties” or “blessings,...

This report looks at the companies already setting up agribusiness operations in the Nacala Corridor, an area that the government has prioritised for agribusiness development. These companies, typically structured through offshore tax havens and often connected to Mozambican political elites, have been grabbing lands and extracting wealth in ways reminiscent of the country's colonial days.

The Reality Checks are implemented 2011-2016 and each year field work is carried out in the Municipality of Cuamba, the District of Lago and the District of Majune in the Niassa Province. Each Reality Check focusses on a specific theme. This is the 4th Sub-Report from the District of Lago, focusing on the private sector/entrepreneurship. An Annual Report is produced each year to summarise the findings and conclusions from the three sub-reports.

In February 2008 and September 2010, the cities of Maputo and Matola were the scene of violent protests against the rise in the cost of living, undertaken by groups of ordinary citizens. Immediately afterwards, these protests were replicated in some other Mozambican cities, but on a much smaller scale, and they were quickly brought under control by the police. In November 2012, a new protest was set in motion, but immediate repressive action by the police (which in recent years has been...

Following the food and energy price crises of the mid 2000s, sub-Saharan Africa has become one of the largest recipients for large-scale farmland investments. While much has been written on the phenomenon, scant reliable empirical evidence is available as to the precise geographic and sectoral patterns and underlying drivers. Employing strict data quality requirements, this paper addresses these knowledge gaps by analyzing 563 farmland projects that have been established between 2005 and...

This chapter outlines the socio-economic and health baseline of areas (both onshore and offshore) potentially affected by the Project. The chapter is structured into a number of sections, as follows: • Sections 9.2 and 9.3 provide a summary of the baseline and sources of information used to compile the baseline, respectively. • Section 9.4 defines the Project Area of Influence, providing both an overview of the geographic characteristics as well as the respective administrative divisions and...

Em 2009, o Centro Terra Viva (CTV) publicou o Guião de Consultas Comunitárias, como parte do seu esforço em melhorar a aplicação da legislação sobre terras e outros recursos naturais. O guião resultou de várias pesquisas de campo realizadas pelo CTV e outras organizações que trabalham na área de Terras. No entanto, a aprovação do Decreto n° 43/2012 de 10 de Outubro, seguida do Diploma Ministerial n° 158/2011 de 15 de Junho, uma parte significativa do Guião ficou ultrapassada. Por outro...

This case study has been produced in response to a request made to the Evidence on Demand Helpdesk. The objective of the request was to provide a detailed case study on the evolution of land policy in Mozambique and provide the reader with insights into what is viewed as one of Africa’s most progressive land laws, recognising multiple forms of tenure. Mozambique has experienced accelerated rates of growth over the past decade, averaging 7.2% per year, with projected growth rates of over 8%....

O Ministério de Administração Estatal elaborou e procede a publicação da versão actualizada dos Perfis dos 128 Distritos de Moçambique. Estamos certo de que este produto apetrecherá as várias instituições públicas e privadas, nacionais ou internacionais, com o conhecimento de todo o país, que potencia o prosseguimento coordenado das acções de combate a probreza de Moçambique

O Ministério de Administração Estatal elaborou e procede a publicação da versão actualizada dos Perfis dos 128 Distritos de Moçambique. Estamos certo de que este produto apetrecherá as várias instituições públicas e privadas, nacionais ou internacionais, com o conhecimento de todo o país, que potencia o prosseguimento coordenado das acções de combate a probreza de Moçambique

This publication highlights Mozambique's remarkably strong growth over the two decades since the end of the civil war in 1992, as well as the major challenges that remain for the country to rise out of poverty and further its economic development. Chapters explore such topics as the role of megaprojects and their relationship to jobs and growth; infrastructure and public investment; Mozambique's quest for inclusive growth; developing the agricultural sector; and building a social protection floor

Despite studies on microfinance (MF) or development of microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Asia developing countries, including countries as member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN), are growing, not so much attention have been given to the role of MF in financing micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). Based on a key literaturestudy and analysis of secondary/national data, the main aim of this study is to fill this gap. It shows ...

A series of five “Reality Checks” will take place in the period 2011-2016, focussing on the dynamics of poverty and well-being with a particular focus on good governance, agriculture/climate and energy that are key sectors in Swedish development cooperation with Mozambique. Each Reality Check will be published in the form of one Annual Report and three Sub-Reports from each of the three selected study-sites (see ORGUTa 2011 for more details). More concretely, the “Reality Checks in...

“What is a House without Food?” Mozambique’s Coal Mining Boom and Resettlements

Communities are scrambling to protect their lands from the tree plantations multiplying across Mozambique.

O investimento em energias e infra-estruturas pode transformar o negligenciado norte e afectar a sucessão presidencial. Andarko e outras companhias petrolíferas prevêem que o gás descoberto em Cabo Delgado pode duplicar o produto interno bruto anual. Por enquanto acredita-se que as vastas reservas de carvão se encontram na província do Niassa. O centro de gravidade de oportunidades económicas de Moçambique parecem se transladar para o norte. O governo está a atrair investidores estrangeiros...