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Desde o Acordo Geral de Paz, assinado em 1992, Moçambique realizou reformas políticas de intervenção no combate à pobreza. Contudo, em 2006, verificou-se que 54% da população moçambicana ainda se encontrava abaixo da linha de pobreza. Foi então que, Moçambique, em parceria com organizações internacionais iniciou os seus esforços na promoção de programas centrados na igualdade e equidade de género e a sua atuação junto de comunidades mais vulneráveis, tendo em conta particularmente a educação...

Joseph Hanlon argues that Mozambique’s new “Islamic” insurgency is about marginalised youth demanding to be heard, and therefore is similar to anti-establishment protest across the world.

This study was conducted as part of the Citizen Engagement Programme (Programa Cidadania e Participação (CEP)) in Mozambique – an empowerment and social accountability initiative to improve the quality of education and health services by increasing citizens’ influence on the management of schools and health units, the formulation of education and health policies, and the provision of education and health services. In education, CEP enabled citizen monitoring of services through the...

Contextualização da pesquisa: - No dia 5 de Outubro de 2017, um grupo de homens armados, aparentemente com motivações religiosas, ataca instituições do Estado (postos policiais) na Vila da Mocímboa da Praia; - Rapidamente, o assunto da radicalização islâmica no norte de Moçambique passou a chamar a atenção do Governo, sector privado, sociedade civil, parceiros de cooperação, analistas, comentadores, cidadãos comuns, etc. - Para muita gente, as perguntas comuns eram: De onde vem esse grupo...

Coastal livelihood interventions can help communities by providing additional incomes, while protecting and maintaining resources and the environment. The identification and promotion of resilient and diversified livelihood opportunities are crucial to enhance communities’ adaptive capacity to respond to the multiple stresses and shocks in a changing coastal environment. Coastal livelihood opportunities are especially important in their support for biodiversity conservation in and around...

Contract farming is a sales arrangement between a farmer and a firm, agreed before production begins, which provides the farmer with resources or services. Many governments and donors promote contract farming as part of agricultural development policies. However, there is serious concern whether smaller farmers can benefit from these arrangements. This paper presents the results of a systematic review that analysed the evidence in the literature on income effects for smallholders. The review...

In northern Mozambique, villagers were promised jobs to replace land taken for forestry. Five years later, they’re still waiting, discovers Nils Adler.

This article aims to understand the inversion of roles between the state and citizens, by exploring its historical roots and current implications for processes of social accountability in Mozambique, particularly in the health sector. This is a practice-based reflection grounded in the evidence collected through the implementation of Community Scorecards in the health sector in 13 districts of Mozambique. The evidence has revealed a transfer of responsibilities from local governance...

Final JICA report on Nacala Corridor Development Project, whose objectives include: to clarify organizations for promoting and coordinating the implementation of development strategies for the Nacala Corridor Region in accordance with PEDEC-Nacala and to prepare for the implementation of high priority projects in accordance with PEDEC-Nacala. The study project commenced in April 2012 and the final study report was produced in April 2015.

This essay seeks to explain, in a historical perspective, recent violent attacks on local institutions and representatives of the Mozambican state. Case studies are taken from three Mozambican Provinces, to which historical cases are added showing similar patterns and targets of armed attacks. Based on desk research , interviews and the review of anthropological and political economy literature, the main causes of local conflicts – all of which with their specific contexts and narratives –...

Free Trade Area (FTA) between ASEAN and Japan, which is called ASEAN-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership (AJCEP), has been established since 2002 as goods and services flow gateway. AJCEP plays an important role to bring the development, economic security, and economic power. It can also boost the economic growth among member of ASEAN-Japan. The objectives of this research were to analyze the factors that can influence the ASEAN-Japan countries import with non-member, to analyze the...

O Inquérito de Indicadores de Imunização, Malária e HIV/SIDA (IMASIDA 2015) em Moçambique foi realizado no âmbito de The DHS Program e vem no seguimento de quatro inquéritos anteriores, com o objectivo de determinar indicadores de saúde da mulher e da criança no país, tais como a fecundidade; gravidez e maternidade na adolescência; preferências de fecundidade; planeamento familiar; consultas pré-natais; assistência ao parto; vacinação de crianças; infecções respiratórias agudas; diarreia e...

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...

O artigo argumenta que o tipo de emprego que é gerado nas agro-indústrias florestais em Niassa reflecte o modo de organização produtivo prevalecente, no qual a base de rentabilidade das empresas está assente no pagamento de salários baixos e em condições sociais de trabalho precárias, sendo os trabalhadores responsáveis pela sua própria reprodução social. A reprodução social da força de trabalho, dadas as estruturas produtivas e de acumulação prevalecentes, é garantida pela interdependência...

This report examines Haiyu’s conduct including what the company did or failed to do in acquiring the right to land for use of mining activity in Nagonha, what it did or failed to do in its operations in Nagonha, and what it did or failed to do in response to the villagers’ demand for compensation and resettlement following the flood. The report looks specifically at the breach of the right to adequate housing and decent living standards ensuing from Haiyu’s destruction of the wetland, and...

This report presents the findings of the second round of the Service Delivery Indicators Survey (SDI) in Mozambique. The SDI analyses the performance of the education sector by assessing the quality of service delivery at the school level. SDI has been implemented in nine countries in Africa, including Mozambique in 2014.5 The study includes a set of indicators that measures teachers and principals’ ability and effort, as well as the availability of key inputs and resources that contribute...

Youth in many low-income countries are entering the labor force in unprecedented numbers, yet many struggle to secure rewarding livelihoods. This paper outlines the economic development challenges that constrain youth's transition into employment, and it parses the evidence on which programs and policies appear to speed that transition. It concludes that it may be time for a fundamental reassessment of approaches for addressing youth employment and the youth transition in low-income...

Indonesian President Joko Widodo has set a target of improving the country’s ranking in The World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business (EODB) index from 72nd to 40th by 2019. One barrier to meeting this challenge is Indonesia’s ranking in the Starting a Business Indicator, where it is 144th among 190 countries. According to the EODB Report, it takes 23 days and 11 procedures to register a business in Indonesia. To address this problem, the central government has implemented changes requiring...

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...

À semelhança das edições anteriores, o Anuário Estatístico 2017 contém informações que permitem traçar um perfil sintético da realidade sócio-económica de Moçambique em seus múltiplos domínios.