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The project’s objective was to improve access to lower secondary education, by constructing 4 schools and extending the capacity of existing schools and their facilities in the target areas of Maputo Province and Gaza Province, thereby contributing to improvement of the quality of education. The project’s objective coincides with the development policy of Mozambique, which emphasizes the expansion of access to secondary education at the time of planning and also ex-post evaluation. It also...

Study commissioned by EU and other countries on CSO engagement. The identification of priorities is based on four criteria: • The findings of the recent mapping of civil society in Mozambique commissioned by the EU and other studies; • The official EU guidance on the preparation of a civil society roadmap; • Existing and planned EU interventions and of the partners engaged in the roadmap; • The need to combine a longer term perspective with concrete actions over the next 3 years. The...

Within the framework of this strategy, Swedish development cooperation with Mozambique aims to make use of the increased interest and potential to utilise the country's natural resources in a socially, economically and environmentally sustainable way. It also aims to improve opportunities for people living in poverty to contribute to and benefit from economic and democratic development. The strategy is valid for the period 2015–2020 and comprises a total of SEK 4.1 billion.

The objective of the baseline survey is to analyze and document the situation around accountability, transparency and governance of the O&G sector in the country prior to the implementation of the Oxfam project. It focuses on a selected group of indicators chosen for the country program logical framework, identified and approved in the Baseline Inception Phase. A total of 33 people were interviewed in the context of this baseline. This was accompanied by a thorough national and international...

This paper analyses the social networks existing among politicians and economists in contemporary Mozambique, using the SNA-Social Networks Analysis method to identify the links between these individuals, to discern their relationships and to measure both the density and the centrality of the political-business network. Mozambique’s political and business elite is thus identified. A network sociogram is presented identifying the individual position in the network and the linkages among these...

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...

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.

The Mapping Study of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Mozambique was carried out during the first half of 2015, within the context of preparation for the Roadmap of the European Union (EU), Member States and other partners for engagement with civil society. Data collection included document analysis, and interviews with CSOs, international partners and Mozambican government institutions at national, provincial, district and local level. In the first phase of the field work, nine...

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.

Nos anos 1980, vários países da África subsaariana iniciaram um conjunto de reformas ligadas ao sector público visando, entre outros objectivos, fazer face à crise do Estado, que se manifestava essencialmente em duas dimensões, nomeadamente regulação política e provisão de serviços públicos. Desde então, assistiu-se a três gerações de reformas do sector público (Kiragu, 2002; Crook, 2010). A primeira geração vai dos meados dos anos 1980 aos meados dos anos 1990, com enfoque nos Planos de...

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...

This working paper examines the limitations of international and national law to address displacement and dispossession from land grabs within the case study of Mozambique. The main question that I seek to answer is: What limits international and national law in addressing displacement and dispossession due to land grabs in Mozambique? I will argue that the limits of law to address displacement and dispossession are not due to a lack of institutionalising international good governance norms...

This report provides a brief examination of how and where gender analysis is incorporated into Political Economy Analysis (PEA). An initial review of the literature indicates that gender is not systematically included in PEA. This was also conveyed by a number of experts consulted for this report, who stated that few if any PEAs to their knowledge had included a gender analysis, with the issue usually treated only in passing. The report nevertheless highlights the existing examples of...

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%....

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...

Since independence in 1975, development in Mozambique has been guided by a sequence of Five Year Plans, (Planos Quinquenais de Desenvolvimento). In 2002 the Government of Mozambique (GOM) initiated a series of reforms in all development sectors, aiming to start a process of decentralisation and bringing management closer to the lower levels of state organisation (Provinces and Districts). For the Municipalities, a devolution model was chosen that is currently in the process of being rolled...

O projeto que tem previsto uma duração de 28 meses e foi iniciado em janeiro de 2013, prevê a melhoria da capacidade de gestão do desenvolvimento de oito municípios em Moçambique e seis no Brasil, assim como de duas associações de autoridades locais (Associação Nacional de Municípios de Moçambique - ANAMM - e Frente Nacional de Prefeitos do Brasil -FNP), mediante ações de intercâmbio de boas práticas, capacitação institucional e articulação em rede das AL. O projeto é coordenado por Cidades...

The way in which informal land transactions occur and the extent to which they result in tenure security and asset creation in these informal settlements is not well understood. For this reason this study comprises research into two informal settlements (namely Matundo and Mateus Sansão Muthemba [Sansão Muthemba]) in Tete, Mozambique, so as to understand how the poor access, hold and trade land. This research forms part of a larger research programme being undertaken by Urban LandMark...

This mid-term review report of the ‘Action Programme for Inclusive and Responsible Governance’ (AGIR) in Mozambique was carried out from August 2012 to its completion at the end of October 2012 by a three-member review team fielded by Indevelop. A presentation of the preliminary findings was made on October 24th, 2012 to AGIR intermediaries and AGIR CSO partners. Subsequent to this presentation, the review team was provided with the just-completed 2012 semi-annual report, which was written...

This evaluation, the ‘Joint Evaluation of Support to Civil Society Engagement in Policy Dialogue’ was initiated by the Donor Group on Civil Society and Aid Effectiveness. Specifically it was commissioned by three Development Partners (DPs), ADC/Austria, Danida/Denmark and Sida/Sweden, which form the Management Group. A larger group of bilateral DPs support the evaluation through their participation as the international Reference Group. The evaluation took place between June 2011 and...