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This article explores the ways in which the ruling Frelimo elite in Mozambique engaged creatively with the opportunities and constraints created by Sasol's Pande and Temane natural gas project as they have evolved from the early 2000s until today. This is a period that has seen ruling-elite actors become involved in various projects related to the production of electricity from ‘domestic natural gas’. We argue that focusing on the initial gas investment and how it evolved over time makes it...
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In the light of Mozambique’s natural resources boom—especially its large-scale investments in mining, oil, and gas—this paper analyses the prospects for the extractive industries to contribute to economic transformation from an institutional perspective. To this purpose, we address the institutional dynamics of the resources sector and consider the underlying causes of the identified outcomes. The National Development Strategy, as the instrument presenting the vision for economic...
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Face ao boom de recursos naturais em Moçambique — em especial dos seus grandes investimentos em exploração mineira, petróleo e gás —, este documento analisa a perspectiva de as indústrias extractivas contribuírem para a transformação económica de um ponto de vista institucional. Para esse efeito, abordamos a dinâmica institucional do sector dos recursos e consideramos as causas subjacentes aos resultados identificados. É discutida a Estratégia Nacional de Desenvolvimento enquanto instrumento...
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The extractive industry, particularly the oil and gas sector, has proved promising in the Mozambican economy with potential to contribute to economic growth. It is expected that in the next 3 years the country will show growth in the order of two digits. However, in order to ensure the transmission of growth to economic development based on the exploitation of these resources, there are aspects that should not be ignored such as transparency in governance in the sector. This aspect is also...
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Since the October 2017 attacks by alleged Islamist insurgents, commonly referred to as Ahlu Sunnah Wa-Jama and locally know as Al Shabab, on Mocimboa da Praia, it has not been entirely clear who the attackers were, what their strategic objectives are and on whose domestic and international support they rely. This paper, grounded in a historical understanding of conflict in northern Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado Province, seeks to identify possible stakeholders and scenarios in what we no longer see as an insurgency, but a war.
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