Mozambique Social Protection Assessment - Review of Social Assistance Programs and Social Protection Expenditures
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Author/contributor
- Marques, José Silvério (Author)
Title
Mozambique Social Protection Assessment - Review of Social Assistance Programs and Social Protection Expenditures
Abstract
This assessment shows that Mozambique social protection system is developing. While programs to address most of the risks identified exist, there are still major gaps. Poor families with children are not adequately supported, there is no significant youth program, and subsistence farmers and other workers are not properly protected against recurrent shocks. The government spends a considerable amount of its resources on social protection but most are absorbed by untargeted subsidies and pensions that benefit only a few. This assessment suggests that it will be necessary to address three mutually complimentary issues: developing effective mechanisms to maximize the impact of social protection on reducing poverty; rationalizing public expenditures while filling existing program gaps; and strengthening institutional arrangements. In order to address the multiple challenges Mozambique faces to support particularly vulnerable groups and reduce extreme poverty and food insecurity, the report proposes a gradual approach framed in the existing social protection strategy approved by the Government in 2010.
Report Number
1408
Report Type
Social Protection & Labor Discussion Paper
Place
Maputo, Mozambique
Institution
World Bank
Date
10/2012
Language
English
Accessed
2023-03-06
Library Catalogue
Zotero
Citation
Marques, J. S. (2012). Mozambique Social Protection Assessment - Review of Social Assistance Programs and Social Protection Expenditures (Social Protection & Labor Discussion Paper No. 1408). World Bank. http://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/422151468338395896/pdf/889980NWP0P13200Box385260B00PUBLIC0.pdf
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