CMI Resources by Country:

Mozambique

Full name: The Republic of Mozambique
Population: 19.4 million (via UN, 2006)
Life expectancy: 41 years (men), 43 years (women) (UN)
Main exports: Seafood, cotton
GNI per capita: US $310 (World Bank, 2006)
Source: BBC News Country Profile

CMI has a history of involvement in Mozambique dating back to the time of independence, and we would like to increase our engagement in areas particularly relevant for development and poverty reduction in the country.

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Special areas of expertise include, but are not restricted to:

Public Sector Reform:

Budgetary processes and economic governance;
Corruption and accountability mechanisms;
Local government reform and decentralisation;
Judicial reform;
Mozambique’s regional role.

Development Aid and Poverty Analysis

Aid and conditionality;
Poverty monitoring and evaluation;
Poverty impact analysis;
Gender policies;
Social protection.

CMI can contribute with applied research on key development issues; development policy studies; programme and project ideas; feasibility studies; appraisals; reviews; evaluations; impact analyses; and capacity building of applied research institutions.

CMI has close and well-established cooperation with Mozambican partner institutions, including Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (UEM); AustralCowi Consultores; Cruzeiro do Sul; Instituto de Estudos Económicos e Sociais (IESE) and Impacto. We work with local partners to enhance quality, relevance and accountability.

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Selected publications

Gender Policies and Feminisation of Poverty in Mozambique
Tvedten, Inge, Margarida Paulo, Georgina Montserrat (2008)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2008: 13) 66 p.

Monitoring and Evaluating Poverty Reduction Policies in Mozambique. Study 2: Social Relations of Urban Poverty
Paulo, Margarida, Carmeliza Rosário, Inge Tvedten (2008)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Brief vol. 7 no. 3) 4 p.

Monitoria e Avaliação da Estratégia de Redução da Pobreza (PARPA) de Moçambique 2006-2008. Uma Sinopse de Três Estudos Qualitativos sobre a Pobreza Rural e Urbana
Tvedten, Inge, Margarida Paulo and Carmeliza Rosário (2009)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2009: 5 ) 23 p.

News

Thu 15 October 2009
Social relations of poverty

The urbanisation of poverty reflects one of the most dramatic developments on the African continent. More than half of Africa's population will soon live in cities and towns. Read more

Increasing inequalities in Mozambique

Households who manage to establish and maintain rural-urban linkages experience improved living conditions and upward social mobility, while those who are in 'captivity' in rural villages and urban slums experience impoverishment. Read more

'Mucupuki'. Social relations of rural-urban poverty in central Mozambique

This is the third in a series of six qualitative studies monitoring and evaluating Mozambique's Poverty Reduction Strategy, PARPA. Many communities in Mozambique find themselves in the rural-urban interface, either by being small towns or rural settings in the vicinity of cities. Read more

Recent publications

President Guebuza's own micro-credit program: Development failure and political success Aslak Jangård Orre (2010)

'Opitanha' revisitada. Avaliação das implicações do PARPA II no norte rural de Moçambique 2006-2009 Inge Tvedten, Margarida Paulo, Carmeliza Rosário (2010)

"Se homens e mulheres fossem iguais, todos nós seríamos simplesmente pessoas" Género e Pobreza no Norte de Moçambique Inge Tvedten, Margarida Paulo and Minna Tuominen (2009)

"If men and women were equal, we would all simply be people" Gender and poverty in Northern Mozambique Inge Tvedten, Margarida Paulo and Minna Tuominen (2009)

Monitoria e Avaliação das Políticas de Redução da Pobreza em Moçambique Carmeliza Rosário, Inge Tvedten and Margarida Paulo (2009)

Recent projects and programmes

Gender Policies and Feminisation of Poverty in Southern Mozambique (sub-project 3)

Seminar on Good Governance and Corruption Prevention in the Petroleum Sector: Mozambique

Joint Evaluation of Norwegian and Swedish Aid in Support of Child Rights

'Opitanha' Revisited. Assessing the Implications of PARPA II in Rural Northern Mozambique 2006-2009

Election processes, liberation movements and democratic change in Africa

Recent library acquisitions

Mediations of violence in Africa - fashioning new futures from contested pasts edited by Lidwien Kapteijns, Annemiek Richters
African literature, Traditional culture, Collective memory, Violence, Social aspects, Africa, Somalia, South Africa, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda

African feminist politics of knowledge - tensions, challenges, possibilities edited by Akosua Adomako Ampofo and Signe Arnfred
Gender studies, Feminism, Women's rights, Acadmic freedom, Higher education, Women, Empowerment, Africa, Ghana, Mozambique, Nigeria, Ghana

Strong women, dangerous times - gender and HIV/AIDS in Africa Ezekiel Kalipeni, Karen Flynn and Cynthia Pope, editors
Aids, Women, Gender, Africa, Sudan, Malawi, Kenya, Mozambique, East Africa, South Africa

Taxation in a low-income economy - the case of Mozambique edited by Channing Arndt and Finn Tarp
Taxation, Fiscal policy, Tax evasion, Mozambique