Monitoring and Evaluating Poverty Reduction Policies in Mozambique: STUDY 1-3 SYNOPSIS

The first three in a series of six studies on poverty and well-being in Nampula , the city of Maputo and Sofala have revealed that there are positive developments in terms of the macro-economic context and in the social sectors of education and health. However, the continued dearth of employment and income in rural as well as urban areas makes it diffificult to transform these advances into real poverty reduction. There are also worrying signs of local processes of social marginalisation and exclusion, following from the increasing commodification of social relationships. To achieve the goals of the PARPA, particular efforts will have to be made by the government and donors to reach the very poorest.