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Vulnerability to natural shocks: Assessing the short-term impact on consumption and poverty of the 2015 flood in MozambiqueMozambique is among the most disaster-prone countries in the world. A bigger than usual, and mostly unexpected, flood occurred in the central-northern region of the country in the first few months of 2015, causing huge damage to infrastructures...
Welfare impact Flood Difference-in-differenceWorking Paper
Evolution of multidimensional poverty in crisis-ridden MozambiqueMozambique experienced important reduction in the poverty rate until recently, before two major natural disasters hit and the country started suffering from a hidden debt scandal with associated economic slowdown...
first-order dominance Mozambique Multidimensional povertyNews
Baseline survey reveals challenges faced by vocational students in Mozambique
Mozambique Education Labour market Report
Baseline survey on the school-to-work transition of technical and vocational education graduates in Mozambique (in Portuguese): Inquérito de base à transição ensino-emprego dos graduados do ensino técnico-profissional em MoçambiqueA investigação aqui apresentada foi planeada e implementada por pesquisadores do United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), do Grupo de Pesquisa em Economia do Desenvolvimento (DERG) da Uni...
Mozambique education policy EmploymentReport
Baseline survey on the school-to-work transition of technical and vocational education graduates in Mozambique: Inquérito de base à transição ensino-emprego dos graduados do ensino técnico-profissional em MoçambiqueThe research detailed herein was planned and implemented by researchers at the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), the Develop-ment Economics Research Group (DERG) at the University of Copenhagen ...
Mozambique education policy EmploymentBlog
The five criteria low income countries must have in place for lockdowns to workAs the COVID-19 virus has spread across the globe, developing countries are starting to enact many of the same policies used in China, Europe, and North America to contain the virus. But are these policies appropriate in low income contexts?...
COVID19 lockdown measures MozambiqueWorking Paper
Misinformed, mismatched, or misled?: Explaining the gap between expected and realized graduate earnings in MozambiqueInaccurate expectations of future wages are found in many contexts. Yet, existing studies overwhelmingly refer to high-income countries, and there is little evidence regarding the sources of expectational errors...
job mismatch Mozambique optimismIn the media
Researcher from Inclusive growth in Mozambique programme interviewed on COVID-19 impact in MozambiqueSam Jones, UNU-WIDER Research Fellow, comments on possible socioeconomic effects of coronavirus in Mozambique to Zitamar News.
COVID19 Global health MozambiqueNews
Data on firms in Mozambique’s manufacturing sector now available
Mozambique Database Economic surveys News
Study reveals mismatch between qualifications and market needs in MozambiqueTracer study suggests Mozambique’s economy is not generating enough demand for employees with a university-level education, and that students are often poorly aware of career paths and what different jobs require. First published in November 2019,...
Mozambique Education Labour marketDatabase
Mozambican manufacturing firms databaseThe data of the Survey of Mozambican Manufacturing Firms (Inquérito às Indústrias Manufactureiras de Moçambique) tracks the economic development of over 700 enterprises across seven provinces in Mozambique between 2012 and 2017.
Mozambique Manufacturing firms DatabaseWorking Paper
The effects of the Maputo ring road on the quantity and quality of nearby housingUsing convolutional neural networks applied to satellite images covering a 25 km x 12 km rectangle on the northern outskirts of Greater Maputo, we detect and classify buildings from 2010 and 2018 in order to compare the development in quantity and qu...
Mozambique infrastructure Impact evaluationSeminar
Public Forum: What Happens After Graduation? Evidence from Mozambique
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Contract Farming in Mozambique: Implications for Gender Inequalities Within and Across Rural HouseholdsPart of Journal Special Issue Inequalities in the least developed countries
Contract farming Gender inequality MozambiqueJournal Article
The counting approach to multidimensional poverty: The case of four African countriesPart of Journal Special Issue Inequalities in the least developed countries
Counting approach Multidimensional poverty measurement MalawiJournal Article
Gender Inequality in Employment in MozambiquePart of Journal Special Issue Inequalities in the least developed countries
Gender Employment Education