Mozambique Rising: Building a New Tomorrow
Departmental Papers, May 29, 2014
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Bibliographic details
- Authors: Doris C Ross, Victor Duarte Lledo, Alex Segura-Ubiergo, Yuan Xiao, Iyabo Masha, Alun H. Thomas, Keiichiro Inui
- Published: May 29, 2014
- Series: Departmental Papers
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781475565102.087
Overview
- Publication highlights Mozambique’s remarkably strong growth over the two decades since the end of the civil war in 1992.
- Emphasizes major challenges that remain for the country to rise out of poverty and further its economic development.
- Chapters explore the following topics:
- the role of megaprojects and their relationship to jobs and growth
- infrastructure and public investment
- Mozambique's quest for inclusive growth
- developing the agricultural sector
- building a social protection floor
Major themes and analytical focus
- Megaprojects, jobs, and growth
- Examination of the role of megaprojects in Mozambique’s growth trajectory and their relationship to job creation and broader growth dynamics.
- Infrastructure and public investment
- Analysis centers on infrastructure needs and public investment strategies, including public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP).
- Inclusive growth
- Investigation of Mozambique’s pursuit of inclusive growth and the distributional implications of recent growth.
- Agricultural sector development
- Focus on developing the agricultural sector as a driver of employment and poverty reduction.
- Social protection
- Building a social protection floor to support poverty reduction and inclusive development.
Subjects and keywords (as provided)
- Subject: Agricultural sector, Economic sectors, Environment, Expenditure, Infrastructure, National accounts, Natural resources, Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP), Public investment spending
- Keywords: Africa, Agricultural sector, civil war, distribution network, DP, DPPP, economic growth, exchange rate, foreign direct investment, Global, Infrastructure, investment project, management system, natural resource, Natural resources, per capita income, primary sector, private sector, Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP), Public investment spending, resource revenue, Southern Africa, stabilization fund, Sub-Saharan Africa
Content in this bundle
- Mozambique Rising: Building a New Tomorrow; IMF African Departmental Paper No. 14/4; June 2014
- _afr1404f - Conclusions
- Moçambique em Ascensão: Construir um novo dia; Departamento de África; junho 2014