The current model "has increased inequality and poverty. It adds that Mozambique is constrained by "weak governance and corruption". Instituição also assumes that among the driving forces behind the insurgency in Cabo Delgado is the feeling of exclusion. In the "Country Economic Memorandum for Mozambique - Reactivating Growth For All (link is external)", published in the...
The former President of the Republic of Mozambique, Joaquim Chissano, believes that poverty helps terrorists recruit in the country, considering that ending poverty will be the best way to bring peace back to the country. "Terrorism exists because terrorists take advantage of something, like poverty. It's not the...
The World Bank argues that promoting agriculture is what defeats poverty fastest in Mozambique, given the economic potential and in the face of a global scenario in which there are several threats to growth, reads the institution's latest report. "Agricultural growth would reduce poverty and inequality three times faster than...
Mozambican families complain about the impact of rising prices of fuel and basic products. Businessmen call on banking to quickly revise the "interest-free banking" legislation to stimulate the economy. "This is increasing more and more the poverty of Mozambicans. It is a way to send the citizens of Mozambique away," complains a resident of...
The African Development Bank (ADB) argued on Tuesday that "widespread poverty and inequality" are Mozambique's main challenge, stressing the need for structural transformation for development. "Widespread poverty and inequality, especially in rural areas, where the majority of the population lives, are Mozambique's main development challenge," said...
About 2.4 million Mozambican children are involved in child labor, most pushed due to conditions of poverty and vulnerability. According to the country's Minister of Labor and Social Security, Margarida Talapa, data from 2021 report that 79% of children are involved in child labor mainly, in the areas of agriculture, hunting, fishing, forestry, and...
The report "First crisis, then catastrophe" by the non-governmental organization Oxfam reveals that by the end of this year about 860 million people around the world will be pushed into extreme poverty. According to the organization, by the end of this year that number of people around the world will be living below the...
The Hunger Early Warning Network (Fews network) warns that the poverty situation of Mozambican families already living in a situation of penury is worsening. This trend is caused by the recent rise in fuel prices, as a result of the increase in crude oil prices in the international market. "The increase of 12%...
More than 900,000 households that fell into poverty due to the Covid-19 pandemic have received grants in recent months under the Post-Emergency Direct Social Action Program (PASD-PE). The assistance was mostly targeted at women, people with disabilities, the elderly, and child-headed households. The director-general of the National Institute for Social Action (INAS), Glória...
A group of more than 100 millionaires from nine countries has signed an open letter calling for states to impose wealth taxes in order to reduce inequality and alleviate poverty. The solution suggested by more than 100 millionaires from nine different countries published last Wednesday, according to a statement by Oxfam,...