Monitoring and Evaluating Poverty Reduction Policies in Mozambique. Social Relations of Rural Poverty

Chr. Michelsen Institute
From the vantage point of a rural district in northern Mozambique, the development efforts by government and donors are visible through the enhanced capacity of the local administration and investments in education and health, but not where it really matters for poor people: employment creation and reasonable returns from their agricultural production, which currently are adversely affected by an absent or exploitative private sector. The very poorest are marginalised or excluded from social relationships with the extended family, traditional institutions as well as the state, underlining the need to give special attention to the chronically poor and destitute in rural areas.

Monitoring and Evaluating Poverty Reduction Policies in Mozambique. Social Relations of Urban Poverty

Chr Michelsen Institute, Norway
Issues of urban poverty have received little attention in Mozambique, even though the urban poverty rate is high and urban inequality is on the rise. In the bairros of Maputo, unemployment, crime and the high costs of food, housing and land inhibit the poor from converting progress in education and health into increased income and consumption.

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