Mozambique

Mozambique is a rare example of a successful post-conflict recovery and economic takeoff. From 1992 to 2006, growth averaged 7.8 percent, the highest in Africa over that period for a non-oil producing country. GDP growth remained robust even during the financial crisis, at 6.8 percent in 2008 and estimated at 6 percent in 2009. Mozambique’s macroeconomic policies have been well-managed, attracting investments into mega-projects. The Government of Mozambique now aims to achieve double digit growth.

The IGC held initial talks with the Government of Mozambique in March 2010 and hopes to formulate a work programme in the coming months.

Mozambique

Growth Week - current agenda
Adam Robert Green

Please download the current agenda for Growth Week, subject to modifications. Day time sessions are now closed. 4.30 pm and 6.30pm sessions are open to the public on a first-come first-serve basis.

Counteracting Illicit Behaviour during Elections: The Role of Observers and Cell Phones in a Field Experiment (Governance, Accountability and Political Economy programme)
Jenny Aker

Democracy requires elections that are free and fair, in order to bring legitimacy to governments and therefore give them the mandate to pursue their policies. But in many developing countries, and especially in Africa, elections are marred by intimidation, fraud, and even civil conflict. Jenny C. Aker (Center for Global Development and Tufts University), Paul Collier (Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford) and Pedro C. Vicente (Trinity College Dublin and Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford) seek to develop our understanding of how electoral conduct can be improved in emergent African democracies, with a look at the Mozambican elections of 2009.