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Managing agricultural risk in Mozambique
Mozambique is primarily an agricultural economy with 81% of its population engaged in agriculture, which accounts for 32% of its GDP. “There are now 400 extreme weather events every year, four times as many as in 1970” (The Economist, 2017). The direct costs of these extreme events in the form of lost lives, assets, and habitat are evident. For farmers in...
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Publication - Project Report
Managing agricultural risk in Mozambique
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Data: Railroad to growth: Evaluating the impact of investments in railroads on firm behaviour
This paper investigates the impact of investments in transport infrastructure on firm performance. Using an original survey of approximately 900 firms in Southern Africa, I estimate the impact of access to a railway on firm sales. Exposure to railway infrastructure is instrumented by geographic proximity to the historical layout of a railway line destroyed by a civil war in...
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Data: Counteracting illicit behaviour during elections: The role of observers and cell phones in a field experiment
African elections often reveal low levels of political accountability. We assess different forms of voter education during an election in Mozambique. Three interventions providing information to voters and calling for their electoral participation were randomized: an SMS-based information campaign, an SMS hotline for electoral misconduct, and the distribution of a free...
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Publication - Policy Brief
Expectativas Subjectivas e Escolhas Ocupacionais de Estudantes Universitários em Moçambique
A transição da educação para o mercado de trabalho tem vindo a receber uma atenção crescente entre os economistas e formuladores de políticas públicas, especialmente nos países em desenvolvimento. Este estudo analisa o papel das expectativas subjectivas sobre o emprego e salário na tomada de decisões de carreira profissional entre estudantes do ensino...
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Publication - Policy Brief
Subjective expectations and occupational choices among university students in Mozambique
The transition from school to the labour market is receiving growing attention among economists and policymakers, especially in developing countries. This study examines the role of subjective expectations about employment and earnings in influencing occupational choices in three different sectors (public, private, and self- employment) among university students in...
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Publication - Country study
Mozambique’s private sector in the context of conflict
This case study examines the conflict dynamics in post-independence Mozambique, and how the private sector has developed in response to both conflict and peace.
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Blog post
Incentivising school attendance in Mozambique: Reports or cash transfers?
An enormous effort has been made by governments the world over to incentivise parents to ensure that their children attend school regularly. In developing countries, in particular, arguably the most significant innovation in social policy in the past few decades has been the introduction of conditional cash transfers made to parents to incentivise a number of prescribed...
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Publication - Policy Brief
Onde estão os professores? Distribuição dos professores em escolas públicas em Moçambique
Desde o aperto fiscal após a suspensão do apoio ao orçamento geral do Estado pelos principais doadores bilaterais, em 2016, aumentou a preocupação do governo em relação ao uso eficiente dos recursos no sector da educação; Os professores são um elemento-chave no sistema de ensino e o maior componente na estrutura de custos do sector de educação pública em...
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Publication - Policy Brief
Where are the teachers? The distribution of teachers across public primary schools in Mozambique
Following the suspension of general budget support by the main bilateral donors in 2016, consequent fiscal tightening has seen the efficient use of resources in the education sector becoming a priority of the Mozambican government. Teachers are the largest cost component in the public education sector in Mozambique, with their compensation accounting for more than...