Conference

The importance of the agricultural sector in the Mozambican economy, its potential to help move people out of poverty, and its vulnerability to the effects of weather shocks and climate change, place it among key policy areas in the country. However...

Presentation

Panel discussion

Panel discussion

Presentation

The Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Action (MGCAS) organises a Social Protection theme week in Mozambique 21-27 November 2022. During the week, on 25 November, The Mozambican Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) with Internation Labour...

Presentation

On Wednesday 28 September, Kunal Sen attends the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) office in New York to present key findings and policy lessons from the new Open Acess UNU-WIDER book, The developer’s dilemma.

Seminar

On Wednesday 24 August 2022, Mônica Magaua, PhD candidate at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Eduardo Mondlane (UEM), will present her recent study on the economic growth in Mozambique and its interaction with the environment. The...

Seminar

On 17 August 2022, the Faculty of Economics of the University of Eduardo Mondlane (UEM) organizes the third session of the cycle of debates on institutional development and economic development in Mozambique. In this session, entitled ‘Health...

Seminar

On Wednesday 10 August 2022, Moisés Siúta, PhD candidate at the University of Cape Town, will present his recent study on the role of mobile money in reducing economic inequality in Mozambique. The seminar is part of the CEEG Seminar Series...

Project workshop

On 1-3 August 2022, the Inclusive growth in Mozambique (IGM) programme organizes a short course on poverty, inequality and growth, with a focus on Mozambique, for the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Mozambique (MEF). The training consists of an...

Project workshop

On 27–29 July 2022, the Inclusive growth in Mozambique (IGM) programme organizes a course on recent trends in poverty, inequality and growth at the University of Eduardo Mondlane (UEM). The training is given by Vincenzo Salvucci, Assistant Professor...

Seminar

On Wednesday 29 of June 2022, Dr. Firmino Guliche, researcher and lecturer at the Faculty of Economics, Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM), will give a presentation on 'Data availability for research'. The seminar is part of the CEEG Seminar Series...

Seminar

On Wednesday 1 June 2022, Reis Castigo Intupo, PhD candidate at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Eduardo Mondlane (UEM), will present his recent study entitled ‘Bankruptcy prediction model for the banking sector in Mozambique’. The...

Seminar

On Wednesday 25 May 2022, Celestino Joanguete, UEM, will discuss the opportunities and risks of cryptocurrencies in his presentation entitled ‘From mining to cryptocurrency exchanges’. The seminar is part of the CEEG Seminar Series, organized under...

Seminar

On 11 May 2022, the Faculty of Economics of the University of Eduardo Mondlane (UEM) organizes the second session of the cycle of debates on institutional performance and economic development in Mozambique. In this session, entitled ‘Institutions and...

Seminar

On Wednesday 4 May 2022, Rafael da Cruz Macamo, CIC BATA (Centro de Iniciativas para la Cooperacion), will present a recent study entitled ‘The Effect of Macroeconomic Factors on Illicit Financial Flows from the Natural Resource Sector in Mozambique’...

Seminar

On Wednesday 20 April 2022, 12:00-15:00 (UTC+2), Margherita Squarcina, PhD student at the University of Florence, will present her ongoing study entitled 'The impact of COVID-19 on the nutrition of Mozambican families and children'. The seminar is...

Seminar

On Wednesday 6 April 2022, 12:00-13:00 (UTC+2), Isa Chiconela, independent researcher, will present her recent study in progress entitled 'Spatial analysis of poverty in Mozambique'. The seminar is part of the CEEG Seminar Series, organized under the...

Project workshop

The use of geographic information systems (GIS) in social sciences is becoming increasingly important for understanding complex issues with a spatial dimension. This short course, organized under the Inclusive growth in Mozambique (IGM) programme...

Project workshop

The Inclusive growth in Mozambique (IGM) programme organizes a five-day basic course on STATA during 28 March and 1 April 2022. STATA is a statistical analysis software used to analyse data patterns. The course aims to introduce participants to the...

Project workshop

During 21–25 March 2022, the Inclusive growth in Mozambique (IGM) programme organizes a training for survey enumerators hired to carry out the 2022 round of the Survey of Mozambican Manufacturing Firms (IIM 2022). The training consists of a detailed...

Project workshop

The Inclusive growth in Mozambique (IGM) programme organizes, on 17 March 2022, a one-day training on designing enterprise surveys. Topics covered include sampling of formal and informal firms, survey design (finding and measuring variables of...

Seminar

What is the role of security concerns of Western countries in conditioning Official Development Assistance (ODA) in Africa? How have the dynamics of relations between donors and sub-Saharan countries evolved since 1961 when ODA was first defined...

Seminar

On 15 March 2022, the Faculty of Economics of the University of Eduardo Mondlane (UEM) organizes an event launching a cycle of debates on institutional performance and economic development in Mozambique. The event, entitled ‘Economic Development and...

Seminar

On Wednesday 9 March 2022, Paul Jasper, researcher at Oxford Policy Management (OPM), and Ivan Manhique, Independent consultant, will present a recent study in progress entitled 'Determinants of gender differences in employment among youth in the...

Presentation

On 1 March 2022, Eva-Maria Egger, UNU-WIDER Research Fellow and Resident Advisor of the Inclusive growth in Mozambique (IGM) programme based at the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Mozambique, shared recent research produced under the IGM programme...

Seminar

On Wednesday 23 February 2022, Michael Sambo, Researcher at IESE, will present a recent study entitled The economic recession in Mozambique: Was it COVID-19? – A look from the external sector. The seminar is part of the CEEG Seminar Series, organized...

Seminar

On Wednesday 26 January 2022, Ricardo Santos, UNU-WIDER Research Fellow, will present a recent study on the role of information on wages and unemployment on the entry into the Mozambican labour market. The seminar pertains to the CEEG Seminar Series...

Presentation

On 24 January 2022, Eva-Maria Egger and Sam Jones, UNU-WIDER Research Fellows and researchers of the Inclusive growth in Mozambique programme (IGM), present recent IGM research at the Canadian High Commission in Mozambique. The hybrid event is...

Presentation

The Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Action (MGCAS) organises a Social Protection theme week in Mozambique 11-15 October 2021. During the week, on 15 October, The Mozambican Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) with Internation Labour...

Presentation

On 30 June 2021, Sam Jones, UNU-WIDER Research Fellow and IGM Resident Advisor, join a virtual two-hour visit of the Finnish Members of the Parliament to Mozambique. Speaking in the opening session of the online visit, Jones will provide the 45 tour...

Presentation

On 30 June 2021, Ricardo Santos, UNU-WIDER Research Fellow, participates in the World Congress 2021 of the International Economic Association (IEA) by presenting an IGM paper on the vulnerability of Mozambique to natural shocks. The paper is among...

Presentation

On 24 June 2021, the Ministry of Labour and Social Security of Mozambique (MITSS) launches the final report of the Survey on the School-to-Work Transition of Technical and Vocational Training Graduates in Mozambique. The report, produced under the...

Presentation

On 10 June 2021, Vincenzo Salvucci, Researcher at the Inclusive growth in Mozambique programme, will share the findings of a recent WIDER Working Paper ‘The impact of COVID-19 on consumption poverty in Mozambique’ at a one-day workshop organized by...

Seminar

On 17 June 2021, two researchers of the Inclusive growth in Mozambique (IGM) programme, Sam Jones, UNU-WIDER Research Fellow, and Finn Tarp, Professor of Development Economics at the University of Copenhagen and non-resident senior Research Fellow...

Presentation

On 16-17 June 2021, Enilde Francisco Sarmento, National Director of Economic and Development Policies at the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) and Fernando Lichucha, Dean of the Faculty of Economics at the University Eduardo Mondlane (UEM), both...

Presentation

Vincenzo Salvucci, Researcher at the Inclusive growth in Mozambique programme, University of Copenhagen, presents a recent WIDER Working Paper measuring the microeconomic impact of COVID-19 in Mozambique, ‘The impact of COVID-19 on consumption...

Seminar

On 29 May 2021, Pedro Vicente, Professor of Economics at Nova School of Business and Economics (Nova SBE), discusses a recent research that assesses the impact of two randomized interventions aiming at preventing violence related to the...

Workshop

Two researchers of the Inclusive Growth in Mozambique programme, Eva-Maria Egger, UNU-WIDER Research Fellow, and Vincenzo Salvucci, Researcher at the University of Copenhagen, deliver a training on advanced poverty analysis on 26-30 April. To be held...

Presentation

On 19 April 2021, Ricardo Santos, UNU-WIDER Research Fellow, presents an IGM paper in progress discussing the horizontal and intersecting inequalities in Mozambique in an online seminar coordinated by the Institute for International Economic Policy...

Seminar

On 15 April 2021, Rosário Betho, Senior Consultant at the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Mozambique, presents a recent research on the macroeconomic impact of COVID-19 in Mozambique. The presentation is based on the working paper ‘The...

Workshop

On 22-26 March 2021, UNU-WIDER, the University of Eduardo Mondlane, the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Mozambique and the University of Copenhagen organizes a training in poverty analysis using STATA, a statistical analysis software used to...

Seminar

On 18 March 2021, Bjørn Bo Sørensen and Christian Estmann Hansen, researchers at the University of Copenhagen, discuss their latest research on structural transformation in Mozambique. The presentation is based on the working paper ‘Economic...

Seminar

On 18 February 2021, Eva-Maria Egger and Jorge Mouco, researchers at UNU-WIDER, and Michael Keller, researcher at the University of Copenhagen, discuss their latest research on the coal mining sector in Mozambique. The presentation is based on the...

Seminar

On 18 February 2021, researchers of the Inclusive growth in Mozambique programme will discuss their latest research on the coal mining sector in Mozambique.

Seminar

On 2 December 2020, Dr João Carlos Trindade, retired judicial magistrate and current chair of the governing board of the non-governmental organization Centro Terra Viva, will discuss his research on the rule of law and judicial independence in...

Seminar

On 25 November 2020, José Jaime Macuane and Carlos Muianga will discuss their research on the institutional dynamics of the resources sector in Mozambique.

Seminar

On 18 November 2020, Mouzinho Mário, Professor at the University of Eduardo Mondlane, will discuss his research on access and epistemic quality of primary education in Mozambique.

Seminar

On 11 November 2020, Salvador Forquilha, Director and Senior researcher at IESE, will discuss his research.

Results meeting

On 4 November 2020, the Economic Development & Institutions research programme and the Inclusive growth in Mozambique programme held a public forum in Maputo to present the draft report of the Mozambique Institutional Diagnostic study.

Conference

Seminar

On 15 October 2020, Professor A. Hama Thay, researcher at the University of Eduardo Mondlane, will discuss his latest research on elections and African electoral system.

Seminar

On 17 September 2020, Hanna Berkel, researcher at the University of Copenhagen, will discuss her latest research on the impact of formalization on Mozambican firms.

Seminar

On 20 August 2020, Peter Fisker, researcher at the University of Copenhagen, will discuss a study prepared within the Inclusive growth in Mozambique programme.

Seminar

On 16 July 2020, two researchers of the Inclusive growth in Mozambique programme, Ivan Manhique and Ricardo Santos, will present their current research.

Seminar

Seminar

On 18 June 2020, researchers of the Inclusive growth in Mozambique programme, Eva-Maria Egger, Finn Tarp, and Vincenzo Salvucci, will present their current research.

Presentation

On 10 June, researchers of the Inclusive growth in Mozambique programme presented recent baseline survey findings to the technical and vocational education donor group in Mozambique.

Panel discussion

Sam Jones, UNU-WIDER Research Fellow, took part in a panel discussion on the national labour market hosted by Televisão de Moçambique.

Workshop

Lecture

Seminar

Professor Ana Lisa Moutinho, Atlântico Business School, will give a presentation on 29 May 2019 at the Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo, on "Economia e as armadilhas do pensamento económico" (Economics and the traps of economic thought). The...

Seminar

David Evans will give a presentation on 25 April at the Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, on ‘Addressing the global learning crisis: can improved teacher practices help?’. The presentation will be in Portuguese. The event is part of the seminar...

Seminar

On 3 April, Ricardo Santos, UNU-WIDER Research Fellow, will give a presentation at a seminar at the Centre of Excellence for Development Impact and Learning (CEDIL) on ‘Vulnerability to Natural Shocks: Assessing the Short-Term Impact of Consumption...

Seminar

The Inclusive growth in Mozambique programme will host a public forum on 26 March 2019 on the topic of Extractive Industry and Development. The Chief Economist and Deputy Director of UNU-WIDER Tony Addison will give a presentation based on a major...

Seminar

Vincenzo Salvucci, a researcher from the University of Copenhagen, will present a seminar on 13 March 2019 at the Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo. The seminar is titled Vulnerabilidade às Calamidades Naturais: Avaliação do Impacto a Curto Prazo...

Seminar

UNU-WIDER Research Fellows Sam Jones and Ricardo Santos will present in a seminar on 6 March at the Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo. The topic of the seminar is the profile of students of the Eduardo Mondlane University. The presentation is based...

Workshop

As part of the programme Inclusive Growth in Mozambique, researchers Vincenzo Salvucci and José Cardoso, will deliver a 5-day training course on advanced poverty analysis for officials from the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Mozambique along with...

Presentation

Presentation

Professor Finn Tarp, Director of UNU-WIDER will give a keynote presentation at the Annual Congress of the Economic Society of Tanzania, which will be held in Dar es Salaam on 7-8 December 2018.

Seminar

Conference

Seminar

Lecture

On 30 October, John Page gives a presentation on the drivers of industrial location at the London School of Economics. This event is part of a series of lectures delivered by Brookings Institution Senior Fellow and UNU-WIDER Non-Resident Senior...

Lecture

Presentation

On 25 October UNU-WIDER research fellow from the Inclusive Growth in Mozambique programme Paola Ballon presents in an event organized by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) in Maputo. The event is focused on multi...

Seminar

UNU-WIDER Research Fellow, Sam Jones, gave a presentation at a public seminar at the University of Helsinki on the possible impacts of the fourth industrial revolution on African countries, using examples from Mozambique. The event, ‘Human meets...

Presentation

Vincenzo Salvucci presents at a Conference on International Development on 3 October in Rome. The presentation is based on a draft working paper on school dropout in Mozambique by Félix Mambo, Ricardo Santos and Vincenzo Salvucci from the Inclusive...

Presentation

On 27 September 2018 UNU-WIDER Director Finn Tarp will give a presentation on development and poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Unit for Development Finance and Private Sector Cooperation.

Presentation

UNU-WIDER research fellows Sam Jones and Ricardo Santos present data on labour markets in Mozambique in a special event at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland in Helsinki on 21 September. Researchers, officials from the foreign ministry and...

Seminar

Seminar

On 14 September the Inclusive Growth in Mozambique project will host a public forum on natural gas in Maputo. The event focuses on better ways to manage natural resources revenue in Mozambique. Tore Eriksen, a senior advisor from Norway’s Ministry of...

Presentation

Seminar

Sam Jones, development economist and UNU-WIDER research fellow presents in a seminar on 15 August at the Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo.

Workshop

The training on 2-6 July 2018 is the second part of the series of workshops, that offers an introduction to economy-wide modelling for policy analysis. The workshop is held in Maputo and it is part of the Inclusive Growth in Mozambique Programme. The...

Workshop

The Inclusive Growth in Mozambique programme delivers a course on poverty line estimation and poverty calculation from June to August 2018 in Maputo. This course aims to equip the participants with tools to make poverty line estimation and poverty...

Policy seminar

On 23 April 2018, the Inclusive Growth in Mozambique project hosted a public forum to share the results of its report on the business landscape for Mozambican manufacturing firms. The event sheds light on the current challenges faced by micro-, small...

Workshop

UNU-WIDER research fellows, Ricardo Santos and Vincenzo Salvucci will lead a workshop on 14 March 2018 in Maputo. The workshop provides participants with tools and methodologies to support them in writing research proposals. The workshop is part of...

Seminar

This public forum, to be held in Portuguese on 28 November 2017, will focus on findings and policy lessons stemming from recent research on inequality in Mozambique, with the ultimate aim of promoting innovative policies for inclusive growth. The...

Conference

This conference, part of the Inclusive growth in Mozambique project carried out with partners, will bring together government representatives, policy advisors, and development practitioners to discuss the latest results on, as well as methodologies...

Policy seminar

Policy workshop

Policy seminar

Workshop

On 24 November 2016 the Directorate of Economic and Financial Studies (DEEF) of the Ministry of Economics and Finance of Mozambique (MEF) brought together policy makers, policy advisers, development partners, and government representatives to discuss...

Conference

Seminar

Workshop

Policy seminar

UNU-WIDER and Trinity College Dublin co-organize a policy seminar on the new book ‘Made in Africa: Learning to Compete in Industry’, on Africa Day, 25 May 2016, at Trinity College, Dublin. The launch brings together development experts, academics...

Seminar

Presentation

Seminar

The ‘Multidimensional Child Poverty Assessment Methodology’ seminar was held in Maputo on 8 July 2015. It was part of the UNU-WIDER Research Programme theme of Transformation organized in partnership with the Ministry of Economics and Finance of...

Workshop

The Analysing Poverty workshop was held in Maputo, 6-10 July 2015. The workshop is part of the UNU-WIDER Research Programme theme of Transfromation, in co-operation with Ministry of Economics and Finance of Mozambique, the University Eduardo Mondlane...

Policy workshop

Has foreign aid boosted economic growth on average in developing countries? How and why is the aid landscape changing? What are the key strategic choices ahead for the development community? ​These and many other questions were discussed in a policy...

Panel discussion

UNU-WIDER Special Session: Thursday 19 June, 2014, 16:00-17:30 Lessons from UNU-WIDER research: Research and Communication on Foreign Aid; Development Under Climate Change; and Learning to Compete

Conference

The first of the two 2013 UNU-WIDER Development Conferences will be held on 24‑25 June in Helsinki, Finland. The conference titled ‘L2C – Learning to Compete: Industrial Development and Policy in Africa’ builds on the research from the collaborative...

Results meeting

Seminar

Questions on the relationship between development aid and economic growth in developing countries were addressed in this seminar.

Seminar

By popular demand, the ReCom - Research and Communication on Foreign Aid projects' evidence on the relationship between aid and growth will be presented at DFID, United Kingdom. Recom takes a closer look at what works in development assistance and...

Seminar

By popular demand, the ReCom evidence on the relationship between aid and growth was presented in the Sida Development Talks series.

Project meeting

Project meeting: Learning to Compete. Please refer to the Research page for more information: Learning to Compete (L2C): Accelerating Industrial Development in Africa

Results meeting

The ReCom—Research and Communication on Foreign Aid programme held its first results meeting on the topic of ‘Aid, Growth and Macroeconomic Management’ at the University of Copenhagen on 27 January 2012. Implemented by UNU-WIDER and funded by the...

Seminar

UNU-WIDER Seminar on Development Effectiveness: New Ideas, New Challenges at the Development Policy Department of MFA Finland what works for development and what could work what experiences can be transferred between countries and what are the...

Conference

Poster: AERC & UNU-WIDER Conference: ReCom - Research and Communication on Foreign Aid.pdf (1.9 megabytes) To meet development objectives, aid recipients and their donor partners need to effectively manage the macro-economic effects of aid. Aid can...

Conference

Contact person UNU-WIDER focal points: Finn Tarp, Director Tony Addison, Chief Economist and Deputy Director Project Assistant: Janis Vehmaan-Kreula Media contact: Lorraine Telfer-Taivainen lorraine(at)wider.unu.edu Photo gallery of the event: http:/...

Conference

Contact person Christel Brink Hansen, University of Copenhagen Christel.Brink.Hansen@econ.ku.dk NCDE 2011 Conference Programme (52.68 kilobytes) The Development Economics Research Group (DERG) at the University of Copenhagen and the United Nations...

Policy seminar

How successful has aid been in helping achieve development? How is aid helping to diversify economies, promote economic growth and create more employment? What can aid do in the difficult situations of fragile states? These are just some of the...

Project meeting

Project meeting

Seminar

The United Nations University Office at the United Nations is organizing a discussion as part of the UNU Worldwide In New York Series entitled 'Should Africa Industrialize?' presented by John Page, External Project Director at the UNU World Institute...