REBUILDING AFTER WAR: MICRO-LEVEL DETERMINANTS OF POVERTY REDUCTION IN MOZAMBIQUE

Kenneth Simler, Sanjukta Mukherjee, Gabriel Dava and Gaurav Datt

No 16524, Research Reports from CGIAR, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: This report-part of an extensive body of work IFPRI undertook on the state of poverty in Mozambique at the end of a long period of war-zeroes in on the question of what determines living standards and poverty in Mozambique. It aims to identify those public policy interventions that are likely to reduce poverty the most. The authors examine household and community characteristics linked to poverty and develop a microeconometric model to measure the influence of education, employment, demographics, agricultural technology, and infrastructure on consumption. Although the results of this research are directed to policymakers in Mozambique, those concerned with other low-income countries will find the analytical methods and findings useful, especially the message that investment in human development as well as physical capital is essential to reduce poverty.

Keywords: Food Security and Poverty; International Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 96
Date: 2003
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Working Paper: Rebuilding after war: micro-level determinants of poverty reduction in Mozambique (2003)
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.16524

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