Urban Safety Nets and Activation in Mozambique
Thirty eight percent of the urban population in Mozambique is poor and the latest political and economic developments are likely to increase their vulnerability. Moreover, a large share of the urban population that is close to the poverty line and...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/518991510298233124/Urban-safety-nets-and-activation-in-Mozambique http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28872 |
| Summary: | Thirty eight percent of the urban
population in Mozambique is poor and the latest political
and economic developments are likely to increase their
vulnerability. Moreover, a large share of the urban
population that is close to the poverty line and that could
worsen their poverty status through small variations in
income. In addition to the political and economic context,
urbanization in Mozambique has been a steady process over
the last years and this urbanization dynamic is likely to
continue in the next coming years transforming Mozambique
into one of the most urbanized countries in the region. This
process will potentially exacerbate the unemployment
situation in the urban settings, enhancing the vulnerability
of the urban poor and specially the urban youth. Motivated
by the increasing urban vulnerability, this report is one of
the first attempts to review programs, practices and
expenditure on safety nets and activation interventions in
urban settings in Mozambique. In particular, the report aims
at enhancing government knowledge and understanding about
existing safety nets and activation programs in urban areas
in Mozambique, assess their efficiency and effectiveness,
and identify emerging lessons and challenges. The report
aims at informing government on how to enhance the
implementation of safety nets and activation programs is
response to the increased vulnerability in urban areas. It
does so by reviewing existing programs, published
literature, and analyzing needs and target populations with
household survey and administrative data and qualitative
information collected through field surveys. The report
focusses only on the core urban safety net and activation
initiatives. The report is divided into three main chapters:
Chapter 1 explains about the Profile of Mozambique’s poor
urban population and urban safety nets beneficiaries;
Chapter 2 describes Safety nets and activation programs
assessment in urban Mozambique; and Chapter 3 concludes by
Evaluating the readiness of Safety Nets and Activation
initiatives in urban Mozambique. |
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