Prices in Mozambican Agriculture
In: Journal of international development: the journal of the Development Studies Association, Band 2, Heft 2, S. 172-208
ISSN: 0954-1748
In: Journal of international development: the journal of the Development Studies Association, Band 2, Heft 2, S. 172-208
ISSN: 0954-1748
In: Journal of international development: the journal of the Development Studies Association, Band 2, S. 172-208
ISSN: 0954-1748
In: Journal of international development, Band 2, Heft 2, S. 172-208
Detaillierte Darstellung der Agrarpreispolitik des Landes seit der Unabhängigkeit 1975. Effektivität der Preispolitik, Preisindex, Inflation werden bewertet und im Zusammenhang mit auswärtigem politischen Druck und zunehmenden innenpolitischen Schwierigkeiten gesehen. Analysiert werden verschiedene Möglichkeiten von Seiten der Regierung, in den Agrarmarkt einzugreifen. (DÜI-Fry)
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In: Journal of international development: the journal of the Development Studies Association, Band 2, Heft 2, S. 172-208
ISSN: 1099-1328
AbstractThis article is concerned with the effectiveness and impact of agricultural price policy in Mozambique since Independence in 1975. Existing information on price‐setting and inflation is up‐dated and reviewed, and the implications of a recently compiled aggregate consumer price index are investigated. External pressure and increasing internal difficulties have induced a re‐orientation of economic policies with price and market liberalization in focus. The scope for increasing agricultural production through price reform alone is limited, but Government intervention in agricultural markets in Mozambique could nevertheless be improved. Different types of interventions undertaken and proposed are therefore considered before the article is concluded. © 2016. The Authors. Journal of International Development published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
In: The European journal of development research
ISSN: 1743-9728
AbstractTaking advantage of the 2019/2020 Mozambican household budget survey, in the field both before and during the first phases of the Covid-19 pandemic, we assess the impact of Covid-19 on welfare in 2020, aiming to disentangle this impact from the effect of other shocks. Comparing a number of welfare metrics, and applying propensity score matching and inverse probability weighted regression adjustment approaches, we find that consumption levels are significantly lower and poverty rates substantially higher during the first phases of Covid-19 than in the pre-Covid-19 period. Moreover, the impact was greater in urban areas and accordingly in the more urbanised southern region. Non-food expenditures suffered relatively more than food expenditures, likely a coping strategy, while the impact on consumption levels was greater for people working in the secondary and tertiary sectors than for workers in the primary sector, mainly agriculture. Stunting among under-5 children also suffered. Only a limited number of countries have actual, collected in-person, survey data that span across the initial phases of the Covid-19 pandemic. Thus, the present analysis adds value to our understanding of the welfare consequences of Covid-19 in a low-income context, where automatic social safety nets were not in place during the early phases of the pandemic. More specifically, it helps in assessing the results of previous welfare impact simulations, compared to real data. Even though our main findings are broadly in line with existing estimates based on simulations or phone surveys, important differences between the predictions and the actual results emerge. We conclude that it is critically important for Mozambique and its development partners to develop stronger and more targeted policies and tools to respond to temporary shocks.
In: The journal of development studies, Band 58, Heft 7, S. 1363-1382
ISSN: 1743-9140
Using a unique panel survey of enterprises, we examine the relationship between four categories of formalization and firm productivity. We carry out one- and two-step productivity estimations whose robustness we check with matching and doubly robust estimators. The only formalization category that appears to be significantly associated with productivity is tax formalization, i.e. a firm's decision to pay taxes. This positive association only holds for firms that were already more productive and bigger before formalizing than other informal firms. The reason for the insignificance of the remaining three categories is likely to be the insignificant association between formalization and potential benefits of formalization, such as more access to credit, employees, and investments. High taxes and fees linked to formalization seem to outweigh the few to non-existent intermediate benefits of formalization.
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In: Journal of development economics, Band 118, S. 266-281
ISSN: 0304-3878
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In: Journal of development economics, Band 118, S. 266-281
ISSN: 0304-3878
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 69, S. 1-5
In: Journal of development economics, Band 110, S. 291-302
ISSN: 0304-3878
In: Journal of development effectiveness, Band 1, Heft 2, S. 130-146
ISSN: 1943-9407
In: The journal of development studies, Band 44, Heft 4, S. 485-503
ISSN: 1743-9140
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 30, Heft 12, S. 2071-2088
ISSN: 0305-750X
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In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 30, Heft 12, S. 2071-2088
In: Journal of development economics, Band 64, Heft 2, S. 547-570
ISSN: 0304-3878