Mozambique Social Protection Assessment

This assessment shows that Mozambique social protection system is developing. While programs to address most of the risks identified exist, there are still major gaps. Poor families with children are not adequately supported, there is no significant youth program, and subsistence farmers and other workers are not properly protected against recurrent shocks. The government spends a considerable amount of its resources on social protection but most are absorbed by untargeted subsidies and pensions that benefit only a few. This assessment suggests that it will be necessary to address three mutually complimentary issues: developing effective mechanisms to maximize the impact of social protection on reducing poverty; rationalizing public expenditures while filling existing program gaps; and strengthening institutional arrangements. In order to address the multiple challenges Mozambique faces to support particularly vulnerable groups and reduce extreme poverty and food insecurity, the report proposes a gradual approach framed in the existing social protection strategy approved by the Government in 2010.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Silverio Marques, Jose
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012-10
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE POVERTY, ACCESS TO FOOD, ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, ADULT EDUCATION, AGED, AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL WAGE, AGRICULTURAL WORKERS, ANTENATAL CARE, ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, ASSISTANCE STRATEGY, BASIC HEALTH, BASIC HEALTH CARE, BENEFICIARY, BENEFICIARY FAMILIES, BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS, BENEFIT LEVEL, CASH TRANSFER, CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM, CASH TRANSFERS, CHILD LABOR, CHRONIC FOOD INSECURITY, CHRONIC ILLNESS, CHRONICALLY POOR, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, CONDITIONAL CASH, CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES, CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA, COPING STRATEGIES, COST-EFFECTIVENESS, COVARIATE SHOCKS, CROWDING OUT, DISABILITY INSURANCE, DRINKING WATER, DROUGHT, DRY SEASON, ECONOMIC CRISES, ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE, ECONOMIC SHOCKS, ELDERLY PEOPLE, ELIGIBLE BENEFICIARIES, EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE, EMERGENCY RELIEF, EXTERNAL RESOURCES, EXTREME POVERTY, FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN, FARMING ACTIVITIES, FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS, FINANCIAL CRISES, FOOD ASSISTANCE, FOOD BASKET, FOOD CONSUMPTION, FOOD EXPENDITURE, FOOD EXPENDITURES, FOOD INSECURITY, FOOD NEEDS, FOOD POVERTY, FOOD POVERTY LINE, FOOD PRICES, FOOD PROGRAM, FOOD REQUIREMENTS, FOOD SECURITY, FOOD SHORTAGES, FOOD SUBSIDY, FOOD-FOR-WORK, FREE HEALTH, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH CLINICS, HEALTH EXPENDITURE, HEALTH EXPENDITURES, HEALTH FACILITIES, HEALTH FACILITY, HEALTH ORGANIZATION, HEALTH SERVICES, HOMELESS, HORIZONTAL EQUITY, HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION, HOUSEHOLD FOOD INSECURITY, HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY, HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX, IDIOSYNCRATIC SHOCKS, ILLITERACY, IMMUNIZATION, INCOME, INCOME GENERATION, INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES, INCOME-GENERATING OPPORTUNITIES, INDIRECT BENEFICIARIES, INEQUALITY, INSURANCE MECHANISMS, INSURANCE PROGRAM, INSURANCE SYSTEMS, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, INTERVENTION, LABOR MARKET POLICIES, LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS, LEAN SEASON, LEPROSY, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LIFE INSURANCE, LIVE BIRTHS, LIVING CONDITIONS, MALNUTRITION, MICRO-INSURANCE, MORTALITY, MUTUAL INSURANCE, NATIONAL POVERTY, NATURAL DISASTER, NATURAL DISASTERS, NEAR POOR, NEEDY CHILDREN, NUMBER OF CHILDREN, NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS, NUTRITIONAL STATUS, OLD AGE, OLD AGE PENSION, PENSION, PENSIONS, PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION, POOR, POOR CHILDREN, POOR FAMILIES, POOR HEALTH, POOR HOUSEHOLDS, POOR PEOPLE, POVERTY ANALYSIS, POVERTY ASSESSMENT, POVERTY IMPACT, POVERTY INCIDENCE, POVERTY LINE, POVERTY LINES, POVERTY RATES, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY, PREGNANCY, PREGNANT WOMEN, PRENATAL CARE, PRIVATE CAPITAL, PRODUCTIVE ASSETS, PROGRAM COVERAGE, PROTECTION POLICIES, PROTECTION SYSTEM, PROTECTION SYSTEMS, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC SERVICES, PUBLIC WORKS, PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS, RESIDENTIAL CARE, RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS, RISK MANAGEMENT, RISK REDUCTION, RURAL, RURAL AREAS, RURAL HOUSEHOLDS, RURAL WORKERS, SAFETY NET PROGRAMS, SAFETY NET SYSTEMS, SAFETY NETS, SANITATION, SAVINGS, SCHOOL FEEDING, SCHOOL LUNCHES, SCHOOL MATERIALS, SCHOOLING, SELF-INSURANCE, SHOCK, SMALL LOANS, SOCIAL ACTION, SOCIAL ACTION PROGRAM, SOCIAL ASSISTANCE, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL FUNDS, SOCIAL INSURANCE, SOCIAL PENSION, SOCIAL PENSIONS, SOCIAL PROGRAMS, SOCIAL PROTECTION, SOCIAL PROTECTION SPENDING, SOCIAL RISK, SOCIAL RISKS, SOCIAL SAFETY NET, SOCIAL SECURITY, SOCIAL SERVICES, SOCIAL SUPPORT, SOCIAL WELFARE, STRUCTURAL REFORMS, SUBSISTENCE, SUBSISTENCE FARMERS, SUPPORT PROGRAM, TARGETING, TARGETING MECHANISMS, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TRANSFER PROGRAM, TRANSFER PROGRAMS, TRANSFERS IN CASH, TRANSIENT POOR, TRANSIENT POVERTY, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, VERTICAL EQUITY, VICTIMS, VIOLENCE, VULNERABLE CHILDREN, VULNERABLE GROUP, VULNERABLE GROUPS, VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS, VULNERABLE PEOPLE, VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, WAR, WORK PROGRAM, WORKFARE, WORKS PROGRAM,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/10/19748279/mozambique-social-protection-assessment https://hdl.handle.net/10986/19002
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