Mozambique

Question 1

2005-2009 annual growth averaged

Answer 1

7.6% of GDP

Question 2

(IMF 2011) income per capita increased by…

Answer 2

5% each year

Question 3

Colonial history

Answer 3

formerly Portuguese

Question 4

Independence gained

Answer 4

1974

Question 5

Civil war

Answer 5

1974-92

Question 6

Peace dividend

Answer 6

frelime won all elections
undertaken SAPs (socialism abandoned)
economic performance = good
Big AID flows

Question 7

Why classed as (false) success?

Answer 7

GDP growth over a decade = 5.7% 
never left bottom 10% of HDI
50% below poverty line
sunk costs - AID
validates neoliberal model 
success = sticky - peace dividend

Question 8

Did market liberalisation and SAPs spread development in Mozambique?

Answer 8

HDI = 185

‘success story’

Question 9

Life in informal Barrios

Answer 9

informal activity
inadequate services
overcrowding
food insecurity

Question 10

Food insecurity in Maputo

Answer 10

86% have a constant lack of accessibility

Question 11

Household income per month in Barrios

Answer 11

$144 (6.9 people per house)

Question 12

What years were there food riots in Maputo?

Answer 12

2008 and 2010

Question 13

Economic liberalisation caused urban food insecurity and unrest because…

Answer 13

imports cheaper than locally produced goods

increased vulnerability to global price variation

Question 14

Informalisation and urbanisation

Answer 14

enclaved spaces
‘extraversion’ - understanding between foreign capital and local elites
car repair and reuse in absence of regulation and vehicle standardisation

Question 15

Growing economy and persistent poverty

Answer 15

Increased consumption of foreign goods
Contrast to S.Korea between 1950s-80s
Growth figures used to frame ‘success’ - ‘market friendly’

Question 16

Corruption in Japanese car exports

Answer 16

Mozambiquan trader buys car for re-export to Maputo
Corruption in customs through bribes and fees
Car sold in Maputo

Question 17

Chinese demand for timber

Answer 17

largest tropical hardwood forest
weak regulation and corruption
‘timber rush’
China replaced S.Africa as largest import of forest products

Question 18

Log shipments from China

Answer 18

2001: $8 mil
2010: $100 mil

Question 19

Neoliberalism

Answer 19

Investment e.g. BRICS 
widespread poverty 
some increased opportunities to consume
decline in formal 'modern' sector
dependency on natural resources
GDP increase with inequality increase

Question 20

Castel-Branco (2014)

Answer 20

On the whole, economy has significantly expanded
GDP, investment and trade increased
However, structurally vulnerable and growth has been ineffective in decreasing poverty
Investment in large resource based projects has pushed out smaller firms in domestic market
Investment has focused only on core and left out rest of economy
To improve quality of life - replicate similar conditions through whole economy with regards to labour/wages
Need consistency