Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- Introduction -- Urbanization and Informality -- International Migration in Southern Africa -- Migrants and the Informal Economy -- Informal Cross-Border Trading -- Informal Remitting Enterprise --...

High youth unemployment rates and long school-to-work transition times pose a threat to low-income countries' sustainable growth prospects. Using a randomized control trial experiment conducted in Mozambique, we find strong evidence that providing information on wages and unemployment reduces...

Introduction: It all happens on the margins-Maputo/Beira -- Small-town hustle-Zambezia -- What can you do with an aging warlord?-Zambezia -- Branco - Branco-Zambezia -- Confessions of a human smuggler-Nampula -- Where have you hidden the cholera?-Nampula -- Go tell the crocodiles-Tete -- A...

Informal self-employed traders in developing countries are vulnerable to shocks as they often lack access to social insurance or formal finance. This study investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on these urban traders in the capital of Mozambique, Maputo. Drawing on longitudinal phone...

The construction sector value added in Mozambique grew at an average annual rate of 12.8 per cent in 1993-2015. Investment in the basic infrastructure of health, education, and housing improved families' and communities' living conditions. Investment in roads, communications, and office...

In looking for empirical evidence about the activity of countries, a proposal is made for studying (measuring and modelling) the activity of countries through the use of Social Accounting Matrices (SAMs) and Socio-Demographic Matrices (SDMs). SAMs and SDMs are presented as tools that have...