The political economy of Mozambique twenty years on
A post-conflict success story
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5725055 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Madalitso Zililo Phiri (0000-0003-2784-7298, Human Sciences Research Council, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 223-245 |
| Publication date | 2012-08-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | South African Journal of International Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1022-0461 • E-ISSN: 1938-0275 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10220461.2012.707791 |
| OpenAlex | W1979080191 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
The following article investigates the state of Mozambique's political economy 20 years after the end of its civil war between FRELIMO and RENAMO, in 1992. This paper is written from the theoretical perspectives of growing criticism of the neo-liberal assumptions that underlie development policy and places the analysis of Mozambique's economic growth and development within the field of development studies as they are played out in African realities. Mozambique is viewed by the donor community and multilateral institutions as a success story of postwar construction, yet a closer look at the development outcomes in Mozambique calls this conclusion into question. The paper found that, despite improvements in reducing the number of people living in poverty between 1992 and 2012, hunger persists and malnutrition and diseases such as malaria, HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis are on the increase. The author concludes that global governance reforms that take cognisance of Mozambique's and indeed Africa's governance challenges are needed to forge a development paradigm relevant for Africa
Corporate governance · Criticism · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Good governance · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Poverty · Sociology · Law · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
Passive Hosts or Demanding Stakeholders? Understanding Mozambique’s Negotiating Power in the Face of China
Perspectives on the coordination of multisectoral nutrition in Mozambique and an emerging framework
Separatist tensions and violence in the ‘model post-conflict state’
Governo Papa’ and the ‘uncritical citizen
Spaces of extraction and suffering
Was Africa rising? Narratives of development success and failure among the Mozambican middle class
Against Imperial Social Policy
| Citations per year | 0.64 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2023 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |