Mozambique
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Community health programmes and HIV/AIDS outcomes in Mozambique
A widely implemented HIV/AIDS programme inadvertently decreased HIV testing by worsening misinformation and HIV-related stigmatising attitudes, but a simple follow-up intervention offset the programme’s adverse effects.
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How information ahead of floods can improve climate resilience: Lessons from Mozambique
Providing flood risk and mitigation information to households through digital channels like text messages improved community-level collaboration in Mozambique
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Incentivising school attendance: Evidence from Mozambique
Research in Mozambique highlights new, lower-cost approaches to reducing pupil absenteeism in low-income countries
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The multiplier effects of FDI: Evidence from Mozambique
Natural resource discoveries trigger FDI bonanzas and employment booms through a local FDI job multiplier, but also induce political instability
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Combining improved seed varieties and index insurance to address drought losses
Bundling genetic and financial technologies can make small-scale agriculture more resilient and productive
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Forced displacement and human capital: Evidence from Mozambique
Conflict-driven displacement can trigger structural transformation, but can also cause long-lasting social and psychological trauma
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Human capital growth: An engine for structural transformation
Growth in human capital reduces agricultural labour supply, while in turn the expansion of non-agricultural sectors drives human capital growth
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Closing the gender profit gap through savings and training: Evidence from Mozambique
Access to mobile savings accounts and financial management skills can lead to improved profits and financial security of female-led micro-enterprises
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How financial education of managers can help improve firm practices: Evidence from Mozambique
Low-cost interventions such as executive education courses can improve firms’ financial practices and decision making, and trigger economic development