Mozambique Jobs Diagnostic : Volume 2 - Jobs Strategy Policy Note

Mozambique is about to face two transformative opportunities for accelerating the pace of poverty reduction: the prospect of major resource inflows from the extraction of liquid natural gas (LNG) and other minerals, and the prospect of a significan...

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Main Authors: Lachler, Ulrich, Ricaldi, Federica
Format: Policy Note
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
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spelling okr-10986-353862021-04-23T14:02:21Z Mozambique Jobs Diagnostic : Volume 2 - Jobs Strategy Policy Note Lachler, Ulrich Ricaldi, Federica LABOR MARKET JOB CREATION COMPETITIVENESS MICROENTERPRISES SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES JOB PRODUCTIVITY SKILLS DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION Mozambique is about to face two transformative opportunities for accelerating the pace of poverty reduction: the prospect of major resource inflows from the extraction of liquid natural gas (LNG) and other minerals, and the prospect of a significant demographic dividend. But to take advantage of these transformative opportunities, however, Mozambican policy makers will have to overcome several important challenges: it will be necessary to accelerate Mozambique’s structural transformation, both in sectoral and job quality terms. Achieving a faster jobs transformation in the context of an extractives resource-driven economic model and capturing the demographic dividend of an expanding population are the key jobs outcomes at the basis of this Jobs Strategy Note, which rests on five pillars defined by the broad jobs’ challenges outlined, together with the overarching challenge of maintaining a stable macroeconomic and governance framework. While a successful sectoral transition from agriculture to non-agriculture largely depends on developments across markets and sectors, a successful job transition has more to do with factors affecting the functioning of the labor market. Although the ultimate objective is to achieve a successful transition to nonagricultural, wage-based employment, there is still considerable room for improving overall productivity and job quality in the informal and agricultural sectors. 2021-04-06T17:43:44Z 2021-04-06T17:43:44Z 2021-03-31 Policy Note http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/993481617208378098/Mozambique-Jobs-Diagnostic-Volume-2-Jobs-Strategy-Policy-Note http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35386 English Job Series;No. 26 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note Economic & Sector Work Africa Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE) Mozambique
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topic LABOR MARKET
JOB CREATION
COMPETITIVENESS
MICROENTERPRISES
SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES
JOB PRODUCTIVITY
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
spellingShingle LABOR MARKET
JOB CREATION
COMPETITIVENESS
MICROENTERPRISES
SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES
JOB PRODUCTIVITY
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
Lachler, Ulrich
Ricaldi, Federica
Mozambique Jobs Diagnostic : Volume 2 - Jobs Strategy Policy Note
geographic_facet Africa
Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE)
Mozambique
relation Job Series;No. 26
description Mozambique is about to face two transformative opportunities for accelerating the pace of poverty reduction: the prospect of major resource inflows from the extraction of liquid natural gas (LNG) and other minerals, and the prospect of a significant demographic dividend. But to take advantage of these transformative opportunities, however, Mozambican policy makers will have to overcome several important challenges: it will be necessary to accelerate Mozambique’s structural transformation, both in sectoral and job quality terms. Achieving a faster jobs transformation in the context of an extractives resource-driven economic model and capturing the demographic dividend of an expanding population are the key jobs outcomes at the basis of this Jobs Strategy Note, which rests on five pillars defined by the broad jobs’ challenges outlined, together with the overarching challenge of maintaining a stable macroeconomic and governance framework. While a successful sectoral transition from agriculture to non-agriculture largely depends on developments across markets and sectors, a successful job transition has more to do with factors affecting the functioning of the labor market. Although the ultimate objective is to achieve a successful transition to nonagricultural, wage-based employment, there is still considerable room for improving overall productivity and job quality in the informal and agricultural sectors.
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author Lachler, Ulrich
Ricaldi, Federica
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title Mozambique Jobs Diagnostic : Volume 2 - Jobs Strategy Policy Note
title_short Mozambique Jobs Diagnostic : Volume 2 - Jobs Strategy Policy Note
title_full Mozambique Jobs Diagnostic : Volume 2 - Jobs Strategy Policy Note
title_fullStr Mozambique Jobs Diagnostic : Volume 2 - Jobs Strategy Policy Note
title_full_unstemmed Mozambique Jobs Diagnostic : Volume 2 - Jobs Strategy Policy Note
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