Selected key documents and links on Social Protection

This page contains an evolving set of key documents on the situation, options and strategies of the country’s Social Protection system. 

The New Social Protection Strategy
The New National Social Protection Strategy approved by the Council of Ministers in February 2016
ESTRATÉGIA NACIONAL DE SEGURANÇA SOCIAL BÁSICA 2010-2014 (available only in Portuguese)

An analysis of the demographic transition and its implications on social protection
An analysis of the demographic transition in Mozambique and its implications to Social Protection as well as an assets-based analysis of poverty of older people and of the options for a universal social pension.
“Growing old in Mozambique: Dynamics of well-being and poverty” by Antonio Francisco, Gustavo Sugahara and Peter Fisker, Instituo de Estudos Sociais e Economicos (IESE, 2013) (pdf 618 kB)

A situation analysis, assessment and policy recommendations for further development of the social protection system
“Mozambique Social Protection Assessment: Review of Social Assistance Programs and Social Protection Expenditures”. Human Development, Social Protection Unit, Africa Region, October 2012 (worldbank.org)

An analysis and summary of economic, social and political variables of the 54 African countries
AfDB/OECD/UNDP (2015) African Economic Outlook 2015: Regional Development and Spatial Inclusion (oecd.org)