Structural adjustment and social policy in Mozambique

Marshall, Judith

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Structural adjustment and social policy in Mozambique

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Author(s): Judith Marshall

Publication date (Print): Spring 1990

Journal: Review of African Political Economy

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This article analyses the social costs of Mozambique's Economic Recovery Programme, sponsored by the World Bank and introduced in 1987. The programme has had some success in arresting economic decline, though not as fast as anticipated. However, social differentiation has increased, with traders, large farmers, corrupt state and military officials and private entrepreneurs gaining from the changes, while women, children and the poor in particular are finding their standards of living dropping sharply with devastating consequences for their health and nutritional status. The article uses the findings of research studies and interviews with urban dwellers on the issues of food supply, education and health to support this analysis. The loss to the IMF and the World Bank of Mozambican control over economic policy, the increase in human suffering with its potential for social and political breakdown, and the appropriateness of the programme in conditions of war, are the three central issues which have to be faced by proponents of this kind of adjustment.

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Judith Marshallis an educator and writer who has followed events closely in Mozambique for many years. She is based in Toronto and is a member of the editorial collective of Southern Africa Report.The next issue of ROAPE (autumn 1990) will carry an article on Judith's analysis of educational reform in Mozambique since Independence.

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Title: Review of African Political Economy

Publisher: Review of African Political Economy

ISSN (Print): 0305-6244

ISSN (Electronic): 1740-1720

Publication date (Print): Spring 1990

Volume: 17

Issue: 47

Pages: 28-43

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Publisher ID: 8703846 Coden ID: Review of African Political Economy, Vol. 17, No. 47, Spring 1990, pp. 28-43

DOI: 10.1080/03056249008703846

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Duvieusart Bandouin. . September. 1986 . “‘A Financial Feasibility Study of the National Education System in Mozambique’. ”. In UNESCO consultancy report . September. ,
Egero Bertil. . 1987. . Mozambique: A Dream Undone — The Political Economy of Democracy, 1975–1984 . , Uppsala : : Nordiska Afrikaininstitutet. .
First Ruth. . 1983. . Black Gold: The Mozambican Miner — Proletarian and Peasant . , Sussex : : The Harvester Press. .
R. Gersony , April 1988 , ‘Summary of Mozambican Refugee Accounts of Principally Conflict‐Related Experience in Mozambique’
Hanlon Joseph. . 1984. . The Revolution Under Fire . , London : : Zed Books. .
Hermele Kenneth. . 1988. . “‘Country Report, MOZAMBIQUE’. ”. Stockholm : : SIDA Studies from the Research Division. .
Institute for African Alternatives (IFAA) , 1987 , Report of a conference on ‘The Impact of the IMF and World Bank Policies on the People of Africa’ held at City University , London , 7–11 September
Isaacman Allan and Isaacman B.. 1983. . Mozambique: From Colonialism to Revolution 1900–1982 . , Boulder , Colorado : : Westview Press. .
Johnston Anton, Kaluba Henry, Karlsson Mats and Nystrom Kjell. . October. 1987 . “‘Education and Economic Crisis — the cases of Mozambique and Zambia’. ”. October. , Stockholm : : SIDA Education Division Documents no.38. .
Krug Etienne. . 1988. . “‘Economic Access to the Services Offered by the Vilankulo Rural Hospital’. ”.
Loxley John. . 1988. . ‘Economic Reform in Mozambique: Strategic Defeat or Tactical Retreat’. . Southern Africa Report . , Vol. 4((2)) October;
Marshall Judith. . 1985. . “‘Making Education Revolutionary’. ”. In A Difficult Road: The Transition to Socialism in Mozambique . , Edited by: Saul J.. New York : : Monthly Review Press. .
Judith Marshall , 1988a , ‘Literacy, State Formation and People's Power: Education in a Mozambican Factory’ , Ph.D. Dissertation, OISE , Toronto
Marshall Judith. . ‘Why Shoot the Teacher: War and Education in Mozambique’. In: . paper presented to the African Studies Association annual meeting; . October. 1988 ; , Chicago .
H.E. Dr. Pascoal Manuel Mocumbi , Minister for Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of Mozambique before the 43rd session of the UN General Assembly , New York 29 September 1988 mimeo
Munslow Barry. . 1983. . Mozambique: The Revolution and its Origins . , London : : Longman. .
Noormahomed Abdul Razak and Cliff Julie. . 1987. . The Impact on Health in Mozambique of South African Destabilization . , Maputo : : Ministry of Health. .
Raikes Philip. . 1984. . ‘Food Policy and Production in Mozambique Since Independence’. . Review of African Political Economy . , : 95––107. .
Saul John. , ed. 1985. . A Difficult Road: The Transition to Socialism in Mozambique . , New York : : Monthly Review Press. .
Wuyts Marc. . notes from a presentation to a workshop on the IMF/World Bank in Mozambique and Angola; . December. 1988 ; , Bonn .

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[1] Duvieusart Bandouin. . September. 1986 . “‘A Financial Feasibility Study of the National Education System in Mozambique’. ”. In UNESCO consultancy report . September. ,

[2] Egero Bertil. . 1987. . Mozambique: A Dream Undone — The Political Economy of Democracy, 1975–1984 . , Uppsala : : Nordiska Afrikaininstitutet. .

[3] First Ruth. . 1983. . Black Gold: The Mozambican Miner — Proletarian and Peasant . , Sussex : : The Harvester Press. .

[4] R. Gersony , April 1988 , ‘Summary of Mozambican Refugee Accounts of Principally Conflict‐Related Experience in Mozambique’

[5] Hanlon Joseph. . 1984. . The Revolution Under Fire . , London : : Zed Books. .

[6] Hermele Kenneth. . 1988. . “‘Country Report, MOZAMBIQUE’. ”. Stockholm : : SIDA Studies from the Research Division. .

[7] Institute for African Alternatives (IFAA) , 1987 , Report of a conference on ‘The Impact of the IMF and World Bank Policies on the People of Africa’ held at City University , London , 7–11 September

[8] Isaacman Allan and Isaacman B.. 1983. . Mozambique: From Colonialism to Revolution 1900–1982 . , Boulder , Colorado : : Westview Press. .

[9] Johnston Anton, Kaluba Henry, Karlsson Mats and Nystrom Kjell. . October. 1987 . “‘Education and Economic Crisis — the cases of Mozambique and Zambia’. ”. October. , Stockholm : : SIDA Education Division Documents no.38. .

[10] Krug Etienne. . 1988. . “‘Economic Access to the Services Offered by the Vilankulo Rural Hospital’. ”.

[11] Loxley John. . 1988. . ‘Economic Reform in Mozambique: Strategic Defeat or Tactical Retreat’. . Southern Africa Report . , Vol. 4((2)) October;

[12] Marshall Judith. . 1985. . “‘Making Education Revolutionary’. ”. In A Difficult Road: The Transition to Socialism in Mozambique . , Edited by: Saul J.. New York : : Monthly Review Press. .

[13] Judith Marshall , 1988a , ‘Literacy, State Formation and People's Power: Education in a Mozambican Factory’ , Ph.D. Dissertation, OISE , Toronto

[14] Marshall Judith. . ‘Why Shoot the Teacher: War and Education in Mozambique’. In: . paper presented to the African Studies Association annual meeting; . October. 1988 ; , Chicago .

[15] H.E. Dr. Pascoal Manuel Mocumbi , Minister for Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of Mozambique before the 43rd session of the UN General Assembly , New York 29 September 1988 mimeo

[16] Munslow Barry. . 1983. . Mozambique: The Revolution and its Origins . , London : : Longman. .

[17] Noormahomed Abdul Razak and Cliff Julie. . 1987. . The Impact on Health in Mozambique of South African Destabilization . , Maputo : : Ministry of Health. .

[18] Raikes Philip. . 1984. . ‘Food Policy and Production in Mozambique Since Independence’. . Review of African Political Economy . , : 95––107. .

[19] Saul John. , ed. 1985. . A Difficult Road: The Transition to Socialism in Mozambique . , New York : : Monthly Review Press. .

[20] Wuyts Marc. . notes from a presentation to a workshop on the IMF/World Bank in Mozambique and Angola; . December. 1988 ; , Bonn .

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