Republic of Mozambique: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
IMF Staff Country Reports, September 6, 2005
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Bibliographic details
- Published: September 6, 2005
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451931181.002
Executive summary and core findings
- Reviews Mozambique’s impressive economic growth, its composition, and its impact on poverty reduction over the past decade.
- Highlights that improvements in total factor productivity resulted from:
- a stable macroeconomic environment,
- the implementation of structural reforms,
- high inflows of foreign capital and concessional assistance.
- Notes that good progress has been made in reducing poverty and improving social indicators.
- Takes stock of the tax reform that Mozambique has implemented since 1996.
Subjects and keywords
- Subject: Corporate income tax, Income and capital gains taxes, Poverty, Poverty reduction, Tax incentives, Taxes, Value added tax
- Keywords: Africa, Corporate income tax, CR, economic growth, economic recovery, foreign direct investment, GDP, GDP growth, GDP performance, growth experience, IMF staff estimate, Income and capital gains taxes, investment-GDP ratio, ISCR, market liberalization, Mozambique, Poverty reduction, Sub-Saharan Africa, tax, Tax incentives, Value-added tax, VAT
Analytical emphasis for readers and policymakers
- Growth decomposition: Emphasis on total factor productivity gains as a major driver of growth.
- Role of macro policy and reforms: Stable macroeconomic policies coupled with structural reforms are linked to productivity improvements.
- External finance and concessional assistance: High inflows of foreign capital and concessional assistance are identified as important contributors to growth and public investment.
- Poverty and social indicators: Documented progress in poverty reduction and improvements in social indicators over the reviewed decade.
- Tax policy: Provides a stock-taking of tax reform measures implemented since 1996, with attention to corporate income tax, value added tax, income and capital gains taxes, and tax incentives.
Utility for researchers and practitioners
- Useful for analysis of Mozambique’s growth experience, the contribution of productivity versus factor accumulation, and the impact of reforms and external financing on poverty reduction.
- Relevant for tax policy analysts examining Mozambique’s post-1996 tax reforms and revenue mobilization instruments.
Source: Republic of Mozambique: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix (IMF Staff Country Reports, September 6, 2005).
Content in this bundle
- Mozambique: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix; IMF Country Report 05/311; June 8, 2005