A desigualdade regional e a persistência da pobreza em Moçambique, explicadas na perspectiva do círculo vicioso da pobreza

Abstract

After its independence in 1975, Mozambique adopted a centrally planned economy to manage the country, following the example of many African countries that achieved independence since the 1960s. From 1984 onwards, the country began the process of exit from this system after not finding, in the extinct Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (former USSR), a suitable partnership to assist development plans. Thus, in 1987, Structural Adjustment (SA) began as an important step towards adopting the market economy system, with support from the United States and other Western countries, through the Bretton Woods institutions.