Mozambique: ‘the war ended 17 years ago, but we are still poor’

Dr Joseph Hanlon, Senior Lecturer in Development and Conflict Resolution at the International Development Centre of the Open University, Milton Keynes, is a Visiting Fellow at the Crisis States Research Centre, London School of Economics and the editor of the Mozambique Political Process Bulletin.

Figures & data

Figure 1 Share of rural income and income increase, by quintile of household income The chart shows that the poorest 1/5 of households have only 3% of rural income and received only 3% of the gains between 1996 and 2002. Source: Hanlon and Smart, Do Bicycles Equal Development, based on Broughton et al., ‘Changes in Rural Household Income’.

Table 1. Change in rural family income between 2002 and 2005, by quintile

Income group	Change in median income
1 (poorest)	− 27%
2	− 14%
3 (mid)	− 4%
4	11%
5 (highest)	21%
TOTAL	− 3%
Source: Pitoro and Mlay, ‘Análise de Rendimento e Dinâmica’.

Table 2. In and out of rural poverty between 2002 and 2005

Poor in 2002		Not poor in 2002
Remainedpoor	Escaped poverty	Became poor	Remained non-poor
52%	18%	15%	15%
Source: Pitoro and Mlay, ‘Análise de Rendimento e Dinâmica’.