From Gas to Cash : Policy Options for Transferring Resource Revenues to Citizens in Mozambique

World Bank

Washington, DC

关键词: LIVING STANDARDS;    PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION;    POLITICAL ECONOMY ANALYSIS;    CREDIT MARKETS;    EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES;   

RP-ID  :  99250

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Mozambique has enjoyed strong economicgrowth but poverty levels are still unacceptably high.Mozambique is now in a transition period with an opportunityto plan for how resource revenues can contribute to povertyreduction and inclusive growth. Any policy to scale-up acash transfer program will operate with a limited budget,meaning that decisions will need to be made on the optimaldesign choice in Mozambique. The objective of this policynote is to generate debate on implementing a scaled-up cashtransfer in Mozambique’s future resource-rich environment,as part of a broader strategy to reduce poverty. The scopeof this note is focused on distributing resource revenuesthrough a scaled-up cash transfer program, and not thebroader management of resource revenues. Section onediscusses growth and poverty dynamics. Section two presentsthe existing social protection system. Section threediscusses policy options for implementing a scaled-up cashtransfer program using a simulation exercise to estimatepoverty and welfare effects for a given fiscal envelope.Section four discusses how to address the risks of financinga scaled-up cash transfer program from resource revenues.Section five focuses on the practicalities of how the socialprotection system should be strengthened to implementscaled-up cash transfer program and the final section concludes.