The objective of conducting this casestudy on Mozambique is to uncover the pattern of municipalInformation and Communication Technology (ICT) impact thatmay exist in other low-capacity countries with analogouspolitical economy structures in relation to leveraging ICTin public sectors. The study concludes by suggestingmeasures to link the continent's ICT boom incitizen-based mobile telephony and internet usage with therapid rise of public sector ICT phenomena as a promisingmeans to plug service delivery gaps. In view of thesehighlights, this report stands to serve as a valuableresource guide to a wide audience of practitioners,including policy wonks, urban specialists; ICT and climatechange enthusiasts, as well as social accountabilityactivists. This report consists of five sections. Sectionone details the impact of climate change onMozambique's urban poor while also providing anoverview of the country's disaster response system. Inview of the decentralization of much of Mozambique'sICT and other resources among municipal governments, sectiontwo sheds light on leveraging local government-level ICTtowards enhancing urban climate resilience and disseminatesawareness on the 'ICT- Action Plan for the Reduction ofAbsolute Poverty (PARPA)' framework. Section threedescribes the four ICT tools most widely being used towardsclimate-change adaptation, while Section 4 seeks to quantifythe level to which municipal ICT growth is having an impacton urban climate resilience generally, and seeks to answerthe question of whether it is having an equitable impact onthe poor. Upon measuring the extent to which urban climateresilience is being enhanced and analyzing differentialimpact on the urban poor, section five recommends targetedreform in ICT-PARPA framework such that ICT impact isequitable for all communities, and postulates how suchreform can be realized.
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