Mozambique: Government Admits 'Endemic Corruption'

This startling admission comes in the National Development Strategy , for the period 2025-2044, which the Council of Ministers approved last week.

ENDE also laments the failure to diversify the economy"The dependence on sectors such as low productivity agriculture and the extractive industry has limited economic diversification', it says."As a result the country has become susceptible to external shocks, to limited economic growth and to lack of innovation and competitiveness'.

Agricultural productivity remains very low, ENDE admits, and farmers have little access to fertilisers and modern technologies. Those working in agriculture and fisheries are mostly"individuals with no formal education and who never went to school'. One success story is health care. ENDE notes that, thanks to the increased number of health units,"around 67 per cent of the population has access to a health unit'.There was a problem processing your submission. Please try again later.

The average number of pupils per teacher in basic education is 64, which"has an impact on levels of learning'.

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