Social Protection in Mozambique from the 1990s to the 2000s

Abstract The Mozambican state has had a long history of cash transfer programme dating back to 1992. It targeted primarily the elderly, in move protect these and their families from extreme poverty. After urban riots broke out 2008 against cuts fuel subsidies general unhappiness with outcomes structural adjustments 1990s, International Monetary Fund (IMF), United Nations (UN), World Bank analysed, designed, proposed, funded scaling up food alternatives. Although there was division labour between international organisations, not all were on board programmes, which led weaknesses fragmented approach new programmes.