A COUNTRY ON THE EDGE OF CHANGE

摘要

REVENUES FROM GAS production could lift millions out of poverty in Mozambique and provide infrastructure investment to bridge the disparities between urban and rural areas, especially in the central and northern provinces. A World Bank report recommends public investment in infrastructure in rural areas is paramount to improve the economy, adding that gas could push growth from 2.3 per cent in 2019-which slumped after tropical cyclones Idai and Kenneth-to 5 per cent by 2021. Shireen Mahdi, World Bank senior economist, who co-authored the report, said it was vital for the country to continue to balance its books: "It will be important that in the near term, the country continues to improve its fiscal position, through improvements in expenditure efficiency, revenue management, and debt reduction ... These measures are important as the country continues on the path of macro-stability."