Firms that survived the economic downturn adopted restrictive human resources management, reducing the workforce and making it more flexible, which in turn made employment more vulnerable. In 2017, manufacturing sector leadership appears both more satisfied and more inclined to support the training of their workers. Entrepreneurs reveal significant aversion to risk, which will constrain their ability to invest, both in physical and human capital. The 2017 Survey of Mozambican...

Weak supply chains, both in quantity and quality, impose logistical challenges on Mozambican manufacturing firms. The Mozambican regulatory and legal environment continue to be perceived as a hurdle. Regulatory barriers hinder firm capacity to export. Access to credit remains heavily constrained. Nearly half of firms do not find a business association to represent them. The 2017 Survey of Mozambican Manufacturing Firms builds on data collected in 2012 from surviving...