Crescimento econômico no contexto de combate à pobreza: será a diversificação da produção uma solução? revisão da literatura e reflexação sobre Moçambique

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze how economic growth contributes to poverty reduction and whether the diversification of production is a viable option so that through economic growth it can reduce the incidence of absolute poverty in the world and particularly in Mozambique. The work descriptively abode the proposed objectives through the analysis of the existing literature and data were collected from official statistics. To assess the effect of production diversification on economic growth and thereby the eradication of poverty, fieldwork was carried out in the districts of Boane, Moamba in Maputo Province and in Ulongué district in Tete Province and in which having been chosen the method of intentional sampling, it was possible to reach the proposed objectives. Economic growth has beneficial effects on improving the lives of the poor, first because, according to all poverty indicators, poverty decreases as per capita income increases, second because much of the reduction in poverty is explained by income growth. per capita. Therefore, while it is recognized that per capita income growth reduces poverty, it is still difficult to know to what extent this growth generates poverty reduction and why the impact of economic growth on poverty reduction depends very much on how this growth takes place or it does not vary much in relation to the country's stage of development. From the analysis carried out from the field work, it was found that the PD creates positive impacts on the growth of per capita income, and therefore on poverty reduction, by ensuring the population's food security and diet, by promoting the level of employment within and outside the agricultural sector, by increasing peasant productivity and reducing transaction costs, which creates positive impacts on price reductions, which will increase peasants' real income and thus improve their standard of living. (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)