Good afternoon. Protests at the Nacala-Porto plant of cement producer Mozambique Cement last week (see below) are a reminder that the appetite for demonstrations in the country did not begin with last year’s disputed elections.
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Fernando Lima
A combination of poverty and unemployment on one hand, and an absent, negligent state on the other, means that when a new business moves into an area, local residents come to expect that business to provide benefits in the form of infrastructure (commonly schools, healthcare centres and road improvements) and job creation schemes. In fairness, businesses often make promises to provide these benefits, and it is reasonable for a company making money in a poor area to redistribute some of that wealth locally to reduce deprivation.
