====== Mozambique ======

**Region:** Southern Africa  
**Regional Economic Communities (REC):** SADC  

→ [[https://iiag.online/locations/mz.html|View IIAG Country Statistics]]

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| **Governance (IIAG)** | Overall Governance score: 49 / 100 · Rank: 28th / 54 · [[https://iiag.online/locations/mz.html|View IIAG Country Statistics]] |

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===== PART 1 – HIGH-LEVEL COUNTRY MAPPING =====

==== Institutions and Stakeholder Database ====
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==== REC Membership ====

  * SADC  

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==== Population size and size of the informal economy ====

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==== Nature of the legal system and ILO status ====

Mozambique operates a **civil law legal system** influenced by Portuguese legal traditions.

Mozambique has been a member of the **International Labour Organization (ILO) since 1976** and participates in Decent Work Country Programme initiatives.

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==== Workers’ rights in human rights system, national labour law / social protection and scope of protection ====

Workers’ rights are governed through:

  * The Constitution  
  * Labour legislation  
  * Sector-specific regulations  

These frameworks provide for:

  * Regulation of employment relationships  
  * Basic labour protections  
  * Occupational health and safety  

However, enforcement remains uneven, particularly in the informal economy.

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==== Existing laws, policy and regulatory initiatives for the protection of workers in the informal economy ====

Mozambique relies on:

  * Sector-specific regulations  
  * General labour law frameworks  
  * Mining and domestic work legislation  

to regulate aspects of informal work.

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===== PART 2 – SECTOR SPECIFIC REGULATION =====

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==== Domestic Work Sector ====

**Domestic Labour Regulations (Decree No. 40/2008)**  

  * Provides a legal framework specifically regulating domestic work  
  * Establishes:
    * Employment conditions  
    * Rights and obligations of domestic workers and employers  

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==== Street Vendor ====

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==== Waste Reclaiming ====

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==== Home working ====

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==== Gig Work and the Platform Economy ====

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==== Farm Work ====

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==== The Mining Sector and Artisanal Mining ====

**Mining Law No. 20/2014 of 18 August 2014**

  * Establishes general principles governing the use and re-use of mineral resources  
  * Applies to:
    * Exploration  
    * Extraction  
    * Use of mineral resources  

Excludes:

  * Oil and natural gas (regulated separately)  

**Key objectives:**

  * Promote sustainable development  
  * Ensure socio-environmental protection  
  * Enhance transparency and state revenue  

**Artisanal mining provisions:**

  * Mining permits (mining pass) granted to individuals or legal entities  
  * Requires:
    * Legal capacity  
    * Technical capacity  
    * Financial capacity  

This creates a formalisation pathway for artisanal miners.

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==== Taxi and Transport Sector (Gig-work/platform economy overlap) ====

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==== Cross-Border Informal Trade ====

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===== Sources / Links =====

  * IIAG – Mozambique: https://iiag.online/locations/mz.html  
  * Domestic Labour Regulations (Decree No. 40/2008)  
  * Mining Law No. 20/2014  
  * ILO – Mozambique Country Profile