Mozambique: World Bank Accused of Using Outdated Statistics

Maputo — Mozambican Finance Minister Carla Louveira has accused the World Bank of using outdated statistics in its latest report on Mozambique.

The report, entitled “Mozambique Economic Update: From Fragility to Stability”, published in March, claims that Mozambique is “the second poorest country and among the ten most unequal in the world”.

As the World Bank must have expected, this has led to a spate of media headlines, announcing that Mozambique is “the second poorest country” on the planet.