4.2 4.3 Codes and standards................................................................................. 167 Assessment of the performance of APRM objectives............................ 170 CHAPTER FIVE................................................................................................................. 234 5. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE......................................................................... 234 5.1 Overview................................................................................................... 234 5.2 Codes and standards................................................................................. 236 5.3 Assessment of the performance of APRM objectives............................ 248 CHAPTER SIX................................................................................................................... 284 6. SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT............................................................... 284 6.1 Overview................................................................................................... 284 6.2 Codes and standards................................................................................. 286 6.3 Assessment of the performance of APRM objectives............................ 288 CHAPTER SEVEN............................................................................................................. 357 7. CROSS-CUTTING AND SPECIAL ISSUES....................................................... 357 7.1 Overview................................................................................................... 357 7.2 Cross-cutting issues................................................................................... 358 7.2.1 Poverty and inequality............................................................................. 358 7.2.2 Interwovenness of party, government and business............................. 362 7.2.3 HIV/Aids.................................................................................................... 364 7.2.4 Land ownership......................................................................................... 367 7.2.5 High levels of illiteracy............................................................................. 369 7.2.6 High aid dependency................................................................................ 372 7.2.7 Information flow and paucity of data...................................................... 374 7.2.8 Political inclusivity..................................................................................... 374 7.2.9 Crime, safety and security........................................................................ 375 7.2.10 Gender-based violence............................................................................. 377 7.2.11 Capacity constraints and implementation challenges............................ 379 7.2.12 Elections..................................................................................................... 381 7.2.13 Corruption.................................................................................................. 383 7.3 Special issues............................................................................................ 385 7.3.1 Climate change and natural disasters..................................................... 385 7.3.2 Landmines................................................................................................. 388 7.3.3 The environmental situation in Beira...................................................... 390 7.4 The way forward....................................................................................... 391 7.5 Mozambique’s National Programme of Action....................................... 391 APPENDICES I. Response of the Government of The Republic of Mozambique to the APRM Country Review Report...................................................... 392 II. Mozambique’s National Programme of Action....................................... 406 III. Proceeding of the Peer Review of Mozambique.................................... 543 vii

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