Country: Mozambique
Closing date: 08 Oct 2018
1. Background and Rationale
Oxfam International (OI) a confederation of 20 NGOs that works with partners in over 90 countries to end injustices that cause poverty[1]. Due to its mission, OI has embraced the Even It up campaign whose overall objective is to create greater knowledge, awareness and responsibility among a greater number of citizens and civil society organizations in order to change attitudes and, influence decision-makers to pursue policy and practice that will combat extreme inequality in the world including Mozambique. In 2016, Oxfam carried out a global research[2] and one of the findings was that many countries’ wage inequality has increased and the share of labour compensation in GDP has declined because profits have increased more rapidly than wages. In the same report, majority of the people reported that they want to live in far more equal societies.
Oxfam Mozambique envisages undertaking a research on inequality in Mozambique whose objective will be to identify economic inequality trends, drivers, intersections, consequences and policy interventions that are necessary for at the national levels. More specifically, the research is intended to:
Generate knowledge on national inequality dynamics and an overall view on national policies as they relate to inequality and shared prosperity;
Identify how inequality dynamics relate to and affect Oxfam’s current programme effectiveness and the realization of the Country Strategy;
Provide evidence that can be used to position Oxfam as a thought leader on the inequality debate in the country and potentially pave the way for the development of an inequality campaign strategy that is rooted in the country context.
Provide a process and content base to build relationships and alliances with civil society organizations, academia and opinion leaders engaged in the national inequality debate (public investment in social policy, fiscal justice and good governance). Provide killer facts to illustrate the gap between the rich and the rest and the causes and the consequences of economic inequality, particularly with respect to poverty reduction.
How to apply:
Research firms, academic institutions interested are all invited to submit their Technical and Financial proposal. Detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) can be obtained from the following link.
https://oxfam.box.com/s/p0uahzxswpb8oy8t7t6fnppvu48s3wj4
Tenders should be submitted in English to: vacancies@oxfamnovib.nl . The deadline for submission of tenders is 08 October 2018. Oxfam Mozambique envisages that this work will commence not later than 08 November 2018.