Date of Award
Summer 8-22-2026
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Ph.D. in International Studies
Organizational Unit
Josef Korbel School of International Studies
First Advisor
Timothy Sisk
Second Advisor
Ilene Grabel
Third Advisor
Singumbe Muyeba
Fourth Advisor
Suisheng Zhao
Copyright Statement / License for Reuse
All Rights Reserved.
Keywords
Economic inclusion, Per-urban, Rural, Mozambique
Abstract
This three-essay dissertation project uses a mixed methods approach to examine economic inclusion in peri-urban and rural communities in Mozambique. Essay one constructs a household economic inclusion index using survey data and principal component analysis (PCA). PCA results show that household economic inclusion is characterized by six key dimensions: communication and digital technology, standard of living, employment and income, credit and collateral, asset ownership, and health. Essay two examines Mozambican perceptions of agricultural FDI from India, China, and South Africa (ICS). On average, survey respondents perceive FDI projects in their communities as having at least a somewhat positive impact. Essay two also examines—using ordinary least squares (OLS) regression analysis—the impact of FDI on household economic inclusion. Regression results show that employment at an ICS FDI firm does contribute to household economic inclusion. However, households employed at ICS FDI firms do not appear to experience greater inclusion than households employed anywhere else. Essay three uses thematic analysis of 31 focus group discussions to examine the determinants of women’s participation in a Farmer Field School (FFS) program. The results show that the determinants of women’s participation in the FFS program include education and capacity development, division of household labor, employment, social norms (particularly the gendering of leadership), women’s agency and voice, household partnership negotiations on who participates in the FFS program, and perceptions around what is “women’s work” versus “men’s work.”
Copyright Date
8-2026
Publication Statement
Copyright is held by the author. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.
Rights Holder
Susan Cossa
Provenance
Received from ProQuest
File Format
application/pdf
Language
English (eng)
Extent
221 pgs
File Size
2.3 MB
Recommended Citation
Cossa, Susan, "Three Essays on Economic Inclusion in Peri-Urban and Rural Communities in Mozambique" (2026). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 2762.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/etd/2762
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