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Mozambican Civil Society Within: Evaluation, Challenges, Opportunities and Action
3.4.1.2 Civil Society Impact on Public Social Policies
Roughly two-thirds of the people interviewed during the INOSC07 feel that civil society has
been slightly or moderately active in the social policy field, while 21% think it has been very
active and 11% inactive.
As regards civil society’s influence in the social policy field, the perception of most respondents
oscillates between “slight success” (37%) and “satisfactory success” (38%). Both “very
successful” and “no success” received an equal percentage, 12% each.
Figure 3.4.3: Perception of CS Activism and Success in Influencing the
Social Policy Arena , 2007
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34.4%
50
40
40
33.8%
37.6%
Percent
30
33.3%
21.3%
30
20
20
12.4%
12.4%
10
11.0%
10
0
Not active at all
Active to a
limited extent
0
Quite active Very active No impact
at all
Limited
impact
Moderate
impact
Significant
impact
0.9%
Other
3.4.1.3 Civil Society Impact on Public Financial Policies
The financial policy field produces the biggest dissatisfaction with regard to both CSO activism
and the degree of successful influence over decisions on public financial policies. Roughly
38% of the people interviewed feel that civil society has not been very active, 27% feel it has
been moderately active and only 8% acknowledge strong activism, compared to 27% who think
that CSOs are inactive.
As regards civil society influence in the field of financial policies the perception of most
respondents is that it is weak, followed by “no success” (31%), 18% “moderate impact” and
less than 10% “significant impact”.
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Civil Society Index, Mozambique 2007