Estratégias de gestão da renda dos beneficiários do programa subsídio social básico - PSSB no bairro de Hulene A, Cidade de Maputo 2016-2020

Abstract

The present research is subordinated to the theme Income Management Strategies of the beneficiaries of the Basic Social Subsidy Programme (PSSB) in the neighbourhood of Hulene "A" - Maputo City (2016-2020). The aim of this study was to analyse the income management strategies of the beneficiaries of the Basic Social Subsidy Programme in the city of Maputo. A qualitative research was carried out, since there was no concern with representativeness, but with deepening the analysis of the target groups on the theme. It had as theoretical support the decision theory of Herbert Simon and James G. March, who emphasize the idea that people develop their activities rationally in organizations and individually by examining a series of available alternatives, basing themselves on the rules and experiences available to them and choose the solutions that seem appropriate to the problem, i.e., the solution that satisfies more than seeking the optimal solution. The path taken through the instruments of data collection, analysis and discussion in the field such as the previously prepared semi-structured interviews pointed out that the little money that the beneficiaries receive from the PSSB although insufficient is used to develop different activities in order to ensure the satisfaction of the families' minimum needs. Thus, the beneficiaries need not only the increase in the subsidy, but also basic techniques for better management of the amount they receive.