Malawi: Development news, research, data

Economic Memorandum

Strengthening Local Service Delivery

The latest economic analysis says the country’s decentralization goal, key to strengthening service delivery, remains incomplete
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Closing Gender Gaps

New gender and GBV assessments for Malawi recommend the country increase efforts to untap economic potential and empower women.
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Growing Malawi’s Young Farmers

With a matching World Bank grant, an agriculture association is expanding opportunities for young farmers.

Malawi At-A-Glance

Located in Southern Africa, Malawi is landlocked, sharing its borders with Mozambique, Zambia and Tanzania. The country's estimated population of 18.6 million (2019), which is expected to double by 2038. Malawi remains one of the poorest countries in the world despite making significant economic and structural reforms to sustain economic growth. The economy is heavily dependent on agriculture, employing nearly 80% of the population, and it is vulnerable to external shocks, particularly climatic shocks.

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Innovation Fund for Applied Sciences, Technology and Engineering

This project aims to strengthen doctoral training, research and innovation in transformative technologies opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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In Depth

A Rare Need for Urban Growth

Urbanization is often a problem but Malawi’s largely rural economy could do with more of it. It also has a chance to plan.
Apr 13, 2022

Africa’s Pulse

Since emerging from its first recession in 25 years, economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is estimated at 4% in 2021, up by 0.7 percentage point from the October 2021 projections, and up from -2.0% in 2020.
Apr 13, 2022

CPIA Africa

The overall 2019 Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) score for the region’s 39 IDA-eligible countries came in at 3.1, the same as in the previous three years, in a context of moderating per capita growth. ...
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