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Malawi Economic Monitor: Reforming with Urgency – Malawi’s Path to Economic Stability and Investing in Adaptive Safety Nets
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Affordable Solar Power is Increasing Electricity Access for Malawi’s Households
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Unlocking Malawi’s Trade Barriers Through One-Stop Border Posts

Malawi At-A-Glance

Malawi’s economy has been significantly weakened by a series of exogenous shocks and persistent macro-fiscal imbalances. Growth is projected to decline to 0.9% in 2022, from 2.8% in 2021, with lower agricultural output, erratic electricity supply, forex shortages affecting importation of raw materials and high global commodity prices. Economic growth is projected to slightly increase in 2023 but remain subdued. The economic recovery is projected to be gradual and significant risks remain.

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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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Improving Livelihoods Among Poor Households in Malawi

The SSRLP continues to make satisfactory progress towards supporting 520,000 poor households implement climate smart enhanced public works; 258,000 extreme poor households with Social Cash Transfers and additional livelihoods support for both Social Cash Transfers and Public Works. Additionally, support has gone towards scaling up the Malawi social registry, also known as Unified Beneficiary Registry, which currently has data for over 67% of population making the UBR potent to support multiple targeted interventions.

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Nathan Belete

Country Director for Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Firas Raad

Country Manager, Malawi

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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.
Oct 14, 2024

Africa’s Pulse

Short term economic prospects for the continent, its current development challenges.
Jul 17, 2024

CPIA Africa

The 2024 Africa Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) report covers the period January to December 2023. In 2023, the average CPIA score for IDA-eligible countries in Sub-Saharan Africa remained broadly like ...
Apr 05, 2024

IDA Impact in Africa

With IDA’s help, hundreds of millions of people have escaped poverty—through the creation of jobs, access to clean water, schools, roads, nutrition, electricity, and more.
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