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FinTechs and digital financial services landscape of Malawi: A supply-side analysis

Makoza, Frank - 2026

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Beyond the wage channel: Climate-smart public works programmes and household resilience in Malawi

Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu; Burchi, Francesco; Schubert, Sophia - 2026

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Beyond the wage channel : climate-smart public works programmes and household resilience in Malawi

Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu; Burchi, Francesco; Schubert, Sophia - 2026

One of the main arguments for implementing public works programmes (PWPs) instead of other social protection schemes such as cash transfers is that the assets created through these programmes themselves can generate medium- to long-term benefits. This is particularly important as the costs for...

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Health budget execution and procurement systems : the state of play in Malawi

Nkhoma, Dominic; Pezza, Alessandro Ramella; Manthalu, Gerald - 2026

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Does securing the commons conserve resources and improve well-being?

Delacote, Philippe; Meyer, Jessica; Palmer, Charles - 2026

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Integrating participatory extension and material support : evidence from Farmer Field Schools in Malawi

Correa, Juan Sebastian; Daidone, Silvio; Pellegrini, Flavia - 2026

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Unlocking financial inclusion through solar technology adoption in Malawi

Dai, Congyi; McCord, Ryan; Beach, Katerina B.; Mahieu, … - 2026

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Malawi Economic Monitor, February 2026 : Getting Reforms Right - Special Topic - Reversing Malawi's Export Decline

2026

The new administration has initiated a series of important policy reforms, but sluggish growth, heightened inflationary pressures, and insufficient investment continue to undermine living standards. The newly elected administration has initiated important policy reforms to support macroeconomic...

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From Potential to Prosperity : A Roadmap for Malawi’s Energy Transition Minerals

2026

Malawi’s mining sector has the potential to transform the country’s economy, with projected exports exceeding US$30 billion between 2026 and 2040, more than doubling current export levels. Seven advanced-stage mining projects, including uranium, rutile, and rare earth developments, are ready...

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Are university students less trusting and trustworthy than rural people in Malawi?

Holden, Stein Terje; Tione, Sarah; Tilahun, Mesfin; … - 2026

Trust and trustworthiness are central to economic development and are frequently studied using behavioral experiments. A concern is that such evidence often relies on student samples, raising questions about external validity. While existing studies, largely from high-income countries, suggest...

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Instability in survey-reported farm size : evidence from panel data in Ethiopia and Malawi

Holden, Stein Terje; Makate, Clifton; Tione, Sarah - 2026

Reliable measurement of farm size is central to empirical research on agricultural structure, land inequality, and land use efficiency in developing countries. Most studies rely on single-round household survey data and implicitly assume that reported farm size is stable and accurately measured....

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Transfers, information and management advice : direct effects and complementarities in Malawi

Ambler, Kate; De Brauw, Alan; Godlonton, Susan - 2026

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User-centered approaches to contraceptive counseling : experimental evidence from urban Malawi

Karra, Mahesh; Zhang, Kexin - 2026

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Conceptualizing and measuring dimensions of tenure security : gendered analysis from Malawi, Bangladesh, and Nepal

Meinzen-Dick, Laura; Doss, Cheryl R.; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth - 2026

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Disaggregating Imputed Poverty Estimates by Population Groups: New Evidence from a Multi-country Analysis

Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Kilic, Talip; Abanokova, Kseniya - 2026

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Disaggregating imputed poverty estimates by population groups : new evidence from a multi-country analysis

Dang, Hai-Anh; Kilic, Talip; Abanokova, Kseniya - 2026

Can imputed poverty estimates be reliably disaggregated by population groups, especially when the interest is monitoring poverty levels for smaller, vulnerable groups that may not be represented as well in large-scale household surveys? The study tackles this question through a comprehensive...

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Exploring the maturity of inclusive digital transformation: Case of Malawi

Makoza, Frank - 2025

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Estimating the short-term effects and seasonal dynamics of Malawi's 2015/16 drought on household food insecurity and child malnutrition

Kenamu, Edwin; Colen, Liesbeth - 2025

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Estimating the effects and seasonal dynamics of Malawi's 2015-16 drought and humanitarian transfers on household food insecurity and child malnutrition

Kenamu, Edwin; Colen, Liesbeth - 2025

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Elicitation bias in multiple price lists: A field experiment

Holden, Stein Terje; Tione, Sarah; Tilahun, Mesfin; … - 2025

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Missing parcels and farm size measurement error: Do nationally representative surveys provide reliable estimates?

Holden, Stein Terje; Makate, Clifton; Tione, Sarah - 2025

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Women’s roles in decision-making and nutrition-sensitive agriculture

Mohammed, Feiruz Yimer; Khonje, Makaiko G.; Qaim, Matin - 2025

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Women's roles in decision-making and nutrition-sensitive agriculture

Mohammed, Feiruz Yimer; Khonje, Makaiko G.; Qaim, Matin - 2024

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Leveraging Distributed ledger technology in Unified beneficiary registry system of Malawi: A Task-technology fit Theory perspective

Makoza, Frank - 2025

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Poverty imputation in contexts without consumption data : a revisit with further refinements

Dang, Hai-Anh; Kilic, Talip; Abanokova, Kseniya; … - 2025

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Poverty imputation in contexts without consumption data : a revisit with further refinements

Dang, Hai-Anh; Kilic, Talip; Abanokova, Kseniya; … - 2023

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Poverty imputation in contexts without consumption data : a revisit with further refinements

Dang, Hai-Anh; Kilic, Talip; Abanokova, Kseniya; … - 2023

Book / Working Paper

The impact of multidimensional poverty on antenatal care service utilisation in Malawi

Chatata, Amanda Grace; Chirwa, Gowokani Chijere - 2025

Background Poverty remains a key barrier to accessing essential maternal health services, particularly in low- and middle-income countries like Malawi. Despite the recognised importance of antenatal care (ANC) in ensuring healthy pregnancies as well as improving maternal and child health...

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Malawi Economic Monitor, January 2025

2025

Malawi's economic recovery remains fragile due to the slow implementation of macroeconomic adjustment reforms and a series of recent shocks. Food insecurity remains a major concern due to weak harvests from 2022 to 2024 and the likelihood of a challenging 2024-25 season. Inflation is gradually...

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Supporting farmers dealing with climate change : the impact of Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA) on smallholder lead farmers in Malawi

Abidoye, Babatunde; Aladysheva, Anastasia; Haitz, Natascha - 2025

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Estimating the short-term effects and seasonal dynamics of Malawi’s 2015/16 drought on household food insecurity and child malnutrition

Kenamu, Edwin; Colen, Liesbeth - 2025

In 2015, Southern Africa experienced a drought that affected approximately 30 million people across seven countries. Using a nationally representative household panel survey dataset and a remotely sensed measure of drought intensity during the 2015/16 farming season, we rigorously estimate the...

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When information fails : sms-based communication and electricity reliability in urban Malawi

Brailovskaya, Valentina; Park, David Sungho - 2025

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The role of trade policies in innovation : the case of Malawi

Montfaucon, Angella Faith - 2025

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Malawi : Technical Assistance Report-Report on the Improving Estimates of Gross Domestic Product Mission (June 24-July 5, 2024)

2025

The mission assisted the National Statistical Office of Malawi improve the quality of the published annual estimates of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), progressed the use of Value Added Tax (VAT) data as a basis for developing quarterly series and supported development of current price estimates...

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Elicitation bias in multiple price lists : a field experiment

Holden, Stein Terje; Tione, Sarah; Tilahun, Mesfin; … - 2025

Multiple Price Lists (MPLs) or Choice Lists (CLs) are widely used to elicit risk and time preferences, yet are prone to cognitive biases, particularly among respondents with limited numeracy skills. This paper compares three elicitation approaches; row-by-row from the top, from the bottom, and a...

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Missing parcels and farm size measurement error : do nationally representative surveys provide reliable estimates?

Holden, Stein Terje; Makate, Clifton; Tione, Sarah - 2025

We assess the reliability of measured farm sizes (ownership holdings) in the Living Standard Measurement Study – Integrated Surveys on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA) in Ethiopia and Malawi based on three survey rounds (2012, 2014, 2016) in Ethiopia and four rounds (2010, 2013, 2016, 2019) in Malawi....

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Community resilience in Bondo community, Southern Malawi : balancing energy, water and biodiversity

Mwale, Vincent Dodoma; To, Long Seng; Gogoda, Chrispin; … - 2025

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The timing of the unconditional cash transfers and human capital accumulation : experimental evidence from Malawi

Sirma, Paul; Handa, Sudhanshu; Tsoka, Maxton - 2025

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Nowcasting Disruptions to Human Capital Formation : Evidence from High-Frequency Household and Geospatial Data in Rural Malawi

Tennant, Elizabeth J.; Barrett, Christopher B.; … - 2025

Exposure to extreme weather events and other adverse shocks has led to an increasing number of humanitarian crises in developing countries in recent years. These events cause acute suffering and compromise future welfare by adversely impacting human capital formation among vulnerable...

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The impact of regional growth on internal migration : a district-level analysis for Malawi

Lanati, Mauro; Thiele, Rainer - 2025

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Malawi : Technical Assistance Report-Report on Data Quality Assessment for Public Sector Debt Statistics Mission (January 29-February 4, 2025)

2025

This report discusses the findings and recommendations of a diagnostic assessment of the quality of public sector debt statistics (PSDS) of Malawi based on the IMF's Data Quality Assessment Framework for PSDS. The assessment was undertaken in February 2025 as part of a project to strengthen the...

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Malawi : Data Quality Assessment for Public Sector Debt Statistics

Kitili, Andrew - 2025

In January/February 2025, an assessment was undertaken of the data quality of the public sector debt statistics (PSDS) of Malawi against the IMF's Data Quality Assessment Framework (DQAF) for PSDS. The mission was undertaken as part of a project to strengthen the quality of public sector debt in...

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Malawi Economic Monitor, July 2025

2025

Malawi's economy is in a deep and protracted crisis marked by elevated inflation, declining living standards, and high rates of food insecurity. Since 2020, Malawi's economy has experienced a deep and protracted economic crisis. Economic growth rates have dropped from an average of 4.1 percent...

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Effect of privatisation on the productivity of sugarcane out-growers in Dwangwa Cane Growers Limited, Malawi

Luhanga, Davies Madalitso; Kambewa, Patrick; Chiwaula, … - 2025

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Estimating the effects and seasonal dynamics of Malawi's 2015-16 drought and humanitarian transfers on household food insecurity and child malnutrition

Kenamu, Edwin; Colen, Liesbeth - 2025

In 2015, Southern Africa experienced a drought that affected approximately 30 million people across seven countries. Using a nationally representative household panel survey data set and a remotely sensed measure of drought intensity during the 2015-16 farming season, we rigorously estimate the...

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Health policies for women's empowerment : evidences from Malawi’s antiretroviral therapy for HIV campaign

Berlanda, Andrea - 2025

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"Trapped inside a world of labor" : gender gaps in agricultural productivity and reproductive labor in Malawi

Akram-Lodhi, Agha Haroon - 2025

This paper investigates the relationship between the work of reproductive labor and the efficiency of gender-segmented farm production in Malawi. It starts by presenting quantitative estimates of the gender gap in agricultural productivity among small-scale petty commodity producers in Malawi,...

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Does the adoption of pro-nutritional technologies spur farmers' yields? : evidence from biofortified Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potato crop in rural Malawi

Chambukira, Madalitso; Edriss, Abdi Khalil; … - 2025

Biofortified crops have been identified as a vital remedy for hunger and micronutrient deficiencies among rural agro-based populations in developing countries. Nevertheless, the adoption of these crops remains limited due to farmers' lack of knowledge about their benefits. In Malawi,...

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Agroecology in Africa : lessons from interventions and stakeholders' perceptions in Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Senegal and Uganda

Baumüller, Heike; Romero, Miriam; Beye, Assane; Faye, Amy - 2025

Agroecology is gaining traction as a possible strategy for enhancing the sustainability and resilience of food systems, prompting increased support from some governments, donors, development organizations and civil society. However, the scope, design and impact of agroecology-related projects in...

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Malawi : 2025 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Malawi

2025

The 2025 Article IV Consultation discusses that Malawi continues to face significant macroeconomic challenges, including external shocks, structurally low growth, persistent inflation, unsustainable fiscal and debt dynamics, and declining Official Development Assistance. Economic activity in...

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Temperature shocks and multidimensional energy poverty : evidence from Malawi

Munyanyi, Musharavati Ephraim; Grote, Ulrike - 2025

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Malawi Mining Sector Diagnostic

2025

The Mining Sector Diagnostic (MSD), conducted by the World Bank for Malawi, was commissioned by the Ministry of Mining and the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs. It uses a comprehensive, data-driven tool to evaluate the entire EI value chain, including the sector's legal, regulatory,...

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FY 2025 Malawi Country Opinion Survey Report

2025

The Country Opinion Survey in Malawi assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Malawi perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments, multilateral/bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector, and...

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