Malawi Systematic Country Diagnostic : Breaking the Cycle of Low Growth and Slow Poverty Reduction
The Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) for Malawi provides the analytical foundation for country-level actions and investments to foster progress towards the World Bank Group (WBG) Twin Goals as well as the country’s national goals. The main purpo...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2019
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/723781545072859945/Breaking-the-Cycle-of-Low-Growth-and-Slow-Poverty-Reduction http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31131 |
| Summary: | The Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD)
for Malawi provides the analytical foundation for
country-level actions and investments to foster progress
towards the World Bank Group (WBG) Twin Goals as well as the
country’s national goals. The main purpose of the SCD is to
identify the key challenges and opportunities that Malawi
faces as it works towards eliminating extreme poverty and
boosting shared prosperity in a sustainable manner. The
systematic and evidence-based analysis from the SCD will
serve to inform a new Country Partnership Framework and help
the WBG, Government and external partners to prioritize and
align their strategies towards achieving the twin goals.
Over past decades, Malawi’s development progress has been
negatively affected by shocks, both climate-related shocks,
and domestic political and governance shocks, which have
collectively contributed to a slow pace of poverty
reduction. Very little progress has been made in reducing
poverty in rural areas, where most Malawians live. Weak
governance and entrenched political clientelism have been
obstacles to policy reform and the development of the
country. This SCD takes a holistic approach to identify the
drivers of previous poor growth performances, drawing on the
history of Malawi, and proposes a set of priority areas to
promote durable and inclusive growth. The SCD is divided
into six parts. The first part gives an overview of the
country context, while the second part traces out the trends
in economic growth. The third part analyses poverty and
shared prosperity in Malawi and their main drivers. The
fourth part provides the main diagnostics, identifying the
key constraints and pathways for Malawi to achieve the twin
goals. The fifth part outlines the preliminary hypotheses
for achieving the twin goals, while part six indicates
knowledge gaps and areas for further research. |
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