This Policy Note offers a synopsis of a study, detailed in Working Paper 27, which examined Malawi’s employment landscape, focusing on the challenges facing its rapidly growing youth. Using three rounds of the Integrated Household Survey (IHS) conducted between 2004 and 2016, the study finds little evidence of structural transformation in Malawi’s economy or of >> Read more Source: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Policy Note 33: Commodity Exchanges and Warehouse Receipts in Malawi
Malawi is unusual in having two active commodity exchanges (Comex): The Agricultural Commodity Exchange (ACE), established 2006, and Auction Holdings Commodity Exchange (AHCX) Ltd., established in 2013. In addition, Malawi has several parallel ‘systems’ that advance collateral financing using warehouse receipts. Policy Note 33 distils the findings of Working Paper 25, which analysed how Malawi's >> Read more Source: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Policy Note 27: Localized public investment and agricultural performance in Malawi: Synposis
The contribution of public investment to agricultural productivity is well recognized as a key determinant of agricultural growth. Malawi is one of the few countries in Africa that has surpassed the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) commitment of spending at least 10 percent of one's national budget on agriculture. Policy Note 27 focuses on how public […]
