This blog explores the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employee Guarantee Act (MNREGA)’s impact on rural employment, its challenges, and recommendations for improvement. Source: IFPRI South Asia Office
Journal Article: Rural Underemployment and Urbanization: Insights from a 9-year Panel from Malawi
We are pleased to announce that the article "Rural Underemployment and Urbanization: Insights from a 9-year Panel from Malawi," authored by Hanne Van Cappellen and Joachim De Weerdt has been published in the Journal of African Economies. Abstract: Rura... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Key Facts Series: Key Facts Sheet on Poverty
This is the fourth in a series of Key Facts sheets that IFPRI has produced based on the fifth Malawi Integrated Household Survey of 2019/20. The purpose of the series is to present data relevant to key policy issues on agriculture, food systems, and de... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Virtual event: Labor Calendars and Rural Poverty: A Case Study for Malawi
Abstract: The persistence of rural poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa is a major challenge for meeting the Sustainable Development Goal on poverty eradication. Using detailed data for Malawi, we investigate the association between seasonality in labor calen... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Virtual event: Labor Calendars and Rural Poverty: A Case Study for Malawi
Abstract: The persistence of rural poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa is a major challenge for meeting the Sustainable Development Goal on poverty eradication. Using detailed data for Malawi, we investigate the association between seasonality in labor calen... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
