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
Perceptions and Economic Impacts of COVID-19 in Rural Malawi
Written by: Laura Leavens, Kate Ambler, Sylvan Herskowitz, Mywish Maredia, and Jonathan Mockshell In response to the pandemic, on March 20th, 2020, the Malawian government declared a state of disaster. Three days later, the government closed schools. T... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Book: DISENTANGLING FOOD SECURITY FROM SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE IN MALAWI
Malawi's agricultural sector needs to be less subsistence-focused, more market-centered, and more concentrated and specialized to reliably feed all Malawians. Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Synopsis: Geography of public service delivery in rural Ethiopia
ESSP Research Note 74, by Gashaw T. Abate, Mekdim Dereje, Kalle Hirvonen, and Bart Minten. Synopsis of Working Paper 133. Abstract: Geography has been shown to be an important determinant of economic development. Remote areas tend to be poorer due to higher transaction costs for trade or inhospitable environments. In this study, we show that >> Read more Source: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
2019 Global food policy report: Synopsis
[available in English and Arabic] IFPRI’s flagship report reviews the major food policy developments and decisions of the past year, and looks ahead to 2019. This year’s Global Food Policy Report highlights the urgency of rural revitalization to address a growing crisis in rural areas. Focusing on the needs of rural areas is one of […] Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
