Virtual Brown Bag: The Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on the Malawian Economy, 2020-2021: A SAM Multiplier Modeling Analysis
Organized by IFPRI Malawi
Date: October 13, 2020
Time: 02:00 pm to 04:00 pm (CAT)
Presenter slides and a blog will be available in the days following the event.
Abstract
This presentation extends and updates the initial results of modeling undertaken by IFPRI in June to assess the short-run impacts of COVID-19 control measures on the Malawian economy. The analysis, which uses a Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) multiplier framework, also simulates the effects of external shocks associated with disruptions in trade and tourism, investment, and remittance flows on GDP and sector growth, the agri-food system, poverty and government revenues. Two scenarios, assuming either faster or slower recovery from the pandemic, are used to simulate quarterly growth paths in key economic variables for the remainder of 2020 and 2021.
Presenters:
- Bob Baulch, Senior Research Fellow and Country Program Leader, IFPRI Malawi
- Rosemary Botha, Research Analyst, IFPRI Malawi
Moderator:
- Dennis O. Ochieng, Research Fellow, IFPRI Malawi
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