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 […]
2019 Global Report on Food Crises
This story is cross-posted from the IFPRI website and was originally written by Sara Gustafson. The world’s humanitarian assistance and spending needs have more than doubled over the past decade, growing by around 127 percent. Around 40 percent of that went to the food and agriculture sectors. Conflict and climate shocks have led to an […]
Update on Maize Prices in Malawi
Since the beginning of March, Malawi has experienced heavy rainfall linked to Tropical Cyclone Idai, which has led to intense flooding in 14 districts across southern and central regions of the country. The most severely impacted districts are Chikwawa, Machinga, Mangochi, Phalombe, Thyolo, and Zomba─ which each have more than 50,000 affected people according to […]
AJARE Best Paper Award: Measuring Post-harvest Losses at the Farm Level in Malawi
IFPRI Malawi congratulates Kate Ambler, Alan de Brauw, and Susan Godlonton, who received the 2018 AAERS-Wiley Blackwell Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics Award for their paper, "Measuring Post-harvest Losses at the Farm Level in Malawi." The award was presented during the 63rd Annual AARES Conference in Melbourne, Australia. About the study Reducing food […]
Policy Note 33: Commodity Exchanges and Warehouse Receipts in Malawi: Synopsis
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 distills the findings of Working Paper 25, which analysed how Malawi's […]
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