Malawi : Poverty and Vulnerability Assessment, Investing in Our Future

World Bank

Malawi : Poverty and Vulnerability Assessment, Investing in Our Future

2007

World Bank

This study builds a profile of the status of poverty and vulnerability in Malawi. Malawi is a small land-locked country, with one of the highest population densities in Sub-Saharan Africa, and one of the lowest per capita income levels in the world. Almost 90 percent of the population lives in rural areas, and is mostly engaged in smallholder, rain-fed agriculture. Most people are therefore highly vulnerable to annual rainfall volatility. The majority of households cultivate very small landholdings, largely for subsistence. As a result, poverty is pervasive and not merely the situation of the lowest economic groups. Therefore, while this report focuses on the least-well-off sections of the population, the analysis provides valuable information to accelerate wealth creation and economic growth for the whole of Malawi. This synthesis report presents the main findings and policy recommendations stemming from the analysis. Due to the length and detail of this study, the 'full report' presenting the detailed analysis and results underpinning these policy recommendations is available as a separate publication. This report highlights some of the key characteristics and causes of poverty in Malawi, and focuses on the main sources of risk affecting households, namely food insecurity and health shocks. Based on these findings, the report goes on to develop a set of policy recommendations for widely shared growth and poverty reduction, and for enabling the most vulnerable to make a living. Finally, the report also provides recommendations for strengthening the monitoring and evaluation systems of poverty reduction strategies, so that policy makers and Malawian society can better track the effectiveness of the policies pursued, and inform future policy choices.

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agricultural commodities agricultural development agricultural extension agricultural growth agricultural production agricultural products agricultural sector arable land basic needs cash crops cash transfers child care dependency ratio developing countries diet dietary diversity drought economic growth economic implications famine farmer farmers firewood food aid food consumption food insecurity food requirements food security gross domestic product hiv household consumption household income housing income income distribution industrialization infant insurance irrigation living conditions living standards malnutrition millennium development goals mortality nutrition nutritional status population distribution poverty alleviation poverty reduction primary education public services public works risk management rural areas rural finance rural population sanitation secondary education small farmers smallholder farmers smallholders social protection social safety nets social services subsistence sustainable development targeting urban areas urban population

书目信息

出版者

Washington, DC

其它主题

Food crop; Household assets; Human development index; Access to education; Household survey; Chronic poverty; Household heads; Poverty map; Rural phenomenon; Land holdings; Public spending; Poverty status; Poverty line; Food expenditure; Rural divide; Household size; Primary school; Purchasing power; Poverty profile; Income gains; Poverty threshold; Epidemic; Labor shortages; Poor persons; Poverty lines; Sex practices; Food needs; Health problems; Land availability; Household welfare; Total poverty; Food items; Direct food transfers; Domestic expenditures; Poor people; Chronically poor; Level of education; Mother; Tertiary education; Life expectancy; Inflation rate; Rural area; Human development; Poverty situation; Child labor; Household head; Landholdings; Income gap; National level; Condom use; Household participation; Place of residence; Small landholdings; High population density; Caloric intake; Demographic projections; Ultra poor; Means testing; Dimensions of poverty; Poverty gap; Development objectives; National aids; Poverty measures; Poverty rate; Poor; Food basket; Healthy life; National poverty; Secondary schools; Poverty reduction strategy; Access to health services; Rural households; Farm activities; Food poverty; Coping mechanisms; Death rates; Adult literacy; Per capita consumption; Consumption per capita; Number of households; Poverty reducing; Social research; Food aid distribution; Government policies; Poverty levels; Demographic impacts; Population census; Calories per person; Determinants of poverty; Incidence analysis; Inequality; Calories per person per day; Poverty reduction strategy paper; Social action; Household needs; Household level; Ministry of health; Purchasing power parity; Condom; Economic efficiency; Health sector; Impact on poverty; Safety net; Number of people; Smallholder agriculture; Food poverty line; Illnesses; Policy implications; Poverty estimates; Gender inequities; Poverty reduction efforts; Income inequality; Poverty rates; Progress; Skilled health personnel; Total poverty line; Poor countries; Poverty maps; Chronic illness; Consumption expenditures; School attendance; Correlates of poverty; Food sales; Safe sex; Social assistance; Distribution of benefits; Poor households; Livestock ownership; Public works programs; Income poverty; Transient poor; Household vulnerability; National aids commission; Rural; Social impact; Number of children; Poverty assessment; Calorie availability; Safety nets; Calorie intake; Orphans; Local development; Consumer price index; Vulnerability assessment; Secondary school; Cash crop; Gender dimensions; Consumption expenditure

语言

英语

格式

application/pdf, text/plain

许可

CC BY 3.0 IGO, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/, World Bank

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