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  • Publication | 2022

Malawi Poverty Assessment : Poverty Persistence in Malawi - Climate Shocks, Low Agricultural Productivity, and Slow Structural Transformation

Global Food and Nutrition Security

Poverty in Malawi is high, persistent, and exhibits important heterogeneity across the country. In the last decade, while some people escaped poverty, others fell into poverty, in part due to recurring climate shocks. Weak economic growth and a continuous increase of the population have contributed to the stagnation of the farm sector. Slow growth of the nonfarm sector, which was unable to absorb the surplus of labor resulting from the population growth, also contributed to the deceleration of migration to urban areas.