Best Practice in Poverty Analysis : Malawi Human Resources and Poverty - Profile and Priorities for Action, November 1995

The report requested by the government of Malawi updates the poverty assessment completed in March 1990. It will guide policy and investment priorities, and inform the design of programs intended to improve living conditions and increase incomes of the people in Malawi. A greater understanding of the magnitude and the profile of poverty will also make it easier to implement a monitoring system to evaluate the effects of programs and track the progress of key indicators of poverty. The profile confirms that the level of human resource development in Malawi is dismal and that poverty is widespread and severe. Health and education indicators in Malawi are among the worst in the world. Strategies to reduce poverty in Malawi will require substantial efforts in every sector.

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Main Author: World Bank
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC 1997-02
Subjects:AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION, DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY, DISTRIBUTION OF LAND, ECONOMIC REFORM, FARM INCOME, GEOGRAPHIC TARGETING, HUMAN RESOURCES, HUNGER, INCOME, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, INCOME INEQUALITY, INCOME TRANSFERS, LIVELIHOODS, LIVING STANDARDS, NUTRITION, POOR, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, POVERTY ANALYSIS, POVERTY ASSESSMENT, POVERTY ASSESSMENTS, POVERTY MONITORING, POVERTY REDUCTION, PRA, PROGRAMS, RURAL LIVELIHOODS, RURAL WOMEN, SAFETY NETS, SOCIAL FUNDS, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1997/02/13995040/best-practice-poverty-analysis-malawi-human-resources-poverty-profile-priorities-action-november-1995
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/9943
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Summary:The report requested by the government of Malawi updates the poverty assessment completed in March 1990. It will guide policy and investment priorities, and inform the design of programs intended to improve living conditions and increase incomes of the people in Malawi. A greater understanding of the magnitude and the profile of poverty will also make it easier to implement a monitoring system to evaluate the effects of programs and track the progress of key indicators of poverty. The profile confirms that the level of human resource development in Malawi is dismal and that poverty is widespread and severe. Health and education indicators in Malawi are among the worst in the world. Strategies to reduce poverty in Malawi will require substantial efforts in every sector.