LEADER 04338oam 22004575 450 001 9910795934503321 005 20180127103323.0 024 7 $a10.1596/978-1-4648-0997-2 035 $a(CKB)3710000001417163 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4913547 035 $a(The World Bank)210997 035 $a(US-djbf)210997 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001417163 100 $a20020129d2017 uf 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aPathways to Prosperity in Rural Malawi /$fAndrew Dabalen 210 1$aWashington, D.C. :$cThe World Bank,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (166 pages) 225 1 $aDirections in Development;Directions in Development - Poverty 311 $a1-4648-0997-6 311 $a1-4648-0998-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters. 327 $aExecutive Summary -- Recent Trends in Growth, Poverty, and Shared Prosperity in Rural Malawi -- Agriculture and Poverty -- Nonfarm Self-Employment Activities and Poverty -- Social Protection and Poverty -- Toward a Dynamic Rural Economy -- Appendix A. Official Development Assistance and Government Expenditures for Education and Health -- Appendix B. Daily Caloric Consumption per Capita of the Rural Poor -- Appendix C. Correlation between Price Inflation of Maize and Food Insecurity -- Appendix D. Variability of Food Staple Prices in Malawi and Comparator Countries -- Appendix E. Agricultural Productivity, Public Spending, and Poverty Reduction -- Appendix F. Determinants of Agricultural Productivity in Malawi, 2010-13 -- Appendix G. Characteristics of the Rural Poor and Nonpoor -- Appendix H. Review of Public Work Programs in Low-Income and Lower-Middle-Income Countries -- Appendix I. Household Participation Rates in the Malawi Farm Input Subsidy Program, by Landholding and Poverty Status -- Appendix J. Effects of a Cash (Instead of an In-Kind) Transfer on Poverty in Malawi, 2010 -- Appendix K. Cross-Country Decompositions on Sectoral Employment and Productivity. 330 3 $aBy most accounts, rural Malawi has lacked dynamism in the past decade. Growth has been mostly volatile, in large part due to unstable macroeconomic fundamentals evidenced by high inflation, fiscal deficits, and interest rates. When rapid economic growth has materialized, the gains have not always reached the poorest. Poverty remains high and the rural poor face significant challenges in consistently securing enough food. Several factors contribute to stubbornly high rural poverty. They include a low-productivity and non-diversified agriculture, macroeconomic and recurrent climatic shocks, limited non-farm opportunities and low returns to such activities, especially for the poor, and poor performance from some of the prominent safety net programs. The Report proposes complementary policy actions that offer a possible path for a more dynamic and prosperous rural economy. The key pillars of this comprise macroeconomic stability, increased productivity in agriculture, faster urbanization, better functioning safety nets, and more inclusive financial markets. Some recommendations call for a reorientation of existing programs such as the Malawi Farm Input Subsidy Program (FISP) and the Malawi Social Action Fund Public Works Program (MASAF-PWP). Others identify promising new areas of intervention, such as the introduction of digital IDs and biometric technologies to enhance the reach of mobile banking and deepen financial inclusion. Finally, and importantly, the report recommends the scaling up of investments on girls' secondary education to curb early child marriage and early child bearing among adolescents. This will empower women at home and work and bend the trajectory of fertility rates in rural areas in order to boost human development and reduce poverty. 410 0$aWorld Bank e-Library. 606 $aRural development$zMalawi 607 $aMalawi$xRural conditions 615 0$aRural development 676 $a307.14 700 $aDabalen$b Andrew$01568065 702 $aDabalen$b Andrew 801 0$bDJBF 801 1$bDJBF 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910795934503321 996 $aPathways to Prosperity in Rural Malawi$93839927 997 $aUNINA LEADER 01025nam0-22003611i-450 001 990001464800403321 005 20240205153951.0 010 $a0471567868 035 $a000146480 035 $aFED01000146480 035 $a(Aleph)000146480FED01 100 $a20010214d1969----km-y0itay50------ba 101 0 $aeng 102 $aUS 105 $aa---a---001yy 200 1 $aViruses, vectors and vegetation$fedited by Karl Maramorosck 210 $aNew York [etc.]$cInterscience Publishers$d1969 215 $axii, 666 p.$cill.$d25 cm 610 0 $aPatologia vegetale 610 0 $aPiante$aMalattie da virus 676 $a581.222$v20$zita 702 1$aMaramorosch,$bKarl 801 0$aIT$bUNINA$gRICA$2UNIMARC 901 $aBK 912 $a990001464800403321 952 $a15 IV 16$b13805$fDBV 952 $a61 IX D.8/12$b3217 (6/5/70)$fDAGEN 952 $aA PAT 1327$b1340/2024$fFAGBC 959 $aDBV 959 $aDAGEN 959 $aFAGBC 996 $aViruses, vectors and vegetation$9378993 997 $aUNINA