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2022-11-22

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Minister endorses the Malawi Priorities book

At an event in Lilongwe hosted by the National Planning Commission the Malawi Priorities book containing summaries and recommendations from the cost-benefit research conducted for the project was launched. Minister of Education Agnes NyaLonje describes the book as a milestone in the pursuit of the...

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2022-05-23

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Malawi far from achieving Abuja Declaration on health financing

Malawi is among countries racing against time to achive the Abuja Declaration, which rallies States and governmants to commit 15 percent of their national budgets towards health financing. Read the full article here.

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2021-10-06

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Study urges investment in mining, fisheries

A study by the National Planning Commission (NPC) has recommended massive investments in mining and fisheries sectors to unlock billions of Kwacha in earnings. The study has revealed that despite the country being endowed with substantial minerals and water bodies, the nation has not yielded...

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2021-10-06

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Better-managed resources can create wealth—study

Despite Malawi being endowed with substantial minerals and water resources, the country is failing to take advantage of them to create wealth, a recent study has shown. Read the full article.

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2021-10-05

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Malawi not utilizing natural resources to create wealth

Findings from a recent analysis has revealed that despite being endowed with substantial minerals, gemstones, and waterbodies, Malawi has failed to take adventage of her abundant natural resources to create wealth for her citizens. Read the full article here.

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2021-09-04

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Road maintenance funding gap up 80%

Malawi faces a road maintenance funding gap of nearly 80 percent which contributes to the higher transport costs and barring tourism growth, a new study has shown. Read the full article.

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2021-08-14

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Fish demand soars

Malawi is failing to meet its annual domestic fish demand estimated in excess of 20 000 tonnes, due to lack access to quality inputs, a cost-benefit analysis of national resource management in Malawi has shown. Read the full article here.

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2021-06-21

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English pass rate low— National Planning Commission

National Planning Commission (NPC) research findings indicate that Malawian children do not learn much about English at elementary level, resulting in a high failure rate. It cites the English language pass rate in standard two, which stood at 25 percent at the time of the research. This means 75...

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2021-05-24

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Committee resuscitates hospital user fees debate

Parliament’ s Committee on Health has revived a proposal to introduce user fees in public health facilities, noting that government is grappling to adequately finance the health sector. Read the full article here.

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2021-05-23

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Increased health funding could prevent 100,000 deaths – study

A research by National Planning Commission (NPC) has revealed that making huge financial investment in the health sector could prevent about 100,000 deaths of women and young children by the end of 2030. Read the The Times article here.

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2021-04-20

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Fresh push for export reforms

Stakeholders in the agricultural sector have underscored the need for the country to have sound policies that would help in maximising export gains from commodities such as groundnuts and maize. Read the full article here.

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2021-04-17

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Experts tip Malawi on benefits od maize and groundnuts exports

Malawi has potential to realize over K61 billion from maize exports, translating into increased net wealth by one percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), agricultural and commodity exchange experts have said. Read the full article here.

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