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Kandoole, Priscilla

Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management Global Practice, World Bank
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Last updated: January 31, 2023
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Priscilla Kandoole is an Economist in the World Bank Group Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management Global Practice. She manages and contributes to analytical tasks, reform support operations and economic monitoring as part of the Bank’s economic work program in Malawi. This includes bi-annual publication of the flagship Malawi Economic Monitor as well as economic modelling and forecasting. Prior to joining the WBG, Priscilla worked as a Principal Economist in the Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Development in Malawi working on macroeconomic accounting, analysis, policy and research.
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    Fresh Money for Health? The (False?) Promise of 'Innovative Financing' for Health in Malawi
    (Taylor and Francis, 2018-10-29) Mwase, Takondwa; Matsebula, Thulani Clement; Kandoole, Priscilla; Revill, Paul; Makumba, John Bosco; Lindenow, Magnus; Chansa, Collins
    Since 2013, the government of Malawi has been pursuing a number of health reforms, which include plans to increase domestic financing for health through “innovative financing.” As part of these reforms, Malawi has sought to raise additional tax revenue through existing and new sources with a view to earmarking the revenue generated to the health sector. In this article, a systematic approach to assessing feasibility and quantifying the amount of revenue that could be generated from potential sources is devised and applied. Specifically, the study applies the Delphi forecasting method to generate a qualitative assessment of the potential for raising additional tax revenues from existing and new sources, and the gross domestic product (GDP)-based effective tax rate forecasting method to quantify the amount of tax revenue that would be generated. The results show that an annual average of 0.30 USD, 0.46 USD, and 0.63 USD per capita could be generated from taxes on fuel and motor vehicle insurance over the period 2016/2017–2021/2022 under the low, medium, and high scenarios, respectively. However, the proposed tax reform has not been officially adopted despite wide consultations and generation of empirical evidence on the revenue potential. The study concludes is that revenue generation potential of innovative financing for health mechanisms in Malawi is limited, and calls for efforts to expand fiscal space for health to focus on efficiency-enhancing measures, including strengthening of governance and public financial management.
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    Malawi Economic Monitor, November 2017: Land for Inclusive Development
    (World Bank, Washington, DC, 2017-11-01) Kalemba, Sunganani; Kandoole, Priscilla; Stylianou, Eleni; Record, Richard; Chilima, Efrem; Deininger, Klaus; Kufeyani, Linly
    The Malawi Economic Monitor (MEM) provides an analysis of economic and structural development issues in Malawi. The aim of the publication is to foster better-informed policy analysis and debate regarding the key challenges that Malawi faces in its endeavor to achieve high rates of stable, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth. Malawi’s economy is primarily based on agriculture and heavily reliant on its land resources to achieve social and economic development. The recently promulgated land acts have the potential to create multiple economic and social benefits for Malawi's citizens by improving investor confidence in the business environment, reducing the cost of documenting rights, supporting decentralization, improving land use planning, and protecting vulnerable groups’ land rights and livelihoods. The effective implementation of these critical land reforms will ultimately facilitate the attainment of inclusive growth, boost productivity, and generate additional revenue for the government. The MEM consists of two parts: part one presents a review of recent economic developments and a macroeconomic outlook. Part two focuses on a special selected topic relevant to Malawi’s development prospects.
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    From Falling Behind to Catching Up: A Country Economic Memorandum for Malawi
    (Washington, DC: World Bank, 2018) Record, Richard; Kumar, Praveen; Kandoole, Priscilla
    This book aims to improve readers’ understanding of the puzzle of Malawi’s development performance and identify ways for the country to achieve robust growth and stay on a stable growth path that helps the poor. The book places a strong emphasis on assessing Malawi’s growth experience since independence from a comparative international perspective. This book first discusses Malawi’s macroeconomic situation and challenges in fiscal management, reviewing and drawing lessons from the instability, slippages, and shocks experienced since independence. Second, it explores the current state of agricultural markets, given the critical role of this sector in poverty reduction. Third, looking at the factors that may constrain higher growth in the future, challenges in private sector development and job creation are discussed. Building on the analysis of challenges, the book concludes with a summary of policy recommendations to help Malawi to begin catching up with its peers.
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    Malawi Economic Monitor, October 2016: Emerging Stronger
    (World Bank, Lilongwe, Malawi, 2016-10) Chilima, Efrem; Record, Richard; Kalemba, Sunganani; Kandoole, Priscilla; von Carnap, Tillman
    The Malawi Economic Monitor (MEM) provides ananalysis of economic and structural developmentissues in Malawi. This edition of the MEM waspublished in October 2016. It follows on from thethree previous editions of the MEM, and is part of an ongoing series, with future editions to follow twiceper year. The aim of the publication is to foster better-informed policy analysis and debate regarding the key challenges that Malawi faces in its endeavors to achieve high rates of stable, inclusive and sustainable economic growth. The MEM consists of two parts: Part one presents areview of recent economic developments and amacroeconomic outlook. Part two focuses in greater depth on a special, selected topic relevant to Malawi’s development prospects.In this edition of the MEM, the focus of the specialtopic is on poverty and vulnerability. At a time when Malawi is experiencing a second successive year offood insecurity, the special topic focuses on the key factors that have led to persistently high povertyrates in rural areas, with these factors contributing significantly to vulnerability to the impact of climate shocks. The special topic also identifies and describes potential pathways and reforms thatcould help Malawi improve its level of resilience to better manage the impact of future shocks.
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    Malawi Economic Monitor, October 2015: Adjusting in Turbulent Times
    (World Bank, Washington, DC, 2015-10) Asim, Salman; Record, Richard; Chilima, Efrem; Kandoole, Priscilla; Kalemba, Sunganani
    The Malawi economic monitor (MEM) provides an analysis of economic and structural development issues in Malawi. The aim of the publication is to foster better informed policy analysis and debate regarding the key challenges that Malawi faces in its endeavors to achieve high rates of stable, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth. The focus of the special topic is on the effectiveness of public spending on primary education and the means by which this can be improved. With more than half of Malawi’s population under the age of 18, the country faces significant challenges in its efforts to provide quality education to a growing population of students. Malawi also faces ongoing fiscal pressures, so there is a need to find ways to maximize the development impact within the limits of the finite resources available for investment in education. The MEM consists of two parts: part one presents a review of recent economic developments and a macroeconomic outlook. Part two focuses in greater depth on a special, selected topic relevant to Malawi’s development prospects.