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Malawi Economic Monitor, January 2025: The Rising Cost of Inaction

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-11T15:34:28Z
dc.date.available2025-02-11T15:34:28Z
dc.date.issued2025-02-11
dc.description.abstractMalawi’s economic recovery remains fragile due to the slow implementation of macroeconomic adjustment reforms and a series of recent shocks. Food insecurity remains a major concern due to weak harvests from 2022 to 2024 and the likelihood of a challenging 2024-25 season. Inflation is gradually easing but remains high due to rising food, housing, and utility prices, as well as the rapid growth of the money supply. Malawi’s banking sector remains highly profitable, as it benefits from government borrowing and high interest rates, but vulnerabilities are emerging. Despite high profits and apparent stability, stress tests reveal vulnerabilities. While the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) has determined that Malawi’s banking sector could weather individual shocks, multiple simultaneous shocks can present a threat. Continued vigilance, risk management, and diversification will be crucial to reinforce resilience. This 20th edition of the Malawi Economic Monitor (MEM) finds that the cost of inaction is rising, as continued delays in addressing widening fiscal and current account deficits increase the scale of the eventual adjustment and heighten the risk of further deterioration.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099012625203049046/P50926919af6a5089188051de8491a1767d
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/42788
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/42788
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/42788
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.rightsCC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
dc.subjectMINING SECTOR
dc.subjectMINERAL ENDOWMENT
dc.subjectGLOBAL ENERGY TRANSITION
dc.subjectQUARRYING
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE PROSPERITY
dc.titleMalawi Economic Monitor, January 2025en
dc.title.subtitleThe Rising Cost of Inactionen
dc.typeReport
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okr.date.disclosure2025-02-11
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-14T12:00:19.419694Z
okr.date.lastmodified2025-01-27T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work::Economic Updates and Modeling
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099012625203049046/P50926919af6a5089188051de8491a1767d
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okr.identifier.report196851
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okr.region.administrativeEastern and Southern Africa
okr.region.countryMalawi
okr.topicEnergy::Energy and Mining
okr.topicEnergy::Coal and Lignite
okr.topicInfrastructure Economics and Finance::Infrastructure Regulation
okr.unitEFI-AFR1-MTI-MacroFiscal-1 (EAEM1)
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