World Bank2012-06-082012-06-082007https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7579Malawi is in the process of moving away from safety nets programming towards more long-term predictable social protection programming that helps poor households deal with risk and shocks through a more institutionalized and coordinated approach. This report provides a stocktake of social protection in Malawi for the period 2003-2006, and, in partnership with the development of a Malawi Social Protection Framework, aims to help Malawi move towards a long-term social protection policy and program. The report answers two specific questions: do the range, goals and coverage of existing social protection interventions (inventory) match up with the existing profile of poverty, risk and vulnerability? Do the current institutional and financing arrangements match up with the need for institutionalized social protection in Malawi? In order to answer these questions, we begin by describing the poverty, vulnerability and risk profile in Malawi and by developing a profile in Section 2 against which the coverage of existing interventions discussed in Section 3 can be matched. Section 4 matches the profile of poverty and vulnerability with the array of interventions implemented as safety nets interventions. In Section 5, the current institutional arrangements for delivering social protection in Malawi are assessed. Section 6 presents broad program options in terms of funding and directions for social protection, including lessons for the design and implementation of social protection programs and pilots. Section 7 raises a set of issues and challenges and provides conclusions and recommendations.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO ASSETSACCESS TO MARKETSAGRICULTURAL INPUTSAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONBENEFICIARIESBENEFICIARYBENEFICIARY GROUPSCALORIC INTAKECAPACITY BUILDINGCASH CROPSCASH INCOMECASH TRANSFERCASH TRANSFER PROGRAMSCASH TRANSFERSCASH-FOR-WORKCHILD CARECHILD MORTALITYCHRONIC ILLNESSCHRONICALLY POORCIVIL SOCIETYCOMMUNITY ASSETSCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTCOMMUNITY GROUPSCONDITIONAL CASHCONDITIONAL TRANSFERSCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURECOPING MECHANISMSCOVARIATE SHOCKSCREDIT SCHEMECREDIT SCHEMESCROP YIELDSDEPENDENCY RATIODEPENDENCY RATIOSDESTITUTE HOUSEHOLDSDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCEDEVELOPMENT INDICATORSDEVELOPMENT STRATEGYDIETARY DIVERSITYDIRECT TRANSFERSDISSEMINATIONDIVERSIFICATIONDROUGHTDURABLE ASSETSECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIESECONOMIC POLICIESECONOMIC SHOCKSELDERLYEMERGENCIESEMERGENCY AIDEMERGENCY FOODEXTENDED FAMILYEXTREME POVERTYFARMERFARMERSFEEDING PROGRAMSFEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDSFEWER HOUSEHOLDSFINANCIAL SUPPORTFOOD AIDFOOD AID PROGRAMFOOD DISTRIBUTIONFOOD ENTITLEMENTSFOOD INSECURITYFOOD MARKETSFOOD POVERTYFOOD POVERTY LINEFOOD PRICESFOOD PROGRAMFOOD REQUIREMENTSFOOD SECURITYFOOD SHORTAGESFOOD TRANSFERSFOOD-FOR-WORKFREE FOODGENDER DIMENSIONSGENDER INEQUALITIESGOVERNMENT CAPACITYGOVERNMENT POLICIESHIGH POVERTYHIVHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTIONHOUSEHOLD LEVELHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSINGHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMANITARIAN RELIEFILLNESSESIMPACT ON POVERTYINCOMEINCOME LEVELSINCOME POVERTYINEQUALITYINSURANCELANDHOLDINGSLANDLESSLANDLESS HOUSEHOLDSLEVELS OF VULNERABILITYLIFE EXPECTANCYLIMITED ACCESSLIVELIHOOD OPPORTUNITIESLIVING CONDITIONSLOCAL GOVERNMENTSMALNUTRITIONMATERNAL MORTALITYMATERNAL MORTALITY RATESMICRO-CREDITMIGRATIONMINORITYNATIONAL POVERTYNATIONAL POVERTY LINENEGATIVE IMPACTNON-POOR HOUSEHOLDSNUTRITION PROGRAMNUTRITION PROGRAMSORPHANSPER CAPITA CONSUMPTIONPER CAPITA EXPENDITUREPER CAPITA EXPENDITURE LEVELSPERVASIVE POVERTYPOLICY AREASPOLICY DEVELOPMENTPOLICY FRAMEWORKPOLICY GUIDANCEPOLICY PROCESSPOORPOOR AREASPOOR CHILDRENPOOR HOUSEHOLDPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOOR PEOPLEPOOR PERSONPOORER HOUSEHOLDSPOPULATION SHAREPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOVERTY ESTIMATESPOVERTY GROUPSPOVERTY INCIDENCEPOVERTY LEVELSPOVERTY LINESPOVERTY PROFILEPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGYPRACTITIONERSPREGNANT WOMENPRICE SUPPORTPRIMARY SCHOOLPRODUCTIVE ASSETSPROGRESSPROTECTION POLICIESPROTECTION POLICYPROTECTION SYSTEMPUBLIC WORKSPUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMSRELIEF FOODREMOTE AREASREPEATED SHOCKSRESOURCE ALLOCATIONRISK FACTORSRISK MANAGEMENTRURALRURAL AREASRURAL DISTRICTSRURAL HOUSEHOLDSRURAL POVERTYSAFETY NETSAFETY NET PROGRAMSSAFETY NETSSCHOOL CHILDRENSCHOOL ENROLMENTSCHOOL FEEDINGSCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMSSECONDARY SCHOOLSELF-EMPLOYMENTSERVICE DELIVERYSHOCKSMALL LANDHOLDINGSSOCIAL ACTIONSOCIAL ACTION FUNDSOCIAL ASSISTANCESOCIAL DIMENSIONSOCIAL DIMENSIONSSOCIAL POLICIESSOCIAL POLICYSOCIAL PROTECTIONSOCIAL RESEARCHSOCIAL SUPPORTSOCIAL TRANSFERSOCIAL TRANSFERSSOCIAL WELFARESTRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENTSTRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMSSUPPLEMENTARY FEEDINGSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTTARGETINGTRADE OFFSTRANSFER PROGRAMTRANSFER PROGRAMSTRANSIENT POORTRANSIENT POVERTYULTRA POORUNIVERSAL SUBSIDIESURBAN AREASURBAN POVERTYVICIOUS CYCLEVOUCHERSVULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTVULNERABLE GROUPSVULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDSVULNERABLE PEOPLEWORK PROGRAMSWORKS PROGRAMYOUNG CHILDRENWorld Bank10.1596/7579