Leveraging Urbanization For Inclusive Development In Malawi Anchoring The Secondary City Development Of Salima And Chipoka In A Modernizing Fruit Value Chain
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Leveraging Urbanization For Inclusive Development In Malawi Anchoring The Secondary City Development Of Salima And Chipoka In A Modernizing Fruit Value Chain
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Author : De Weerdt, Joachim
language : en
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Release Date : 2023-06-16
Leveraging Urbanization For Inclusive Development In Malawi Anchoring The Secondary City Development Of Salima And Chipoka In A Modernizing Fruit Value Chain written by De Weerdt, Joachim and has been published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-16 with Political Science categories.
Agricultural development in Malawi faces an important conundrum. While agriculture is the backbone of the economy, many smallholders will not be able to farm their way out of poverty. Shrinking farmland size severely limits the total income that can be earned from farming, even at much higher levels of productivity per area farmed than are now achieved. Urbanization embedded in the modernization of locally relevant value chains provides a promising pathway to inclusive development as it serves to simultaneously raise farm incomes, create income-earning opportunities off the farm, and create specialized urban hubs that can boost urban economic growth through agglomeration economies. After laying out these concepts conceptually, we apply them to a specific example of a modernizing mango value chain in Salima/Chipoka. Salima and Chipoka form an urban cluster about 100 km from the capital Lilongwe, located on the lakeshore of Lake Malawi. The Malawi Secondary Cities Plan has identified this cluster as one of eight that are to form an interconnected network of secondary cities, geographically spread across the country, with productive activities in each anchored in the economy of their rural hinterlands
Can Urban Growth Reduce Rural Underemployment
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Author : De Weerdt, Joachim
language : un
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Release Date : 2023-09-25
Can Urban Growth Reduce Rural Underemployment written by De Weerdt, Joachim and has been published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-25 with Political Science categories.
In a recent IFPRI working paper, Van Cappellen and De Weerdt (2023), we show how urban growth reduces underemployment in the rural hinterlands of towns and cities. But leveraging these labor market linkages between urban and rural areas for inclusive growth and poverty reduction will depend on overcoming two barriers. The first is that the jobs created are primarily low-skill, low productivity, and often casual (ganyu). Raising the human capital and productivity of the continually growing pool of rural workers, while simultaneously raising rural incomes to increase demand for the kind of off-farm goods and services they can provide, will be critical. Secondly, the labor market linkages between urban and rural areas operate primarily through the longer-established urban areas. Growth in Malawi’s newer emerging urban centers, while substantial, has not spilled over to rural labor markets yet. This is a missed opportunity and highlights the need for a geographically expansive urban investment strategy that includes fostering growth, agglomeration economies, and strong urban-rural linkages in Malawi’s smaller urban areas. Anchoring the development of smaller urban agglomerations in modernizing value chains, particularly in the agri-food sector, is one practical pathway for leveraging urbanization for inclusive development.
Malawi Urbanization Review
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Malawi Urbanization Review written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with categories.
Malawi Urbanization Review
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Author : Weltbank
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Malawi Urbanization Review written by Weltbank and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with categories.
The Malawi Urbanization Review aims to provide fresh perspectives on urbanization in Malawi, by analyzing the current and potential contribution of urbanization to long-term national development and the current institutional and financial capacity of local governments to manage the process. Analyses presented in this report are particularly timely as Malawi is planning for the coming half decade through the Malawi Growth and Development Strategy (MGDS) III (2016-2020). Malawi is urbanizing at a moderate rate and has a good chance of proactively managing the urbanization process. Opportunities may arise from a positive structural change that Malawi's economy is undergoing, whereby the driver of growth and job creation moves from agriculture to non-agricultural sectors. Faster urbanization, with strong linkages with rural areas, can contribute further to deepening such structural change. To unlock the potential of urbanization as a catalyst for long-term economic development, it is necessary to strengthen the capacity of urban local governments to generate revenues and meet the key infrastructure and service needs in urban areas, which remain challenging even at the current rate of urbanization.
Malawi National Urban Profile
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012-01-01
Malawi National Urban Profile written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-01 with Malawi categories.
Malawi
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Author : International Monetary Fund
language : en
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Release Date : 2012-08-03
Malawi written by International Monetary Fund and has been published by International Monetary Fund this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-03 with Business & Economics categories.
The Malawi Growth and Development Strategy II (MGDS-II) is a poverty reduction strategy for the period 2006–11, which is aimed at fulfilling Malawi’s future developmental aspiration—Vision 2020. The strategy identifies broad thematic areas and key priority areas to bring about sustained economic growth. A striking feature of this strategy is that the various governmental organizations, private sector, and general public are equal stakeholders. However, successful implementation of MGDS-II will largely depend on sound macroeconomic management and a stable political environment.
The African Storyteller
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Author : Harold Scheub
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
The African Storyteller written by Harold Scheub and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Fiction categories.
Africa
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Author : United Nations Environment Programme
language : en
Publisher: UNEP/Earthprint
Release Date : 2008
Africa written by United Nations Environment Programme and has been published by UNEP/Earthprint this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Reference categories.
This stunning 400-page Atlas is a unique and powerful publication which brings to light stories of environmental change at more than 100 locations spread across every country in Africa. There are more than 300 satellite images, 300 ground photographs and 150 maps, along with informative graphs and charts that give a vivid visual portrayal of Africa and its changing environment that provide scientific evidence of the impact that natural and human activities have had on the continent's environment over the past several decades. The observations and measurements of environmental change help gauge the extent of progress made by African countries towards reaching the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals. More importantly, this book contributes to the knowledge and understanding that are essential for adaptation and remediation, and should be of immense value to all those who want to know more about Africa and who care about the future of this continent.
Civic Education Culture
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Author : Bradley C. S. Watson
language : en
Publisher: Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Release Date : 2005
Civic Education Culture written by Bradley C. S. Watson and has been published by Intercollegiate Studies Institute this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Education categories.
What do we teach our citizens? This great Platonic question is as crucial today as it has ever been. America and the West come to terms with this question in the context of their richly diverse, technologically sophisticated, fundamentally individualistic societies. Virtually all would agree that such diversity, sophistication, and freedom are positive political and cultural goods, but many would also argue that they militate against the coherence that all regimes and civilizations must, in some way, demand. The nature, extent, and coherence of civic education are perhaps the greatest determinants of a regime's politics and culture, and the regime can in turn do much to foster the right kind of civic education. This book presents the insights of renowned scholars and writers, including Stephen H. Balch, Timothy Fuller, and Roger Kimball, who have thought broadly and deeply about the role that education at all levels plays in promoting, maintaining, or undermining our politics, culture, and society.
The Impact Of Ethiopia S Direct Seed Marketing Approach On Smallholders Access To Seeds Productivity And Commercialization
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Author : Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework
language : en
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Release Date : 2021-01-27
The Impact Of Ethiopia S Direct Seed Marketing Approach On Smallholders Access To Seeds Productivity And Commercialization written by Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework and has been published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-27 with Political Science categories.
Several factors contribute to the low level of improved variety use in Ethiopia. Among those, on the supply side, is the limited availability of seed in the volumes, quality, and timeliness required by farmers, which is partly a result of limited public and private investment in the sector. Beginning in 2011, the Government of Ethiopia introduced a novel experiment-the Direct Seed Marketing (DSM) approach-to reduce some of the centralized, state-run attributes of the country’s seed market and rationalize the use of public resources. DSM was designed to incentivize private and public seed producers to sell seed directly to farmers rather than through the state apparatus. This study is the first quantitative evaluation of DSM’s impact on indicators of a healthy seed system: access to quality seeds, on-farm productivity, and market participation of smallholders. Using a quasi-experimental difference-in-differences approach, the study finds that DSM led to a 26 percent increase in maize yields and a 5 percent increase in the share of maize harvest sold. DSM also led to improvements in seed availability for all three of Ethiopia’s major cereals: maize, wheat, and teff. However, DSM’s effects on yields and share of harvest sold are not statistically significant for wheat and teff. These crop-specific differences in performance are likely explainable by biological differences between hybrid maize and openly pollinated varieties of wheat and teff that incentivize private sector participation in maize seed markets over wheat and teff seed markets. These differences demand different policies and perhaps even institutional approaches to accelerating adoption between hybrids and OPVs.