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Malawi remains one of the poorest countries in the world. Around 70% of the population live below the international poverty line of US$1.90 per day, and 89% of Malawi’s workforce are employed in the informal economy. In 2018 the population of Malawi was 17.55 million. It is a small landlocked country sharing borders with Mozambique, Zambia and Tanzania. Malawi is 118,484 km2 in extent, of which 29,600 km2 is water. Despite its relatively small surface area, Lake Malawi is the fifth largest lake in the world by volume.
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Land Area
9,428,000 ha
GDP/Capita
1,491.1 USD
Total population
19,889,700
Urban population
16.9 %
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Women owning land
2.4 %
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20 March 2023
Le Land Portal publie un nouveau rapport sur l'état de l'information foncière au Malawi
Pendant l'ère coloniale, les données et les informations étaient largement considérées comme confidentielles au Malawi. Selon Mambulasa (2016), de nombreuses lois du Malawi datant de l'époque coloniale…
20 March 2023
O Land Portal Publica Novo Relatório de Informações sobre o Estado da Terra para o Malauí
Durante a era colonial, os dados e informações eram em grande parte tratados como confidenciais no Malauí. De acordo com Mambulasa (2016), muitos estatutos no Malauí datados da época colonial promovem o…
20 March 2023
Land Portal Publishes New State of Land Information Report for Malawi
During the colonial era, data and information was largely treated as confidential in Malawi. According to Mambulasa (2016), many statutes in Malawi dating back to colonial times promote government secrecy and the withholding of…
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About 85% of the population live in rural areas and depend on small scale agricultural production which is increasingly vulnerable to climate shocks.
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04 March 2024
Introduction
Malawi's journey towards effective land governance has been marred by historical injustices rooted in colonial legacies and compounded by contemporary challenges within customary land practices. This article explores the troubled legacy, policy reforms and the persistent issues…
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9th Capitalization Meeting of the EU Land Governance Programme
3 NOVEMBER 2020, 10.00 – 11.30 CET (9.00 – 10.30 GMT)
Project implementation in all countries and at the transversal level have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Anecdotal evidence from many countries suggest that the pandemic…
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