Malawi
New Publication: State of Land Information in Malawi
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…
Land law amendment bars foreigners from owning land in Malawi
7 December 2022
Deputy Minister of Lands, Deus Gumba .“There has been an outcry that foreigners are taking over our land. The current land law has been amended with an aim of protecting the land from foreign citizens’ ownership”.
Malawi becomes the first country to open the IMF’s new ‘Food Shock Window’
25 October 2022
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has a new financing tool called the ‘Food Shock Window’ to address balance of payments needs linked to the global food crisis. Malawi, where hunger among the poor is common, is the first low-income country to open that window. Under the “staff-level agreement”,…
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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.
Navigating Malawi's Land Laws: Unravelling Colonial Legacies and Customary Challenges
4 March 2024
The article examines the challenges in Malawi's land governance, tracing issues back to colonial legacies and addressing contemporary problems in customary land practices. Despite amendments to incorporate indigenous people and customary laws, challenges persist, particularly in ownership claims…
Webinar on COVID-19 and Tenure Security
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…