Malawi
June 23, 2021
Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher
Malawi , 23 June 2021 In this blog, I focus each time on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and International Trade in a certain country or territory in terms of how Location Factors (Political, Economic, Technological, Ecological, Legal and Cultural) and Entry Modes (e.g. M&As, Export and Greenfield) impact the attractiveness - or vice versa - the risks of FDI and International Trade in the specific country or territory.
Malawi – Foreign Direct Investment and International Trade Malawi
Capital: Lilongwe
Population: 18,628,747
Main Religion: Christianity
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $): $1,106.6
GDP (current US$): 7,666.70
GNI, Atlas method (current US$): 7,164.35
GDP includes FDI Inward, while GNI includes FDI Outward
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) takes into account the standards of living in a country.
Source: 2019, World Bank
Information and Data on FDI and International Trade
Foreign investment in Malawi - Santandertrade.com
Foreign trade figures of Malawi - Economic and Political Overview - Lloyds Bank International Trade Portal (lloydsbanktrade.com)
Malawi - United States Department of State
Macro Data
Malawi - United States Department of State
Malawi and the IMF
General Information and Political Information
Malawi - The World Factbook (cia.gov)
Malawi country profile - BBC News
Research Papers and Research Books
Adapting yet not adopting? Conservation agriculture in Central Malawi - ScienceDirect
A history of tobacco production and marketing in Malawi, 1890–2010: Journal of Eastern African Studies: Vol 7, No 4 (tandfonline.com)
From colonisation to globalisation: a history of state capture by the tobacco industry in Malawi: Review of African Political Economy: Vol 45, No 156 (tandfonline.com)
Politics, Christianity and Society in Malawi: Essays in Honour of John McCracken - Google Books
Colonialism and its legacies, as reflected in water, incorporating a view from Malawi - Mathur - 2018 - WIREs Water - Wiley Online Library
Report on Citizenship Law: Malawi
The trade and marketing of traditional medicines in southern and central Malawi: International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology: Vol 24, No 1 (tandfonline.com)
Uneven and unequal people-centered development: the case of Fair Trade and Malawi sugar producers | SpringerLink
Revenue Implications of Continental Free Trade Area: A Short‐run Perspective of Malawi - Masiya - 2019 - African Development Review - Wiley Online Library
Fair trade governance and diversification: The experience of the National Smallholder Farmers’ Association of Malawi - ScienceDirect
Export Trade and Economic Growth in Malawi: A Disaggregated Approach (repec.org)
Understanding trade-offs in upscaling and integrating climate-smart agriculture and sustainable river basin management in Malawi - ScienceDirect
Trains, Trade, and Transaction Costs: How Does Domestic Trade by Rail Affect Market Prices of Malawi Agricultural Commodities? | The World Bank Economic Review | Oxford Academic (oup.com)
Case studies of normative trade -offs in Malawi , Mexico, and Germany
Forests | Free Full-Text | Plant Fibre Crafts Production, Trade and Income in Eswatini, Malawi and Zimbabwe (mdpi.com)
Land | Free Full-Text | Agricultural Resources and Trade Strategies: Response to Falling Land-to-Labor Ratios in Malawi (mdpi.com)
Unsustainable trade-offs: provisioning ecosystem services in rapidly changing Likangala River catchment in southern Malawi | SpringerLink
Assessing the Potential Impact of the African Continental Free Trade Area on Least Developed Countries: A Case Study of Malawi: Journal of Southern African Studies: Vol 46, No 4 (tandfonline.com)
Consumer choices and demand for Tilapia in urban Malawi: What are the complementarities and trade-offs? - ScienceDirect
Leveling the field for biofuels: comparing the economic and environmental impacts of biofuel and other export crops in Malawi - Schuenemann - 2017 - Agricultural Economics - Wiley Online Library
Achieving food security and industrial development in Malawi: Are export restrictions the solution? - ScienceDirect
Assessing the policy environment for cash crops in Malawi: what could hinder the achievement of the National Export Strategy objectives? (umn.edu)
Public Policy and Politics via Documentaries and in-Depth TV NewsPrograms
Documentaries and in-Depth TV News programs usually reflect a certain viewpoint. ZRB
Turning the tide on overfishing at Lake Malawi | DW English - YouTube
Malawi's presidential election and what it means for Africa | DW News Africa - YouTube
History and Important History Events
A History of Malawi, 1859-1966 - John McCracken - Google Books
Other Issues
Coping with the Double Crisis: Lake Chilwa Recession and the Great Depression on Chisi Island in Colonial Malawi, 1930–1935 (nih.gov)