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Malawi

Malawi is a $14.9B economy (2025), growing 1.9% in real terms, with consumer inflation at 28.4%. 22 of 22 tracked series are published for this country.

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Source: World Bank Open Data · World Development Indicators & International Debt Statistics · rank among African countries with a recent print

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World Bank lending to Malawi

3 in the pipeline · 20 active · commitments as published by the Bank.

ProjectThemeStatusBoard dateCommitment
Mpatamanga Hydropower Storage Project GuaranteeP513960Climate & energyPipelineMay 2027$100M
Permanent Rehabilitation of Kapichira Hydropower DamP519027Climate & energyPipelineMar 2027$25M
Malawi Health Emergency Preparedness, Response and Resilience Project Using the Multiphase Programmatic ApproachP516466Climate & energyPipelineAug 2026—
Shire Valley Transformation Program - Phase 2P513489OtherActiveSept 2026$50M
Integrated Social Protection for Resilience and Opportunity ProjectP512324Climate & energyActiveSept 2026$110M
Malawi - Transforming High-potential Resilient Value Chains (M-THRiVE)P508803Climate & energyActiveMay 2026$50M
Governance to Enable Service Delivery Project - GESD 2.0P508024OtherActiveApr 2026$80M
Resilient and Strategic Transport Operational Enhancement Project in MalawiP500625Climate & energyActiveSept 2025$65M
Malawi Foundational Learning Program for ResultsP507745Health & educationActiveAug 2025—
Mpatamanga Hydropower Storage ProjectP165704Climate & energyActiveMay 2025$350M
Accelerating Sustainable and Clean Energy Access Transformation in MalawiP502464Climate & energyActiveDec 2024$245.8M
Malawi Contingent Emergency Response Project (MW CERP)P508910Water & agricultureActiveOct 2024—
Digital Malawi Acceleration Project (DMAP)P505095DigitalActiveJun 2024$70M
Malawi Health Emergency Preparedness, Response and Resilience Project Using the Multiphase Programmatic ApproachP505187Climate & energyActiveJun 2024$50M
Malawi Fiscal Governance Program for ResultsP181371Finance & fiscalActiveMay 2024$80M
Regional Climate Resilience Program for Eastern and Southern Africa 2 Project (RCRP2)P181308Climate & energyActiveDec 2023$250M
Malawi First Growth and Resilience DPO with a Catastrophe Deferred Drawdown OptionP175072Climate & energyActiveDec 2023$137M
De-risking Importation of Strategic CommoditiesP500589Finance & fiscalActiveNov 2023$60M
Water and Sanitation Project - IP178954Water & agricultureActiveMar 2023$145M
Social Support for Resilient Livelihoods Project Second Additional FinancingP180152Climate & energyActiveDec 2022$110M

Source: World Bank Projects & Operations

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