A young boy holds up his chalkboard in a very crowded classroom.© Giacomo Pirozzi (Panos)
Malawi is a poor, landlocked country with a rural, agricultural economy. Maternal mortality is still one of highest in the world and 12% of the working-age population is HIV-positive.
Top priorities
- Improving basic services especially health, water and sanitation, and access to justice, focusing on girls and women
- Enabling the private sector to be an engine for growth
- Improving the effectiveness and transparency of national audits and local accountability and ensuring that public resources deliver the best results for the poor and the vulnerable
We plan to spend an average of £93 million per year in Malawi until 2015. This financial year, the UK plans to spend £115 million in the country due to additional emergency aid.