SELLING OUR WAY INTO POVERTY: The Commercialisation of Poverty in Malawi

Fanwell Fredrick Kenala Bokosi ()

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Abstract: The aim of the article is to investigate the impact of commercialisation on household poverty in Malawi using the 1997/98 Integrated Household Survey data. The results indicate that overall those household who were more commercialised were better off than those who did not and thus commercialisation should be encouraged as a means of alleviating poverty. In terms of regional analysis the southern region and the central region results indicate that the more commercialised households were actually worse off. Furthermore, the livelihoods of the most vulnerable households (female headed and poor households) did not benefit from commercialisation. Therefore, in terms of policies, it is important that government should identify groups that are likely losers to commercialisation and hence the need for compensatory or socially protective policy design to socio-economic groups whose incomes have been reduced by commercialisation.

Keywords: Commercialisation; Poverty; Propensity Score Matching; Household Model; Malawi. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I31 C31 Q12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2008-01-14
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