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The Malawi Growth and Development Strategy (MGDS) is the overarching strategy for Malawi for the five years from 2006/07 to 2010/2011 fiscal years. The purpose of MGDS is to serve as a single reference document for policy makers in government, private sector, civil society organizations, donors and cooperating partners on socio-economic growth and development priorities for Malawi. The MGDS has been developed with strong linkages to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The MGDS presents a policy framework that articulates issues related to both economic growth and social development.
The MGDS document is aimed at achieving strong and sustainable economic growth, building a healthy and educated human resource base, and protecting and empowering the vulnerable. The MGDS is based on six thematic areas which are:
- sustainable economic growth
- social protection
- social development
- management and prevention of nutrition disorders and HIV and AIDS
- infrastructure development
- and improved governance.
The MGDS contains a set of focus areas identified as necessary to achieve its overall objective over the years through a national consensus. The key focus priority areas are agriculture and food security, infrastructure development, irrigation and water development, energy generation and supply, integrated rural development and prevention and management of HIV and AIDS.
The main assumptions of the MGDS are that:
- Malawi achieves a sustainable macroeconomic growth within a stable political
- and economic environment
- Malawi attains a minimum annual growth rate of 6.0 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to meaningfully reduce poverty
- the private sector invests and actively participates in socio-economic development activities
- there are adequate resources and capacity to provide educational needs at all levels, delivery of essential health package, prevention and mitigation of the socio-economic impacts of HIV and AIDS.
The MGDS will be implemented through the government budget within the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF). However, other stakeholders such as the private sector, civil society organisations, donors and co-operating partners have their responsibilities in the implementation process. The monitoring of MGDS will be in accordance with monitoring and evaluation master plan developed by the government. |
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