Achieving food security and industrial development in Malawi: Are export restrictions the solution?

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Markets
cg.contributor.donorBill & Melinda Gates Foundationen
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.coverage.countryMalawi
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2MW
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Africa
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierKarl Pauw: 0000-0002-5104-173X
cg.creator.identifierEmerta Aragie: 0000-0002-4982-9923
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.03.020en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategy and Governance Division
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Malawi Strategy Support Program
cg.identifier.publicationRankA
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0305-750Xen
cg.issueAugust 2018en
cg.journalWorld Developmenten
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.volume108en
dc.contributor.authorAragie, Emerta A.en
dc.contributor.authorPauw, Karlen
dc.contributor.authorPernechele, Valentinaen
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-21T09:09:47Zen
dc.date.available2024-06-21T09:09:47Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/146942
dc.titleAchieving food security and industrial development in Malawi: Are export restrictions the solution?en
dcterms.abstractThis study assesses the economy-wide effects of Malawi’s long-term maize export ban, which was only recently lifted, and a proposed oilseed export levy intended to improve food security and support local processing industries, respectively. We find that maize export bans only benefit the urban non-poor, while poor farmers’ incomes and maize consumption levels decline in the longer run. The oilseed export levy also fails to achieve its long run objectives: even when tax revenues are used to further subsidize food processors, their gains in value-addition are outweighed by declining agricultural value-addition. More generally, these results show that while export restrictions may have the desired outcomes in the short run, production responses may render the policies ineffective in the medium to long run. Ultimately, such restrictive policies reinforce a subsistence approach to agriculture, which is inconsistent with the stated economic transformation goals of many Sub-Saharan countries.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAragie, Emerta; Pauw, Karl; and Pernechele, Valentina. 2018. Achieving food security and industrial development in Malawi: Are export restrictions the solution? World Development 108 (August 2018): 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.03.020en
dcterms.extentpp. 1-15en
dcterms.issued2018-04-06
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
dcterms.publisherElsevieren
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/146235en
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/6219en
dcterms.subjectexport controlsen
dcterms.subjectpoliticsen
dcterms.subjectrural populationen
dcterms.subjectexportsen
dcterms.subjectagricultural productsen
dcterms.subjectagroindustrial sectoren
dcterms.subjectagricultural policiesen
dcterms.subjecthouseholdsen
dcterms.subjectmaizeen
dcterms.subjecttrade barriersen
dcterms.subjectoilseedsen
dcterms.subjectcommercial farmingen
dcterms.subjectsmallholdersen
dcterms.subjecttrade policiesen
dcterms.subjectsocial welfareen
dcterms.subjecttradeen
dcterms.subjectcomputable general equilibrium modelen
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.subjectpovertyen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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