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The report summarizes development outcome and WBG performance ratings, and evaluates how the updated results framework supported objectives across growth, human capital, vulnerability reduction, and governance effectiveness. It reviews financing patterns, including budget support and investment lending, and assesses constraints tied to “cashgate” and major natural disasters affecting implementation and results.","Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized  \nFor Official Use Only  \nCLR Review  \nIndependent Evaluation Group  \n\n| 1. CAS Data |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Country: Malawi |  |  |  |\n| CAS Year: FY13 |  | CAS Period: FY13 – FY17 |  |\n| CLR Period: FY13 – FY17 |  | Date of this review: April 22, 2021 |  |\n| 2. Ratings |  |  |  |\n|  | CLR Rating |  | IEG Rating |\n| Development Outcome: | Moderately Satisfactory |  | Moderately Unsatisfactory |\n| WBG Performance: | Fair |  | Fair |\n| 3. Executive Summary |  |  |  |\n| i. This review of the World Bank Group’s (WBG) Completion and Learning Review (CLR) covers the period of the Country Assistance Strategy (CAS), FY13-FY17 . The CAS was updated and extended for one year to FY17 in the Performance and Learning Review (PLR) dated March\u003Cbr>25, 2015. The WBG has been operating without a strategy since FY17 . 1 The CLR does not cover significant developments during the period FY18-FY20 . The CLR and IEG’s validation use the updated results framework at the PLR to assess the Bank Group’s program in Malawi.\u003Cbr>ii. Malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world. 2 It is an agrarian landlocked country, with a population of 18.6 million (2019) growing at 3 percent per year. Between 2013 and 2017 real GDP and real per capita GDP grew at 4.0 and 1.2 percent per year, respectively. The poverty headcount ratio at the national poverty line was 51.5 percent in 2016, slightly above the 50.7 percent in 2010. The Gini index (World Bank estimate) stood at 44.7 in 2016, below its 2010 level of 45.5. The Human Development Index improved from 0.441 in 2010 to 0.47 in 2015 and to 0.477 in 2017. During the review period, Malawi faced several challenges including the governance and public financial management crisis in September 2013 (known as “cashgate”) 3 and two natural disasters-the flooding in 2015 which affected half of the country and the drought in 2016. The“cashgate” led to temporary suspension of donor budget support and sharp reduction in disbursement of aid funds through government systems with the consequent impact on the fiscal deficit.\u003Cbr>iii. The FY13–FY16 CAS supported selected priorities of the Second Malawi Growth and Development Strategy (MGDS II 2011-2016), which had six thematic areas and nine key priority\u003Cbr>0 F\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>2 F |  |  |  |\n\n1 Per the CLR, the preparation of a new CPF was put on hold due to several factors including delays related to the preparation of the SCD and the country’s contested election in 2019. Preparation of a new CPF was resumed in 2020 with the decisive victory of the Tonse Alliance. During 2018-2020, the Bank Group continued to operate and committed new financing amounting to $1.0 billion on the basis of the CAS. See Annex F of the CLR.  \n2 According to WDI, Malawi is the second poorest country in the world in 2019 by per capita GDP.  \n3 In September 2013, the theft of public resources by a group of government and non-government individuals was exposed following the attempted assassination of a Ministry of Finance official. It was revealed that a high-level syndicate had gained illegal access to the national payment system and stolen public funds worth over US$50 million . Source: PLR of the CAS for the Republic of Malawi for the period FY13-FY16, Report No. 95178, March 25, 2015, pp. 1-2  \nareas . The CAS sought to promote sustainable, diversified, and inclusive growth (Focus Area I), enhance human capital and reduce vulnerabilities (Focus Area II), and mainstream governance for enhanced development effectiveness (Focus Area III) . These focus areas were aligned with the MDGS II and addressed challenges identified in the MGDS II, the Bank’s Africa Region Strategy, and verified through stakeholders consultations and surveys of about 600 representative clients . These challenges were identified by the Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) of Malawi (FY19) as central to growth and reducing poverty.  \niv. 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