Efficient transport links are critical to enhancing the integration of markets in Southern Africa. This paper assesses the structure of markets, competition, and prices and costs of road transportation between urban hubs in Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Key findings are...

Efficient transport links are critical to enhancing the integration of markets in Southern Africa. This paper assesses the structure of markets, competition, and prices and costs of road transportation between urban hubs in Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Key findings are...

Rapid urbanization and rising income levels in Southern Africa have increased the consumption of perishable and processed food products. This paper relies primarily on firm-level interview data to assess competition and bottlenecks in transporting time-sensitive perishable products across...

This is a conceptual paper that strived to explore reintroduction of poll tax as one of the effective mechanisms of controlling unsustainable population growth in Malawi which has since become cause concern for social and economic development. The study targeted men from age of fifteen to sixty...

The study regresses tax revenue on a number of variables to ascertain the significant determinants of tax in Malawi. Using monthly data from 2003 to 2012, the study includes a lagged dependent variable in an OLS regression to find that GDP has a positive impact on tax revenue in Malawi and an...

The study analyzed 2013 bilateral trade data between Malawi and each of the following three trading partners; Mozambique, South Africa and China. Using data from the World Integrated Trade Solution (WITS), the study employed a simple Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) model to estimate the impacts of...