This paper revisits the debate over the most appropriate exchange-rate regime for low-income countries. The debate revolves around: the effect of the exchange-rate regime on macroeconomic management, particularly inflation; the links between the exchange-rate regime and vulnerability to crisis...

Chronic food insecurity and chronic poverty are closely related in Malawi. Since independence in 1964 national food security has been a key policy objective. However, until the 1990s less emphasis was placed on the household dimensions of food security and its links with chronic poverty. In the...