MW2063 identifies industrialisation as one of three transformational pillars of Malawi’s long-term development strategy, alongside agriculture and urbanisation.

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Five years into Malawi’s flagship long-term development plan, government data shows a widening gap between the country’s industrial ambitions and progress.

Malawi has completed 87% of the activities outlined in its national industrialisation plan. But only 40% of the plan’s targets are on track to be met.

That gap, now officially documented, defines the central failure of industrial policy in