Malawi is in the process of moving awayfrom safety nets programming towards more long-termpredictable social protection programming that helps poorhouseholds deal with risk and shocks through a moreinstitutionalized and coordinated approach. This reportprovides a stocktake of social protection in Malawi for theperiod 2003-2006, and, in partnership with the developmentof a Malawi Social Protection Framework, aims to help Malawimove towards a long-term social protection policy andprogram. The report answers two specific questions: do therange, goals and coverage of existing social protectioninterventions (inventory) match up with the existing profileof poverty, risk and vulnerability? Do the currentinstitutional and financing arrangements match up with theneed for institutionalized social protection in Malawi? Inorder to answer these questions, we begin by describing thepoverty, vulnerability and risk profile in Malawi and bydeveloping a profile in Section 2 against which the coverageof existing interventions discussed in Section 3 can bematched. Section 4 matches the profile of poverty andvulnerability with the array of interventions implemented assafety nets interventions. In Section 5, the currentinstitutional arrangements for delivering social protectionin Malawi are assessed. Section 6 presents broad programoptions in terms of funding and directions for socialprotection, including lessons for the design andimplementation of social protection programs and pilots.Section 7 raises a set of issues and challenges and providesconclusions and recommendations.
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