Malawi has registered mixed fortunes in the fight against poverty with the poverty levels on the decline, but the number of people living in extreme poverty going up. National Statistical Office (NSO) Sixth Integrated Household Survey (IHS6) findings released on Friday in Lilongwe show that the national poverty rate has declined from 50.7 percent to 47.3 percent while the proportion of ultra-poor Malawians—those living in extreme poverty—rose f…
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