The Nation (Malawi) published an article stating that the Ministry of Gender, Community Development, and Social Welfare has rolled out the third phase of emergency cash transfers under the Covid-19 urban cash transfer intervention targeting 74 150 urban beneficiaries. The initiative targets low-income semi-urban locations based on assessment of the cities’ socio-economic profiles and household vulnerability levels. An IFPRI price bulletin shows an increase in prices of foodstuffs that include legumes, tubers, livestock and livestock products, and fish across the country.
