National Planning Commission (NPC) chief executive officer, Dr. Thomas Chataghalala Munthali, says plans have reached an advanced stage to turn Liwonde into the status of a secondary city to boost economic opportunities at the trading centre. Munthali stressed that the creation of a secondary city at Liwonde will also help control migration of people from […]
National Planning Commission (NPC) has come up with a successor to Vision 2020, which will define the common aspirations of all Malawians moving forward and is expected to be officially launched by President Peter Mutharika on February 28 at the COMESA International Conference Centre in Blantyre. A statement from the Commission, whose director general is […]
Economics Association of Malawi (ECAMA) believes the formulation of the successor programme for Vision 2020 should incorporate the views of the youth in its implementation process. ECAMA Secretary General, Andrew Kumbatira made the observation Friday during the finals of the University debates at Crossroads hotel in Lilongwe where Catholic University emerged winner after out classing […]
President Peter Mutharika has acknowledged that Malawi has always been good at planning but implementation has often been the problem. He said this when he had an audience with the country’s the National Planning Commission (MPC) on Thursday at Kamuzu Palace where the President recalled an earlier meet he had with the Commission during the […]
National Planning Commission (NPC) has emphasized the need to aim at prioritizing wealth creation in the development of Vision 2063 agenda for the country. NPC Director General, Dr. Thomas Munthali said this during Vision 2020 Review Validation workshop held at Crossroads hotel in Lilongwe on Tuesday. He said the country need to focus in the […]
The National Planning Commission (NPC) has inspired city and town council chief executive officers that they shall be actively involved in the new long-term national development plan and successor blue-print to the Vision 2020, which will emphasise on inclusive wealth creation as opposed to the focus on poverty reduction it had. NPC hosted a dinner […]
The National Planning Commission (NPC) has said the country made significant strides in educational attainment since independence, but the current state of education and skills development has a lot of room for improvement. NPC director general Thomas Munthali, whose institution is mandated to formulate the medium and long-term development plans for the country and oversee […]
Renowned economist and former Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of Malawi, Dr Naomi Ngwira, says the Vision 2020, a development plan the Government of Malawi adopted in 1998, failed to achieve the desired results over the years because of what she described as “implementation deficits”. Ngwira made the sentiments when top-notch enonomists, academicians and civil […]
Malawi’s development programme framework, Vision 20-20 is expiring just in the next few months and National Planning Commission (NPC) is in the process of having its successor which will emphasise on inclusive wealth creation from focus on poverty reduction. Vision 2020, the economic road map which was created in 1998 was to guide Malawi, by […]
In the 1990s, some visionary Malawians carried out studies that led to the formulation of Vision 2020. Regrettably, most aspirations in the framework for Malawi’s long-term development agenda have not been achieved. The country needs to initiate new interventions to create the ‘Malawi We Want’ by 2069. First, we need to elect a new government […]
A renowned economist Thomas Chataghalala Munthali has been appointed as the Director General of the National Planning Commission (NPC), a body that will be formulating long-term national vision and strategy for socio-economic development. Munthali has been appointed by the Commission’s board through a competitive recruitment process as required under the NPC Act of 2017. The […]
Opposition parliamentarians on Friday shot down proposals in a bill that would have empowered a sitting head of state appoint public officers. Finance, Economic Planning and Development Minister Goodall Gondwe had tabled in the House a bill seeking to establish a National Planning Commission. Gondwe proposed in the bill that commissioners be appointed by a […]
Former First Lady and Balaka West MP Patricia Shanil Dzimbiri says she is in support of establishing a National Planning Commission as announced by Malawi Finance, Economic Planning and Development Minister Goodall Gondwe “in order to ensure effective economic planning” for the country. Gondwe disclosed this when he delivered his 2015/15 national budget statement in Parliament on Friday […]
Malawi Finance, Economic Planning and Development Minister Goodall Gondwe has said government has started the process of establishing a National Planning Commission “in order to ensure effective economic planning” for the country. Gondwe disclosed this when he delivered his 2015/15 national budget statement in Parliament on Friday afternoon in the capital Lilongwe. The Finance Minister […]