Malawi Public Sector Performance and Government Finance Indicators

World Bank staff assessments of Malawi's public sector performance in economic management, structural policies, and social inclusion. The dataset also includes government revenue and expense indicators from the International Monetary Fund's Government Finance Statistics and tax policy data from various sources. It was last updated on 2026-04-28.

Use Cases

• Benchmarking government performance based on World Bank staff assessments of economic management and structural policies.
• Analyzing public sector management and institutional strength for the poorest countries as described.
• Studying government fiscal health based on revenue and expense indicators from IMF Government Finance Statistics.
• Evaluating tax policies in Malawi using data aggregated from various sources mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Data originates from authoritative sources including the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.
• License is CC-BY-4.0, permitting broad reuse with attribution.
• Last updated on 2026-04-28 09:54:12.423121.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

World Bank Group

Collection Method

Likely compiled from World Bank staff assessments, IMF Government Finance Statistics, and other sources.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28 09:54:12.423121; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Malawi