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market linkages and infrastructure to the average in other economies.
that need to be addressed for
Malawi’s producers, manufactures EDF act s as a catalyst to deepen
and exporters to take full access of local traders to the
advantage of the vast continental regional, continental, and global
market that has been created due market s by supporting creation
to the signing of the AfCFTA. of effective and efficient logistic
distribution mechanisms within the
Industrialisation Initiative. EDF country and across borders.
acts as a catalyst to the made
in Malawi value added product s EDF’S INTERVENTIONS
by eliminating the constraint s EDF provides financial and non-
hindering industrialisation while financial inter ventions in various
providing the required support for forms including, structured trade
consistently improving efficiency finance, term loans, risk bearing
in the production of goods and facilities and syndications, equity
ser vices and facilitating market investments, project preparation
access, ensuring that the made and development advisory
in Malawi goods and ser vices are ser vices, research, policy advocacy
traded. and trade information in line with
assessed needs espoused by the
Infrastructure Development and national development plans and
Maintenance. Poor trade carrying risk appetite of the Fund.
infrastructure in the country has
made it ex tremely difficult to move Some of the key financial
goods across borders as cost of inter ventions explained below
logistics and transport are more include:
than 60 percent higher compared
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