Research Areas

Youth, Women, Health, Migration, Climate and Governance & Development Performance,

Profile

I am an Economist and a Demographer. I specializes in quantitative research, econometrics, and policy analysis, with publications on governance, health, climate, and demographic issues.

Publications

• Journal Article
  Chirwa, J. A., Yusufu, E. G., & Banda, L. G. (2026). Global Shock, Uneven Impact: State Capacity and Economic Resilience from COVID-19. COVID, 6(7), 117. https://doi.org/10.3390/covid6070117 (2026)
  https://www.mdpi.com/2673-8112/6/7/117

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• Journal Article
  Yusufu EG, Bangara BC and Banda LG (2026) When the cure leaks: corruption, health spending, and health outcomes in Malawi. Front. Public Health 13:1715969. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1715969 (2026)
  https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1715969/full

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• Journal Article
  Banda, Lloyd George, Kelvin Ryna Chilala, Innocent Kazembe Chirwa, and Emmanuel George Yusufu. 2025. “Exploring the Impact of Access to Information Laws on Corruption in Malawi: A Vector Error Correction Approach”. Politikon: The IAPSS Journal of Political Science 26 (1). Online:31-61. https://doi.org/10.22151/politikon.60.3. (2025)
  https://politikon.iapss.org/index.php/politikon/article/view/483

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• Journal Article
  Banda L. G, Yusufu E. G, Nyirenda G. C. "Exploring the Modification Effect of Corporate Governance on the Relationship Between Good Governance and Logistics Performance". Journal of Business Strategy Finance and Management, 6(1). DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/JBSFM.06.01.06 (2024)
  https://bit.ly/47O1vJb

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• Journal Article
  Banda, L. G., Chilala, K. R. S., Chirwa, I., & Yusufu, E. G. (2023, December 13). Access to information legislation in Malawi: Investigating the altruistic perspective of the 22-year advocacy resilience. SSRN. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4663117 (2023)
  https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4663117

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