The report explores and sets out the principles, ideas and concepts for feminist wellbeing economies (FWE) that reject the notion of profits over people and presents a new vision for society and communities. It also draws from potential policy pathways in Malawi and beyond.
Transitioning to FWE will require a systems-change approach that seeks to reveal the devastating impacts of colonial legacy, the continued illicit financial flows, tax evasion, agri-business and capitalist extraction of natural resources. It will require applying a decolonial lens and alternative approaches such as agroecology, pluralism and wellbeing as a metric of development (rather than GDP).
The research also considers what this agenda means for International Financial Institutions, donors and other countries in the Global North.