The withholding of donor aid has forced Malawi's government to pass what is known as the Zero Aid national budget for the 2014-2015 fiscal year. Analysts, such as Abel Mwanyungwe, an economics lecturer at the Polytechnic College of the University of Malawi, say the drop in spending has hurt the economy. 
Kuimitsidwa kwa chithandizo chochokera maiko ena kwakakamiza dziko la malawi kudutsitsa madongosolo a ndalama  a chaka cha 2014-2015 otchedwa Zero Aid national budget. A  Abel Mwanyungwe mmodzi ounguza komanso mphunzitsi wa ndondomeko za chuma ku sukulu ya ukachenjede ya Polytechnic College anati kutsika kwa kagwiritsidwe ntchito ka ndalama  kwasokoneza ndondomeko ya chuma.