Malawi and Livelihoods
- Capital:
Lilongwe - Population:
15447500 - Size:
118480.0 Km2
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- An exploration of the politics of land underlying the CBRLDP initiatives, particularly in terms of who is involved, their interests and the overall institutional context within which the initiative is being executed.
- B. Chinsinga / Chancellor College, University of Malawi, 2008
- Land remains the most significant productive asset for the majority of Malawians, yet it is far from being equitably distributed. It is estimated that up to 84 per cent of Malawians eke their livelihoods directly out of agriculture wh...
- This study shows that access to land via agricultural production is one of the factors that can translate growth to poverty reduction in Malawi.
- E.W. Chirwa / Chancellor College, University of Malawi, 2004
- Malawi has pursued an agricultural-led development strategy since its independence in 1964. This agricultural-led development strategy was based on the promotion of a dual agricultural system comprising estate (large-scale) production...
- Evaluating the impact of the Improving Livelihoods through Public Works Programme (ILTPWP) in achieving its stated objectives.
- E. W. Chirwa (ed); P.M. Mvula (ed); B.M. Dulani (ed) 2004
- Public works employment programmes have become an important tool for helping the most vulnerable groups to move out of poverty in Malawi. Malawi is one of the countries in southern Africa to implement poverty-oriented public works pro...
- Will the dependency on fuel continue after the privatization of Malawi forests?
- J. Lowore; C. Munthali / Mzuzu University, 2003
- The Malawi forestry sector is in the midst of a process which aims to increase private sector participation in plantation forestry. The rationale for this is that plantation forestry is essentially a business and therefore if not exec...
- Using a livelihoods framework to examine poverty and HIV
- W.H Masanjala / Chancellor College, University of Malawi, 2006
- This paper reviews the nexus between poverty and HIV/AIDS in Africa using a sustainable livelihood framework. Much of the literature on HIV and AIDS has generated an almost universal consensus that the AIDS epidemic is having an immen...
- How are female-headed households coping in Malawi?
- P Kishindo; P Mvula / Centre for Social Research, University of Malawi, 2008
- Land is an asset of great importance to the Malawi economy as a source of income, food, employment and export earnings. It also has great social value as it provides a location within which people live and will be buried at the end of...
- Do Malawians trust traditional medicine?
- T Bisika 2005
- Global blindness increased from 28 million to 45 million in the two decades between 1975 and 1995. Current projections suggest that 76 million people will be blind by 2020 unless specific activities are undertaken to halt the tr...
- How is Brazil’s Bolsa-Familia programme relevant for the Southern African Development Community
- R. Maharaj; K. Town / Wahenga, Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme, 2007
- Given the recent interest in South Africa for developing a basic income grant, it is useful to study successful examples of social grant implementation to ascertain the challenges and opportunities associated with such a system. This ...
- Automating cash transfer payments in Africa
- Wahenga, Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme, 2010
- Delivery of cash transfers typically involves a compromise between the cost of reaching recipients literally at the door of their homes, and the savings from providing them at a central point to which recipients must travel to re...
- Response to "Targeting Social Cash Transfers" comment
- C. Gorical / Wahenga, Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme, 2009
- Responding to the paper Targeting Social Cash Transfers comment, (on the process of defining target groups and designing the targeting mechanism for the Malawi Social Cash Transfer Scheme), the author of this response suggests that th...
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