Malawi and Livelihoods
- Capital:
Lilongwe - Population:
15447500 - Size:
118480.0 Km2
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- Is cash the best way to assist poor and vulnerable people?
- Stephen Devereux; Jenni Marshall; Jane MacAskill / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
- In the face of chronic poverty, food insecurity and increasing HIV and AIDS in eastern and southern Africa, there is growing recognition of the importance of cash transfers for reaching vulnerable children and households. A variety of...
- Southern African experience and lessons in social safety net mechanisms
- S. Devereux / Wahenga, Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme, 2006
- Social protection is a relatively new concept in southern Africa. Regular, predictable and guaranteed transfers to the vulnerable in most countries have yet to be integrated into existing policies safeguarding lives following liveliho...
- How effective are cash transfers to poor families in Mexico, Nicaragua, Zambia and Malawi?
- G. Ningenda; L.M. Gónzales-Robledo / Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 2005
- This paper, published by the DFID Health Systems Resource Centre, discusses and compares cash transfer programmes intended to tackle poverty in Mexico, Nicaragua, Zambia and Malawi. The paper argues that transferring cash to families ...
- Successes and failures of community managed food aid targeting and distribution in Southern Africa
- E. Mathys / Save the Children Fund, 2004
- This paper compares and evaluates how the Community-Managed Targeting and Distribution (CMTD) has been applied in Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Malawi. The Tanzania programme was designed to protect livelihoods in populations facing r...
- Emerging themes in implementing the Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRS) in Southern Africa
- B. Roberts / Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2005
- This presentation reviews the political dimensions of the PRSP approach in the Southern Africa sub-region. It highlights a number of issues arising out of the implementation of the PRSP process in the region as follows: ...
- Examining the role of public works programmes within the context of chronic poverty
- A. McCord / Institute for Development Policy and Management, Manchester, 2005
- This paper examines the role of public works as a social protection instrument in the context of chronic poverty. From a wide range of possible social assistance options, public works are experiencing continued popularity and policy p...
- Would poverty mapping enhance programme targeting in Malawi?
- T. Benson / Poverty Mapping, 2002
- This paper attempts to evaluate the usefulness of poverty mapping techniques for the targeting of public works programmes. Specifically, it provides a retrospective assessment of how well two public works programs in Malawi – the...
- Making positive links between food and nutrition security and HIV and AIDS impacts
- S. Kadiyala; S. Gillespie / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003
- This paper from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) highlights the implications of the AIDS pandemic for food aid strategy and programming. It presents a detailed review of the relevant literature and the findings...
- Causes of the food crisis in Zambia and Malawi
- R. Øygard; A.G. Guttormsen; R. Garcia; R. Kachule; A. Mwanaumo; I. Mwanawina; E. Sjaastad; M. Wik / Department of Economics and Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2003
- This study evaluates the causes of the 2001-3 food crisis in Zambia and Malawi, looks at existing policies and makes recommendations to avoid future crises. The study differentiates causes of the crisis (the maize harvest short...
- Why was southern Africa more vulnerable to the food production shock of 2002 than to the more severe shock of 1992?
- S. Devereux / Forum for Food Security in Southern Africa, ODI, 2003
- This paper asks: What social protection policies and institutions are needed to achieve the food security goal of ensuring adequate and appropriate food at affordable prices to all southern Africans at all times? The report def...
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