Malawi and Poverty
- Capital:
Lilongwe - Population:
15447500 - Size:
118480.0 Km2
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- The BLDS poverty collection
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- Search for the latest poverty-related print documents on this country from the British Library for Development Studies collection
- Report from a workshop on pro poor budget tracking, budgetary tools and impact assessment.
- K. Dyer; C Pain / Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2004
- This report is based on a three day budget tracking workshop held in Malawi in February 2004 which brought together individuals and representatives of organisations involved in budget monitoring, or developing monitoring processes and...
- Participation in the PRSP process in Malawi and Zambia
- E. Bwalya; L. Rakner; L. Svåsand; A. Tostensen; M. Tsoka / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2004
- This report discusses the participatory aspects of the protracted policy-making process that led to the formulation of Malawi’s and Zambia’s respective Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP). It argues that participation w...
- 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...
- Effectiveness of IFPRI's Rural Finance Policies for Food Security programme
- J. Alwang; V. Puhazhendhi / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2002
- This study examines the impact of IFPRI's multi-country research project on Rural Finance Policies for Food Security for the Poor (IRFPP) within four countries (Nepal, Bangladesh, Ghana and Malawi). It also examines IRFPP's contributi...
- DfID’s role in reducing poverty in Malawi
- Department for International Development, UK, 2003
- This document sets out DFID’s plans for assistance to Malawi during the period 2003-2006. DfID’s activity in Malawi will focus on three core areas: measures to enable sustainable growth and improve live...
- Poverty and gender: the limits of microfinance
- Helen Pankhurst / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004
- Credit and savings schemes are hailed as blueprints for tackling poverty but their benefits are exaggerated. They fail to address the way gender effects relations of power and inequality within families. Frequently unsustainable, they...
- Reviewing the formulation of the PRSP processes within 10 countries in Eastern and Southern Africa.
- R. Longo / European Network on Debt and Development, 2002
- This desk analysis is based on an analysis of the PRSP process in 10 countries (Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia). The author breaks the review down into 3 broad categories ...
- Children ill-served by HIV/AIDS interventions
- G. A. Cornia / UNESDOC: Online UNESCO documents, 2002
- This first chapter from the overall study ‘AIDS, public policy and child well-being’ offers an overview of the impact of HIV/AIDS on children and desirable policy responses. It reviews the community and public policy interve...
- How-to kit on strengthening local government reponses to HIV/AIDS
- World Bank, 2003
- This handbook is written for local government authorities (LGA) that are interested in developing or strengthening local responses to HIV/AIDS. It provides information, examples and illustrative tools that guide users through the step...
- 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...
- Ministry of Development Planning and Cooperation, Government of Malawi
- The Ministry of Development Planning and Cooperation is Malawi Government's main planning agency responsible for national economic and development planning, and monitoring and evaluation of socio-economic issues in the country. Its main mandate is to provide professional advice and technical support to Government and the public on economic and social policy development and management so as to achi...
- National Research Council of Malawi (NRCM)
- Promoting science and technology-led development in Malawi
- Malawi Social Cash Transfer Pilot Scheme
- Malawi social cash transfer pilot scheme
- Malawi Economic Justice Network (MEJN)
- Pro-poor civil society organisation
