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
- What is the role of the private sector in Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers?
- J.W. Fox; K.A. Batts; K. Croake / Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2003
- This study reviews the role of the private sector in the formulation, implementation and strategy articulated in Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) endorsed by the World Bank and IMF. The purpose of the study is to determine wh...
- 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...
- Malawi's poverty reduction strategy process labelled unsatisfactory by IMF
- M. Nowak; M Hadji; P. Donovan; G. Nankani / International Monetary Fund, 2003
- This paper is based on the first annual review of Malawi's poverty reduction strategy (MPRS). It concludes that the implementation of the MPRSP has been unsatisfactory as actual funds allocated for pro poor activities have been substa...
- Fiscal implications of reaching medium and long-term poverty reduction targets in PRSPs
- PRSP Monitoring and Synthesis Project, 2002
- This paper gives an analysis of the Poverty Reduction Strategy approach through assessing fiscal implications of reaching medium and long-term poverty reduction targets. It argues that this is important in at least three ways: ...
- The relative success of PRSPs to address gender
- E. Zuckerman; A. Garrett / Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2003
- This paper provides an audit of the 13 PRSPs produced during 2002 to question the efficiency with which they address gender issues. Findings: 3 PRSPs address gender issues commendably if not completely (Malawi, R...
- Results of Malawi's service delivery satisfaction survey
- Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2003
- The document covers attitudes towards the service delivery of education, health, infrastructure, agricultural extension and security in Malawi. It has been prepared as a contribution to monitoring the first year of Malawi's Poverty Re...
- 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...
- Report for the UK Gender and Development Network
- A. Whitehead / Christian Aid, 2003
- More than half the poor citizens of heavily indebted developing countries are women. Since 1999, the international financial institutions have required these countries to formulate nationally owned participatory poverty-reduction stra...
- Why the participation element of the PRSP process has failed in Malawi
- W. Chirwa; M. Nyirenda / Christian Aid, 2003
- This paper examines the claims of donors that the PRSP policy and planning processes have been opened up to extensive participation by ordinary people and civil society groups. The report focuses particularly on the formulation of Mal...
- Using dietary diversity as an indicator of household food access
- J. Hoddinott; Y. Yohannes / Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2002
- Looks at whether dietary diversity, defined as the number of unique foods consumed over a given period of time, is a good measure of household food access. It draws on data from ten countries: Bangladesh, Egypt, Ghana, India, K...
- 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
