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  Poverty reduction strategies and relevant case studies from Ethiopia, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda

  Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2004

  This paper reports on a study that was carried out to explore how the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) are reflected in policies and implementation plans through fund allocations in the ministries of education in Ethiopia, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda.
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  Measuring health inequality among children in developing countries: does the choice of the indicator of economic status matter?

  BioMed Central, 2003

  This study, published by BioMed Central, compares the impact of four different wealth indices on the measurement of health inequality among children in developing countries. The study uses the World Bank Asset Index and three other indices, all based on household assets, to analyse data from Bolivia, Brazil, Cameroon, Chad, Indonesia, Kenya, Malawi, Pakistan, Tanzania and Uganda.
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  Owning the loan: poor countries and the MDGs

  African Forum and Network on Debt and Development, 2004

  This report, commissioned by Christian Aid and AFRODAD, investigates the links between debt management, the build-up of new loans, and the most sustainable ways of financing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Malawi, Mozambique, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia, all low-income and highly indebted countries.Key points of the paper include:together, these countries face an estimated mi
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  Poverty reduction strategy processes in Malawi and Zambia

  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 was considerable in both countries, especially by civil society organisations.
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  Explaining African economic growth performance: a case study of Malawi

  Global Development Network, 2002

  This paper studies the growth performance of Malawi between 1960 and 1999. Malawi’s economy grew rapidly at around 6 per cent per annum since 1960, and then experienced a considerable slow-down beginning in 1980.
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  Mapping of sector wide approaches in health

  HLSP Institute, UK, 2003

  The purpose of this report commissioned for SIDA is to give an up to date picture of the status of Sector Wide Approaches (SWAps) in the health sector in the following countries: Ghana, Tanzania, Mozambique, Senegal, Bangladesh, Zambia, Mali, Uganda, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, and Malawi.
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  Competence and capacity for agricultural development in Malawi: an overview of institutions involved in knowledge generation, training and extension in agriculture and natural resource management

  Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2004

  This study looks at how science-based competence and capacity for agriculture in Malawi are organised and how human resources in these fields are trained and utilised.
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  Development of a Rights Based Monitoring Tool for CARE Malawi

  2004

  Understanding discrimination is the key to understanding and combating the barriers faced by the poor and marginalised to realising their rights and achieving sustainable livelihoods. Discrimination is defined as treating someone differently especially because of one's own feelings or prejudices about, for example, a person's sex, race, and religion.
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  Intention to deliver and delivery outcome

  International Development Research Centre, 2003

  This study, produced by the International Development Research Centre, examines the factors which may bring about a lack of trained assistance during childbirth in Malawi. Findings show that many mothers attend antenatal clinics at various health units in Malawi, with over 90 per cent of the 390 women surveyed expressing a desire to deliver at the health centre.
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  Responses by faith-based organizations to orphans and vulnerable children: preliminary study of six countries in Africa

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2003

  This study, published by UNICEF and the World Conference of Religions for Peace, draws attention to the roles of faith-based responses to HIV/AIDS in the six African countries it surveyed (Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland and Uganda).

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