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  Do fertilizer subsidies crowd out organic manures? The case of Malawi

  European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 2011

  Use of agricultural input subsidies has been a controversial issue in developed as well as developing countries. Some African countries, especially Malawi and Zambia have reintroduced large input subsidies since 2005 and they have even been able to get support for this from many international donors as well as the World Bank.
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  Land tenure security and investments in tree planting

  Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford, 2011

  It is widely accepted that secure tenure on land induces investment. However, research in sub-Saharan African has also found high levels of investment by insecure tenure households. This study investigates under what circumstances insecure households have high investment incentives in tree planting.
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  Cash constraints and sticky input expenditures: experimental evidence from Malawi

  Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford, 2011

  Malawi has implemented a large-scale agricultural input subsidy program since 2005 after a period with severe food shortages and the program has contributed to increased food availability, higher real wages, economic growth and poverty reduction.
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  The political economy of Ministry of Agriculture at the district level: the case of Rumphi District

  Future Agricultures Consortium, 2008

  The main motivation of this research is to understand the functioning of the Malawian Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) at district level and beyond in a changing context shaped by political and market liberalization in which policy reforms have been greatly driven by the economic reform agenda of the IMF and World Bank.
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  Should Africa take the renewable energy path?

  Arid Lands Information Network, 2011

  Modern energy services are essential for reducing poverty. Countries need energy to increase economic production, which improves livelihood options for women and men. Energy is also needed to increase agricultural productivity, provide clean water and improve human health, and energy enables girls and boys to go to school.
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  Food aid and commercial imports of GM commodities: the case of Malawi

  University of Malawi - The Polytechnic, 2006

  During the past two decades Malawi has increasingly relied on imports and food aid to compensate for recurring food production deficits.
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  Economic aspects of development of agricultural alternatives to tobacco production and export marketing In Malawi

  United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2001

  This report assesses a number of potential agricultural alternatives to production and export marketing of tobacco from Malawi. It provides analysis and findings on current profitability of alternatives as well as potentials for employment and export earnings, as compared with tobacco.
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  Access to justice for the poor of Malawi: an appraisal of access to justice provided to the poor of Malawi by the lower subordinate courts and the customary justice forums

  Eldis Document Store, 2011

  Malawi is a country attempting to cope with the challenges of consolidating the structures and processes of democratic rule. That is a mammoth and daunting undertaking in a resources-deprived country. The focus of this study is access to justice for the poor people of Malawi.
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  Malawi Second Integrated Household Survey 2004-2005

  National Statistical Office of Malawi, 2005

  In 1997-98, Malawi conducted the first Integrated Household Survey (IHS-1). The survey was designed by the National Statistics Office (NSO) of Malawi with technical assistance from IFPRI and the World Bank. It was carried out from November 1997 through October 1998 in both urban and rural areas in all regions of the country.
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  Private Sector Participation in the Distribution and Management of Water Services: A Study of Low Income Areas in Blantyre and Lilongwe

  Government of Malawi, 2007

  The Government of Malawi (GoM) is undertaking a wide range of reforms in the water sector with the objective of increasing the availability and access of safe water to its people as articulated in the Malawi Growth and Development Strategy (MGDS) and in achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

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