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    Case studies of nurseries in Malawi

    World Agroforestry Centre, 2007
    The purpose of this assessment was to let the small nurseries in Malawi explain in their own words how they manage the following aspects of their nursery work:
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    Evaluation of DFID country programmes: Malawi

    Department for International Development, UK, 2006
    This is the evaluation report of the Department for International Development (DFID) country programme in Malawi from 2000 to 2005. Malawi is a country in which DFID has become the largest bilateral donor, with a programme commitment of approximately £70 million since 2000/01.The major findings of the evaluation exercise include the following:
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    Effects of a mass media intervention on HIV-related stigma: ‘Radio Diaries’ program in Malawi

    Health Education Research, 2011
    HIV-related stigma has been recognised as a significant public health issue, yet gaps remain in development and evaluation of mass media interventions to reduce stigma. The Malawi ‘Radio Diaries’ (RD) programme features people with HIV telling stories about their everyday lives. This study evaluates the programme's effects on stigma and the additional effects of group discussion.
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    Rural Africa at the crossroads: livelihoods, practices and policies

    Overseas Development Institute [ES], 2000
    The last two decades of the 20th century have been a period of change for sub-Saharan African economies. Structural Adjustment Programmes have triggered a huge, unplanned income diversification response in African rural areas making rural populations become more occupationally flexible, spatially mobile and increasingly dependent on non-agricultural income-generating activities.
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    External shocks and domestic poverty alleviation: simulations with a CGE model of Malawi

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2001
    Two sets of issues loom large on the economic horizon of Malawi: poverty alleviation and the country’s vulnerability to shocks emanating from the outside world. This paper analyses the aspects of these issues, exploring the effects of external shocks and domestic policy changes aimed at poverty alleviation.
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    The CDM project potential in sub-Saharan Africa

    Wuppertal Institute, 2011
    This report assesses opportunities and challenges for the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) in sub-Saharan African countries, namely Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
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    Gender analysis of a nationwide cropping system trial survey in Malawi

    African Studies Quarterly, 2002
    A nationwide trial comparing legume cropping systems to fertilised and unfertilised maize controls was implemented in the 1998-99 cropping season. Complementarily, extension agents conducted a socioeconomic survey of the farmers involved in the trial, focusing particularly on gender issues.
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    Zero hunger:transforming evidence-based success into effective change

    Action Against Hunger, 2011
    This briefing paper, published by Action Against Hunger, seeks to understand why and how countries like Brazil, Peru, Mozambique, Malawi, and Bangladesh have managed to reduce undernutrition, while others have not.
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    Assessing Occurrence and Distribution of Aflatoxins in Malawi

    2010
    In recognition of the foregoing, the Government of Malawi has put in place the Malawi Growth and Development Strategy (MGDS) as an overarching operational medium-term (2006-2011) strategy to attain the nations’ Vision 2020.
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    Agricultural Growth and Investment Options for Poverty Reduction in Malawi

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2008
    Malawi has experienced modest economic growth over the last decade and a half. However, agricultural growth has been particularly erratic, and while the incidence of poverty has declined, it still remains high.

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