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Community development in Malawi: a situation analysis report
Chancellor College, University of Malawi, 2008This situation analysis of community development in Malawi is a product of the fieldwork that was carried out in nine districts across the country as an intermediary input in the task of developing a community development policy.DocumentCash crop liberalization and poverty alleviation in Africa: evidence from Malawi
Chancellor College, University of Malawi, 2005This article uses the case of burley tobacco liberalisation in Malawi to investigate the efficacy of cash crop liberalisation as an instrument for poverty alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa.DocumentDo social and cultural factors perpetuate gender-based violence in Malawi?
2011Although violence has been with us since time immemorial, it was only in 1996 that a World Health Assembly resolution (WHA49.25) recognised the increasing importance of violence as a leading worldwide public health problem (World Health Organisation, 2002).DocumentSocial, economic and demographic determinants of sexual risk behaviors among men in rural Malawi: a district-level study
2007Data from a survey of 715 men aged 20-44 from the Mangochi district of Malawi were used to assess the sociodemographic and economic determinants of having ever paid for sex, a total number of sex partners in the past year, and having ever used condoms. Different individual characteristics were associated with each of these sexual behaviors.DocumentManaging grey literature in fisheries and aquaculture information: experiences in Malawi.
2008'Grey Literature' refers to publications issued by government, academia, business, and industry, in both print and electronic formats. The collection of grey literature involves circulating offices and approaching authors to obtain copies of their documents, and can be very time consuming.DocumentPlantation forests and livelihood opportunities for peripheral communities: a case study from Zomba
Mzuzu University, 2003The Malawi forestry sector is in the midst of a process which aims to increase private sector participation in plantation forestry. The rationale for this is that plantation forestry is essentially a business and therefore if not executed efficiently and effectively asset degradation and falling production occurs, as is currently the case in Malawi.DocumentIntegration of nutrition in the antiretroviral therapy scale up plan for Malawi
2008Malawi is one of the countries experiencing an unprecedented HIV/AIDs epidemic, in an environment where malnutrition is rampant. In 2001 Malawi started providing ARVs (Anti-Retro-Virals) to HIV patients. This ARV programme is now being scaled up to cover the whole country.DocumentTechnical efficiency of smallholder farmers: a study of adopters and non-adopters of integrated aquaculture agriculture
Chancellor College, University of Malawi, 2006This paper investigates the technical efficiency of two samples of smallholder farmers in southern Malawi, one involving farmers adopting integrated aquaculture-agriculture (IAA) technology and the other involving non-adopters.DocumentFarm-level productivity in smallholder tea farming in Malawi: do contractual arrangements matter?
2006This study investigates the relationships that exists between contractual arrangements in production and marketing of smallholder tea and productivity, taking into account gender differences and characteristics of farmers in Malawi.DocumentRole of migrants' remittances in an unstable low-income economy: a case study of Malawi.
2005This study uses the 1998 Integrated Household Survey, in which 20 per cent of poor households received remittances during 1997/98, to investigate whether or not migrants' remittances are pro-cyclical, and whether or not migrants' remittances mitigate the impact of macro-volatility on the poor, as well as the factors which influence the amount of remittances.The paper's findings reveal that remittaPages