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  Microbiological quality of water, associated management practices and risks at source, transport and storage points in a rural community of Lungwena, Malawi

  2008

  This study investigates and compared the microbiological quality of sourced, transported and stored water in Lungwena households, examining water management practices at all points.
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  The rate of Return of Education in Malawi

  2009

  Malawi remains one of the poorest countries in the world with about 54 per cent of its population living below the poverty line. Most of the population derives its livelihood from the agriculture sector which employs about 80 per cent of the workforce and accounts for 39 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP).
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  Malawi strategic country gender assessment

  Government of Malawi, 2003

  This is a report of a strategic country gender assessment (SCGA) on Malawi. In 2001, the World Bank developed a country-wide gender strategy that called on all countries to undertake country gender assessments in recognition of the importance of gender in poverty reduction, economic growth and human well-being.
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  Low birth weight and fetal anaemia as risk factors for infant morbidity in rural Malawi

  Malawi Medical Journal, 2009

  In sub-Saharan Africa, infant morbidity and mortality rates are excessively high and reductions have not kept pace with expectations. Most available data indicate that diarrhoea, malaria and acute respiratory infections account for the majority of infant deaths.
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  Libraries and COSOMA: is the marriage stable?

  2007

  This paper analyses the relationship between Copyright Society of Malawi (COSOMA) and libraries in Malawi in relation to conflicts of interests among the two bodies while performing their respective roles. Among other issues it discusses the effect of lack of freedom of information, multipartyism, free flow of information, and libraries' experience working with COSOMA.
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  Microbiological hazard identification and exposure assessment of food prepared and served in rural households of Lungwena, Malawi

  Elsevier, 2008

  The basic human requirement for the intake of food places every human being at risk of contracting infection by food-borne pathogens. This fact is true not only in developing countries but in many developed countries. Food experts and public health agencies have put emphasis on control of food-borne pathogens in industries during processing.
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  Farm-level productivity in smallholder tea farming in Malawi: do contractual arrangements matter?

  Chancellor College, University of Malawi, 2006

  Agricultural markets in many developing countries are characterised by market failures. This has prompted many governments to intervene in such markets in various ways including state involvement in the marketing and pricing of agricultural crops and establishment of out-grower or contract farming schemes.
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  Pro-poor growth in agriculture and the land question in Malawi

  2006

  Malawi has pursued an agricultural-led development strategy since its Independence in 1964. This agricultural-led development strategy was based on the promotion of a dual agricultural system comprising estate (large-scale) production mainly for cash (export) crops and smallholder agricultural production mainly to support the food security needs of the population.
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  Government of Malawi

  The Malawi Government Official Site showcases official information and documents of the government of the Republic of Malawi which include the Presidency, Government Ministries and Departments and all
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  The semantics of poetic and dramatic works: the case of Mapanje and Chimombo

  Chancellor College, University of Malawi, 2000

  When President Banda touched down at Chileka Airport , Blantyre, Malawi, on the 6th of July, 1958, after the leadership of the Nyasaland African Congress had called him to help them liberate Nyasaland from British colonialism and especially to free his people and 'break their stupid federation', Malawians sang of having been saved from colonial bondage.

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