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    PSIA - Gauging poverty impacts

    International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2008
    This issue examines the usefulness of two recently developed analytical tools: Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) and Poverty Impact Assessment (PIA). Both approaches provide a framework to analyse the distributional impact of policies, programmes and projects:
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    What will higher global food prices mean for poor consumers and small farmers in southern Africa?

    Wahenga, Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme, 2008
    Rising food prices present a very real threat to ongoing efforts to combat poverty and hunger in southern Africa. However, this brief produced by the Regional Hunger & Vulnerability Programme (RHVP), argues that this is not necessarily the full picture.
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    Vulnerability and social protection in Malawi

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006
    Vulnerability appears to be rising for many Malawians, whose exposure to livelihood shocks is increasing while their ability to cope is decreasing.
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    Metaphors We Love By: Conceptualizations of Sex among Young People in Malawi

    Bioline International, 2007
    How do young people in Malawi conceptualise sexuality and sexual relations, and on what basis do they understand risks involved in sexual activities and make behavioural decisions?
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    Future prospects for African sugar: sweet or sour?

    Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa, 2007
    With the expected reforms in the EU sugar regime:
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    Famine in Malawi: causes and consequences

    Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 2007
    Reports of a devastating famine in Malawi first surfaced as rumors whispered in rural areas in the country around October 2001. However, little was done by way of action, despite warnings from expert civil society groups.
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    Features of a good job: work preferences of Malawi’s nurses

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Many developing countries suffer from critical shortages of trained health workers, but Malawi’s shortage is severe even by African standards.  With fewer than 4000 doctors, nurses and midwives to serve the population of 12 million, the country’s ability to provide health services is compromised. Measures to recruit and retain more staff are urgently needed.
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    Free anti-retroviral treatment slows the loss of teachers in Malawi

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Throughout the 1990s, Malawi lost 1.2 percent of all teachers annually due to HIV. What impact did the nationwide introduction of free anti-retroviral treatment (ART) in June 2004 have on teachers with HIV?
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    The Safe Schools Program: a Qualitative Study To Examine School-Related Gender-Based Violence in Malawi

    2008
    This resource summarises the results of a participatory learning and action (PLA) research activity conducted in Malawi's Machinga District to help raise awareness, involvement, and accountability around school-related gender-based violence at national, institutional, community and individual levels. The study was conducted in October and November 2005 by DevTech Systems, Inc.
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    COMESA customs union: an assessment of progress and challenges for Eastern and Southern Africa’s poor

    Trade and Development Studies Centre – Trust, Zimbabwe, 2007
    COMESA's goal is the establishment of a free trade area, a customs union, a common market and ultimately an economic union. COMESA is home to 10 of the poorest countries in the world - Angola, Burundi, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Zaire and Zambia. Therefore, this paper examines the impact of COMESA on the poor. Benefits of the COMESA Customs Union are:

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