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    Community support is associated with better antiretroviral therapy outcomes in Malawi

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Since 1999, Médécins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been developing an AIDS programme with the ministry of health in Thyolo, a rural district of southern Malawi. The programme includes community support.  In 2003, Thyolo introduced antiretroviral therapy (ART) for some individuals. Has the presence of community support influenced ART outcomes?
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    Rural income and poverty during times of change in Malawi

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    In most poor countries, supporting agriculture is the most obvious way to stimulate rural growth and provide food security. In Malawi, rural families have responded differently to radical policy changes and environmental crises. Looking at their changing livelihood strategies and incomes over time helps to analyse policies aimed at poverty reduction.
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    Women’s groups’ perceptions of maternal health issues in rural Malawi

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Progress in preventing and seeking care to reduce maternal deaths in rural Africa depends on women’s and communities' knowledge and attitudes to maternal health. Research has shown that women individually have little knowledge of maternal health problems. What are the perceptions of women’s groups in rural Malawi and what are the implications for strategies to reduce maternal mortality?
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    Understanding and reducing persistent poverty in Africa: introduction to a special issue

    Journal of Development Studies, 2006
    This paper introduces a special issue of the Journal of Development Studies that explores persistent poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. As a set, these papers aim to break new ground in exploring the dynamics of structural poverty. The articles integrate qualitative and quantitative methods of analysis using longitudinal data and country case studies.
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    Lessons from a direct welfare transfer intervention: a pilot project by Concern Universal in Malawi

    Concern Universal International, Malawi, 2006
    This briefing paper documents the lessons learnt from the Dedza Safety Nets Pilot Project (DSNPP) in Malawi. The DSNPP compared the impact of all three DWT systems, i.e. cash, voucher and in-kind transfers on chronic poverty and vulnerability within a non-emergency context. The project aimed to compare the impact of all three DWT systems, i.e.
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    id21 viewpoint: Poverty, AIDS and hunger: breaking out of Malawi’s poverty trap

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    The United Nations Millennium Development Goals, the British Africa Commission and the ‘Make Poverty History’ campaign all follow a ‘big plan’ approach to preventing hunger and reducing the prevalence of disease. In ‘Poverty, AIDS and hunger: Breaking the poverty trap in Malawi’, we propose a different model.
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    Complementary education in ADEA countries

    Association for the Development of Education in Africa, 2006
    This paper presents evidence on “complementary education” programmes in African countries – programmes designed to extend the reach of formal public schooling in developing countries, in order to serve the most disadvantaged or remote areas.
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    id21 viewpoint - a response to id21 insights #61

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Food, agriculture and the challenge of beating hunger in Africa lead the international development agenda today. But these are not new issues: Africa has been falling behind on all key development indicators for decades. It is clear that Africa urgently requires new solutions.
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    Reforming maize markets and regional food security

    Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2006
    This policy brief encourages greater civil society involvement in debates around national grain (particularly maize) policies and regional food insecurity in Southern African Development Community countries.
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    Are poverty reduction policies ignoring poor rural people?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Three-quarters of the world’s poor people live and work in rural areas and survive on less than one dollar a day, Yet the first round of Poverty Reduction Strategies, the World Bank mechanism to plan poverty reduction and allocate aid for each country, has failed to engage directly with rural economies.

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