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Agricultural input subsidies : the recent Malawi experience / / Ephraim Chirwa and Andrew Dorward
| Agricultural input subsidies : the recent Malawi experience / / Ephraim Chirwa and Andrew Dorward |
| Autore | Chirwa Ephraim W |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (315 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 338.186897 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | DorwardA (Andrew) |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic development - Developing countries
Agricultural subsidies - Developing countries Economic development - Malawi Agricultural subsidies - Malawi |
| ISBN | 0-19-150649-4 |
| Classificazione |
QS 000
RS 64672 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 1.1. Background: challenges in African agricultural development; 1.2. Objectives and outline; 1.3. Data and methods; Part I. Background; 2. Agricultural input subsidies: changing theory and practice; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. 'Conventional' input subsidies in agricultural development-theory and practice; 2.3. Resurgent interest in input subsidies; 2.4. Input subsidies' successes, failures, and potential; 2.5. Input subsidies' roles and objectives; 2.6. Design and implementation features
2.7. Conditions affecting effectiveness2.8. Rethinking input subsidies: a conceptual framework; 3. Recent African experience with input subsidies; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Ghana; 3.3. Zambia Fertilizer Support Programme and Food Security Pack; 3.4. Nigeria; 3.5. Tanzania; 3.6. Rwanda; 3.7. Mali and Senegal; 3.8. Millennium Villages; 3.9. Overall lessons; 3.10. Conclusions from recent experience; 4. Malawi: political, policy, livelihoods, and market background; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. The context; 4.3. Politics and policies; 4.4. The livelihoods and markets context; 4.5. Agricultural policies 4.6. The 2005/6 Agricultural Input Subsidy Programme4.7. Summary; Part II. Implementation and Impacts of the Malawi Programme; 5. FISP activities and achievements; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. Programme design and evolution; 5.3. Input purchases and distribution; 5.4. Coupon distribution; 5.5. Coupon redemption; 5.6. Diversion and fraud; 5.7. Farmer support; 5.8. Programme finance and costs; 5.9. Summary; 6. Direct impacts of input subsidies; 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Methods of evaluating direct beneficiary impacts; 6.3. Impacts on maize production; 6.4. Impact on food consumption 6.5. Impacts on education and health6.6. Welfare impacts; 6.7. Impacts in life stories of beneficiary households; 6.8. Summary; 7. Economy-wide effects of input subsidies; 7.1. Introduction; 7.2. Sources of evidence and analytical methods; 7.3. Macro-economic environment and role of input subsidies; 7.4. Maize exports and imports; 7.5. Impacts on maize prices and rural wages; 7.6. Other variables; 7.7. Summary; 8. Impacts on input market development; 8.1. Introduction; 8.2. Roles of various players in input supply systems; 8.3. Overall input purchase and use 8.4. Developments in the fertilizer markets8.5. Developments in the seed market; 8.6. Challenges and opportunities of private sector participation; 8.7. Summary; 9. Benefit-cost analysis, 2006/7 to 2010/11; 9.1. Introduction; 9.2. Benefit-cost analysis purposes and principles; 9.3. Benefit-cost analysis methods; 9.4. Problems and challenges with benefit-cost analysis (BCA) of the FISP; 9.5. Improving FISP benefit-cost estimates; 9.6. Summary; Part III. Strategic issues; 10. Targeting and access to input subsidies; 10.1. Introduction 10.2. Targeting at national, district, and beneficiary levels |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996207184903316 |
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Background note, Malawi / / Bureau of African Affairs
| Background note, Malawi / / Bureau of African Affairs |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.], : U.S. Dept. of State, Bureau of African Affairs, -2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (volumes) |
| Soggetto topico |
Diplomatic relations
Politics and government Travel |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910695325803321 |
| [Washington, D.C.], : U.S. Dept. of State, Bureau of African Affairs, -2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Beyond Impunity : New Directions for Governance in Malawi
| Beyond Impunity : New Directions for Governance in Malawi |
| Autore | Ross R |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford : , : MZUNI Press, , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (398 pages) |
| Disciplina | 320.96897 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | ChiwezaLorraine |
| Soggetto topico |
Democracy - Malawi
Elections - Malawi Democracy Elections Politics and government |
| Soggetto genere / forma | History |
| ISBN | 99960-76-08-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Copyright page -- Title page -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Introduction: A Pivotal Moment for Governance in Malawi? -- International Significance of Malawi's Constitutional Court Ruling -- Enduring Issues of Concern -- Genesis of the Book -- Organisation of the Book -- Significance of the Book -- Conclusion -- Chapter 1 - A Decade of Governance as "Roving Banditry" The Political Economy of Public Finance Mismanagement in Malawi, 2010 -2020 -- Introduction: Setting the Context -- Analytical and Methodological Framework -- Institutional Political Economy Analysis -- State of Public Finance Mismanagement and its Developmental Cost -- Illustrating the Development Cost of Public Finance Mismanagement -- Public Finance Management Chain and Attendant Accountability Mechanisms -- Revenue Collection -- Allocation of Public Finances -- Oversight for Expenditure of Public Funds -- A PEA Explanation of Persistent Public Finance Mismanagement -- Interests, Capture and Repurposing of the State -- Appointive Bureaucracies and their Roles in Public Finance Mismanagement -- Weak Social Accountability Mechanisms for Public Finance Management -- Conclusion and Recommendations -- Chapter 2 - Two Decades of Governance in Malawi: Examining Citizen Trust in Malawi from 1999-2019 -- Introduction -- The Concept and Governance Consequences of Political Trust -- Good Governance in Africa -- A Brief Background to Governance in Malawi -- General Trends of Trust in Presidents, Parliament, Police and Courts from 1999 to 2019 -- Possible Explanatory Factors -- Consequences of (Loss of) Citizenry Trust: Implications on State Legitimacy and Prospects for Democracy -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 - Trust in Election Management Bodies, Participation in Demonstrations and Willingness to Pay Taxes: Evidence from Malawi.
Introduction -- Related Literature -- Demonstrations during Malawi's Democratic Dispensation -- Data and Variable Definitions -- Estimation strategy -- Empirical Findings -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 - Impunity versus Constitutional Legality in Malawi's 2019-20 Presidential Election Case -- Introduction -- The Stand against Impunity and Mediocrity -- The Conceptual Stand for Constitutional Legality -- The Stand for Transformational Constitutional Legality -- The Approach in the Proceedings -- Expedition versus Attempts to End or Delay the Case -- Conventional Burden and Standard of Proof versus Accountability -- Self Interest v Duty-based Civic and Ethical Professionalism -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 - Legal Responses to Electoral Violence and Democratic Governance in Malawi: The Case of the 2019 and 2020 Elections -- Introduction -- Electoral Violence and Democratic Governance -- Violence in the 2019 and 2020 Elections -- Legal Responses to Election Violence 2019-2020 -- Legal Responses and Democratic Governance -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6 - Violence against Women in Elections in Malawi: The Role of Women Leaders as Game Changers -- Introduction -- Violence against Women in Elections (VAWE) -- Game-Changers -- Survey of Incidents of Violence against Women in the 2019 Elections -- Analysis of Responses of Women Leaders to VAWE in the 2019 Elections -- Pre-election and During Election Violence Response -- Women Leaders' Post-election Violence Response Analysis -- Game-Changers -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7 - Malawi's Choice of Electoral System and Reform Agenda Quandary -- Introduction -- Literature Survey -- Rationale for Electoral Choice in Malawi -- Effects of Plurality Electoral System on Regime Legitimacy in Malawi -- The Rationale for Electoral Reforms in Malawi -- Drivers of Electoral Reforms in Malawi -- Prospects for Electoral Reforms. Conclusion -- Chapter 8 - Awona Nyekhwe: The Fate of Opposition in Multiparty Malawi (1994-2020) -- Introduction -- The Concept of Nyekhwe -- Collective Political Memory -- The Concept of "Opposition" -- Opposition Parties and Politicians 1994-2020 -- Non-Party Actors -- The Academic Freedom Debate -- The DPP System, State Capture, and its Dislodgement -- A Promising Nyekhwe-Free Future? -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9 - Guarding the Guardians: Auditing Security Sector Governance in Malawi -- Introduction -- Overview of the National Security Policy -- Auditing the Security Sector in Malawi -- The Challenge of Policing Protests -- Whither Professionalism of the Police -- Loopholes in Migration Management Laws -- Politicisation of the National Intelligence Services -- The Question of Upholding Constitutional Order -- The Challenges of Democratic Control of the Security Sector -- Towards a Holistic Implementation of the NSP -- Chapter 10 - Executive Supremacy and the Armed Forces: A Case Study of Public Finance Management in Malawi -- Introduction -- Good Governance and Public Finance Management -- Institutional Framework for Security Governance and Financial Oversight in the Armed Forces -- The Historical Context of Public Finance Management in the Armed Forces -- Conclusion -- Chapter 11 - 50-50 Campaigns: Lessons from 10 Years of Promoting Gender Equality and Women's Representation in Parliament -- Introduction -- The Theory of Women's Political Representation -- The Legal and Policy Framework Guiding Women Representation in Malawi -- Trends in Women's Political Representation and the Genesis of the 50-50 Campaign -- Main Actors in the 50-50 Campaigns and their Strategies -- Impact of Parity Funding Campaigns on Descriptive Representation of Women in Parliament in Malawi -- Conclusion. Chapter 12 - Ethnicity, Regionalism, and Nation-Building Challenges in Post-1994 Malawi: Whither a Federal State System? -- Introduction -- Nation-building in Multi-Ethnic Societies -- The Call for Federalism -- The False Prospects of Federalism -- Conclusion -- Chapter 13 - Rights Without Responsibility: Governance Crisis in the Management of Natural Resources in Malawi -- Introduction -- The Environmental Crisis as a Governance Issue -- Governance Crisis in a Democratic Era -- The Relevance of Historical Experience -- Suggestions for Addressing the Crisis -- Conclusion -- Chapter 14 - Pandemics, Politics and Governance: Contestations over State Management of Covid-19 in Malawi -- Introduction -- Pandemics and Governance in History -- Covid-19 and Earlier Government Responses -- Contesting Covid-19 Preventive Measures -- Conclusion -- Chapter 15 - Malawi's Governance Crisis in Theological Perspective: A Tale of Two Cultures -- A 25-Year Retrospect -- A Question of Political Culture -- The Biblical Text -- Global Theological Thinking -- Local Contextual Theology -- Malawi in Crisis 2019-20: Theological Perspectives -- A Tale of Two Cultures -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back cover. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910829586403321 |
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| Oxford : , : MZUNI Press, , 2022 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A comparison of summary measures of quality of service and quality of care for family planning in Haiti, Malawi, and Tanzania / / Lindaay Mallick, Wenjuan Wang, Gheda Temsah
| A comparison of summary measures of quality of service and quality of care for family planning in Haiti, Malawi, and Tanzania / / Lindaay Mallick, Wenjuan Wang, Gheda Temsah |
| Autore | Mallick Lindsay |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Rockville, Maryland, USA : , : ICF, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 67 pages) : color illustrations |
| Collana | DHS methodological reports |
| Soggetto topico |
Family planning - Haiti
Family planning - Malawi Family planning - Tanzania Health surveys - Statistical methods Family planning |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Statistics. |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910711549703321 |
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Mallick Lindsay
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| Rockville, Maryland, USA : , : ICF, , 2017 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Cost-effectiveness of integrating PMTCT and MNCH services : an application of the LiST Model for Malawi, Mozambique, and Uganda / / Lori Bollinger, Adebiyi Adesina
| Cost-effectiveness of integrating PMTCT and MNCH services : an application of the LiST Model for Malawi, Mozambique, and Uganda / / Lori Bollinger, Adebiyi Adesina |
| Autore | Bollinger Lori |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Calverton, MD, USA : , : ICF International, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 27 pages) : illustrations |
| Collana | DHS occasional paper |
| Soggetto topico |
Integrated delivery of health care - Malawi - Cost effectiveness
Integrated delivery of health care - Mozambique - Cost effectiveness Integrated delivery of health care - Uganda - Cost effectiveness HIV infections - Malawi - Prevention HIV infections - Mozambique - Prevention HIV infections - Uganda - Prevention Maternal health services - Malawi Maternal health services - Mozambique Maternal health services - Uganda Child health services - Malawi Child health services - Mozambique Child health services - Uganda Child health services HIV infections - Prevention Maternal health services |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Cost-effectiveness of integrating PMTCT and MNCH services |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910713081403321 |
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Bollinger Lori
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| Calverton, MD, USA : , : ICF International, , 2013 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Country report Malawi / / the Economist Intelligence Unit
| Country report Malawi / / the Economist Intelligence Unit |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : The Unit, c2002- |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic indicators - Malawi
Economic history Economic indicators Politics and government |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
| ISSN | 2047-5268 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti |
Malawi
Country Report |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996204197603316 |
| London, : The Unit, c2002- | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Dependent Agency in the Global Health Regime : Local African Responses to Donor AIDS Efforts / / by Emma-Louise Anderson, Amy S. Patterson
| Dependent Agency in the Global Health Regime : Local African Responses to Donor AIDS Efforts / / by Emma-Louise Anderson, Amy S. Patterson |
| Autore | Anderson Emma-Louise |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIV, 141 p.) |
| Disciplina | 320.96 |
| Collana | Palgrave pivot |
| Soggetto topico |
Africa—Politics and government
Economics Regionalism Poverty Economic policy Health promotion African Politics International Political Economy Development Aid Development Policy Health Promotion and Disease Prevention |
| ISBN | 1-137-58148-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Dependent Agency and the AIDS Enterprise: Global Programs, Local Actions -- 2. Unique Opportunities in a Dynamic Aid Architecture: The Conditions for Agency -- 3. Performing, Extraverting, and Resisting: The Strategies of Dependent Agents -- 4. Complex Power on the Margins: The Implications of Dependent Agency. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910150193003321 |
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Anderson Emma-Louise
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| New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Disability, Health and Human Development [[electronic resource] /] / by Sophie Mitra
| Disability, Health and Human Development [[electronic resource] /] / by Sophie Mitra |
| Autore | Mitra Sophie |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Palgrave Macmillan, 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXI, 177 p. 20 illus., 17 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 338.9 |
| Collana | Palgrave Studies in Disability and International Development |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic development
Social change People with disabilities Economic policy Africa—Economic conditions Development and Social Change Disability Studies Development Policy Development and Health African Economics Development Theory |
| Soggetto non controllato |
development
mortality Sen’s capability approach economic insecurity poverty |
| ISBN | 1-137-53638-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The Human Development Model of Disability, Health and Wellbeing -- Chapter 3: Measurement, Data and Context -- Chapter 4: Prevalence of Functional Difficulties -- Chapter 5: Functional Difficulties and Inequalities through a Static Lens -- Chapter 6: Dynamics of Functional Difficulties and Wellbeing -- Chapter 7: Main Results and Implications. . |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910231246603321 |
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Mitra Sophie
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| Palgrave Macmillan, 2017 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Explaining ethnic and election violence : Kenya and Malawi in comparison / / Anika Becher
| Explaining ethnic and election violence : Kenya and Malawi in comparison / / Anika Becher |
| Autore | Becher Anika |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baden-Baden, Germany : , : Nomos, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (559 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 307.1412096762 |
| Collana | Comparative Politics. Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft |
| Soggetto topico |
Ethnic conflict - Kenya
Ethnic conflict - Malawi Political violence - Kenya Political violence - Malawi Ethnicity - Political aspects - Kenya Ethnicity - Political aspect - Malawi Elections - Kenya Elections - Malawi |
| ISBN | 3-8452-7705-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910150399603321 |
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Becher Anika
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| Baden-Baden, Germany : , : Nomos, , 2016 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Financial and economic review
| Financial and economic review |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Blantyre, Malawi], : Reserve Bank of Malawi |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina | 330.9/689/7 |
| Soggetto topico |
Finance - Malawi
Banks and banking, Central - Malawi Finances - Malawi Finances publiques - Malawi Banks and banking, Central Economic history Finance Wirtschaftsstatistik Monetäre Statistik Finanzstatistik Zahlungsbilanzstatistik Malawi ECONOMIC CONDITIONS FINANCIAL STATISTICS CENTRAL BANKS BANKING MALAWI |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
Periodicals.
Statistics. |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910138372603321 |
| [Blantyre, Malawi], : Reserve Bank of Malawi | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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