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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
Chirwa Ephraim W  
Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014
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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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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
Ross R  
Oxford : , : MZUNI Press, , 2022
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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
Mallick Lindsay  
Rockville, Maryland, USA : , : ICF, , 2017
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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
Bollinger Lori  
Calverton, MD, USA : , : ICF International, , 2013
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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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Dependent Agency in the Global Health Regime [[electronic resource] ] : Local African Responses to Donor AIDS Efforts / / by Emma-Louise Anderson, Amy S. Patterson
Dependent Agency in the Global Health Regime [[electronic resource] ] : 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
Political economy
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
Anderson Emma-Louise  
New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017
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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
Mitra Sophie  
Palgrave Macmillan, 2017
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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
Becher Anika  
Baden-Baden, Germany : , : Nomos, , 2016
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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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