The political economy of community scorecards
This report details research investigating how community scorecards have worked in Malawi and what some of the wider lessons might be.
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Understanding aid to agriculture, rural develoment and food security: Malawi
Michelle Remme and Samuel MinguThis report presents the main findings of the case study on Malawi based on a review of the existing documentation on aid to agriculture, rural development and food security data on flows of official development assistance (ODA) to Malawi and interviews conducted in Lilongwe between 4 and 15 April 2011. -
Citizen scorecards in Malawi
The project will provide politically informed analysis of the use of citizen scorecards by Plan and its associates in Malawi. -
Improved economic conditions in Malawi: Progress from a low base
Milo Vandemoortele with Kate BirdPart of the Development Progress Stories series, this research focuses Malawi's progress in economic conditions and poverty reduction. -
Open for business – Africa rising
The 21st World Economic Forum ends in South Africa today. Nine hundred delegates have spent the past three days discussing how Africa can move ‘From Vision to Action’.The spirit is different from earlier gatherings on Africa.
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The affordability of social protection in the light of international spending commitments
This paper explores the affordability of social protection and other development sectors by comparing target levels in international agreements to actual government expenditure in five African countries. -
Farming flowers for export, Kenya
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Credit: Karen Ellis
Source: ODIImproving the performance of Ministries of Agriculture in the field: recent insights from Africa
With funds flowing again to African agriculture, what can be done to help make Ministries of Agriculture more effective in the field? Is funding the issue, or is their use more important? What, in any case, should be the roles of the ministry at the district level? And thus what roles should NGOs and private enterprise play?
This meeting will discuss emerging insights from Ghana, Kenya, Malawi and Zambia. -
Financing social protection in light of international spending targets: A public sector review
This report highlights the tension faced by governments between the need for good public financial management on the one hand, and the challenge of meeting international commitments on the other, raising the impossibility of meeting the key development spending targets simultaneously. The study has a particular focus on social protection in response to growing government and donor interest in the affordability of provision in this sector.
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Food price transmission: rising international cereals prices and domestic markets
Sharada Keats, Steve Wiggins, Julia Compton and Marcella VigneriThis project briefing synthesises the findings of several studies into food price transmission from international to domestic markets.
