The Skills Development Project for the Republic of Malawi will increase access, market relevance, and results orientation of supported skills development institutions in agreed priority areas.
... Vea más + The two components of the project concern strengthening institutional performance and also technical assistance for system strengthening and policy reforms. Component 1 will support participating institutions in implementing sub-project grant agreements, focusing on results related to increasing access to and market relevance of programs. This first component consists of carrying out a program of specific activities to improve access and market relevance of engineering programs offered at the University of Malawi-The Polytechnic, Mzuzu University, University of Malawi-Chancellor College, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and at the Technical, Entrepreneurial and Vocational Education and Training Authority. Sub-project grant agreements will specify each institution's distinct mission, the scope and focus of its educational provision, the labor market areas for which each institution prepares graduates, and expectations of its performance (access, relevance and efficiency). Component 2 will focus on systems strengthening and policy design in the skills development areas. This second component consists of the following: a) carrying out a program of activities to strengthen the capacity of the National Council for Higher Education for project implementation; b) developing and installing a management information system at the National Council for Higher Education and providing associated training; c) developing monitoring and evaluation systems and piloting new monitoring tools at the National Council for Higher Education and Participating Skills Development Institutions; d) providing technical assistance for the development and implementation of a student financing scheme; e) designing and setting up of verification mechanisms, and conducting verification of outputs and results of the activities supported under the project; and f) carrying out independent verification of outputs and results of the activities supported under the project.
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Documento de evaluación inicial de proyecto PAD362 MAY 28, 2014
The six case studies in this book were prepared as background studies for a synthesis report on land administration and reform in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
... Vea más + Collectively they cover two main areas of land governance: reforms in redistributing agricultural land; and reforms in land administration. The problems in land ownership inequality and poor land administration are defined and the question of why reforms are necessary is addressed. The first two case studies focus on reforms in redistributing agricultural land in Malawi and South Africa. The Reforms in four thematic areas of land administration are addressed in the remaining case studies, encompassing experience from various countries as follows: (1) decentralizing land administration (Ethiopia, Ghana, Tanzania, and Uganda); (2) developing post-conflict land administration systems (Liberia and Rwanda); (3) reengineering and computerizing land information systems (Ghana and Uganda); and (4) improving management of government land through land inventories (Ghana and Uganda). The common elements between sometimes quite disparate experiences provide lessons of relevance to other SSA countries contemplating similar reforms.
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The 2007-2008 global food crisis has renewed interest in post-harvest loss, but estimates remain scarce, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper uses self-reported measures from nationally representative household surveys in Malawi, Uganda, and Tanzania.
... Vea más + Overall, on-farm post-harvest loss adds to 1.4-5.9 percent of the national maize harvest, substantially lower than the Food and Agriculture Organization's post-harvest handling and storage loss estimate for cereals, which is 8 percent. Post-harvest loss is concentrated among less than a fifth of households. It increases with humidity and temperature and declines with better market access, post-primary education, higher seasonal price differences, and possibly improved storage practices. Wider use of nationally representative surveys in studying post-harvest loss is called for.
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Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas WPS6831 APR 01, 2014
The diagnostic trade integration study (DTIS) update identifies the trade related constraints holding back Malawi from diversifying and deepening its production base, and increasing trade.
... Vea más + The DTIS update identifies and quantifies specific trade costs that determine the availability and price of inputs and the ability of producers to get their products to regional and international markets. The report focuses on tariff policies, regulatory issues impacting on trade, trade facilitation and logistics, and policies affecting agricultural trade and trade in services. Recognizing that the (enhanced) integrated framework and the DTIS (including the 2003 DTIS for Malawi) have not been effective in addressing many of the broader issues requiring large-scale physical investments in most countries, this DTIS update focuses on specific trade related policy and regulatory issues within the mandate and policy space of the ministry of trade and the national implementation unit or similar implementation mechanisms. In this context, the report is structured as follows: chapter one gives introduction. Chapter two outlines the current macroeconomic position and the level of trade openness, summarizes the status of the business enabling environment. Chapter three describes Malawi's current trade policy with a detailed review of the existing tariff schedules. Chapter four addresses a range of the key regulatory issues that raise costs for all producers in Malawi. Chapter five looks in depth at how the trade and regulatory policies within the agricultural sector impact on competitiveness. Finally, chapter six addresses the important issues of trade in services through focusing on professional services such as engineering, accounting, and law.
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