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Kishindo, P. "The Malawi Social Action Fund and community development." Community Development Journal 36, no. 4 (October 1, 2001): 303–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cdj/36.4.303.

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Chasukwa, Michael, and Dan Banik. "Bypassing Government: Aid Effectiveness and Malawi’s Local Development Fund." Politics and Governance 7, no. 2 (June 5, 2019): 103–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/pag.v7i2.1854.

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Many practical and action-oriented international roadmaps to improve the quality of aid and its delivery and impact on development—including the Paris Declaration, Accra Agenda for Action, and Busan Partnership—emphasize a more active involvement of domestic institutions and procedures. Despite widespread agreement among both donor and recipient countries on this issue, we find that aid often tends to bypass national institutional structures. This practice is sometimes justified on grounds of high levels of political and administrative corruption and weak implementation capacity in recipient country bureaucracies. We examine how and to what extent multilateral and bilateral development agencies bypass national and local government institutions while channeling aid and the impact of such practices on aid effectiveness in Africa. Based on an empirical study of project aid and budget support provided to Malawi by the World Bank, the African Development Bank, and the German Economic Group, we argue that earmarked funding, specialized procurement arrangements, and the proliferation of Project Management Units are among the mechanisms used to circumvent the involvement of national institutions. We conclude that while such practices may achieve short-term gains by displaying successful and visible ‘donorship’, the long-term impact is more uncertain. The bypassing of local institutions results in fragmentation of aid, lack of coordination among aid industry actors, and a general weakening of policy space and domestic capacity to formulate and implement development policy.
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Rumbold, Benedict, Victoria Charlton, Annette Rid, Polly Mitchell, James Wilson, Peter Littlejohns, Catherine Max, and Albert Weale. "Affordability and Non-Perfectionism in Moral Action." Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 22, no. 4 (August 2019): 973–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10677-019-10028-4.

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Abstract One rationale policy-makers sometimes give for declining to fund a service or intervention is on the grounds that it would be ‘unaffordable’, which is to say, that the total cost of providing the service or intervention for all eligible recipients would exceed the budget limit. But does the mere fact that a service or intervention is unaffordable present a reason not to fund it? Thus far, the philosophical literature has remained largely silent on this issue. However, in this article, we consider this kind of thinking in depth. Albeit with certain important caveats, we argue that the use of affordability criteria in matters of public financing commits what Parfit might have called a ‘mistake in moral mathematics’. First, it fails to abide by what we term a principle of ‘non-perfectionism’ in moral action: the mere fact that it is practically impossible for you to do all the good that you have reason to do does not present a reason not to do whatever good you can do. And second, when used as a means of arbitrating between which services to fund, affordability criteria can lead to a kind of ‘numerical discrimination’. Various attendant issues around fairness and lotteries are also discussed.
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Parkinson, Joy, Philip C. Mkandawire, Timo Dietrich, Abi Badejo, Mohammad Kadir, and Violet Tembo. "Developing the UNICEF Malawi School Handwashing Program." Social Marketing Quarterly 24, no. 2 (April 22, 2018): 74–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1524500418766355.

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Diarrhea is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality among children and immune-compromised individuals in Malawi. Handwashing with soap (HWWS) is one of the most cost-effective health interventions to prevent diarrhea. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Malawi has adopted a social marketing approach to achieve large-scale behavioral change for HWWS. The study, commissioned by UNICEF Malawi, was developed by PSI Malawi and Griffith University and conducted by PSI Malawi. Formative research insights using two research studies are presented including observations at 30 primary schools in terms of HWWS behavior. Second, key informant interviews with school administrators and staff members were conducted to understand HWWS motivation, opportunity, and ability factors. This study found less than half of the assessed schools had handwashing facilities. Structural barriers that prevent school children from practicing HWWS were identified including a lack of financial resources to construct permanent handwashing facilities in schools. Many schools also experience a lack of support from the community as citizens are not aware of the benefits of HWWS. Changes to school and community infrastructure are required to facilitate the adoption of the behavior. Supporting activities to encourage school children to practice HWWS and reinforcement strategies to sustain the behavior over time should also be implemented. School children can then become change agents for HWWS by reinforcing the behavior at home thereby contributing to the achievement of the national objectives to reduce diarrhea and leading to improved health and well-being for communities in Malawi.
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Lognwe, Zainab. "Reflections from challenges of working with HIV/Aids affected and infected orphans in Malawi." Journal of Comparative Social Work 5, no. 2 (October 1, 2010): 124–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.31265/jcsw.v5i2.66.

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Karen Healy uses the term reflection in action to refer to processes of refining knowledge in action so as to promote new ways of responding to the problems we encounter in practice. Thus, social work entails working with different people with different non routine challenges that needs reflective action to be dealt with effectively. The importance of reflection in social work cannot be overtly emphasised. After experiencing an emotional circumstance or situation, in reflecting, and through these experiences we can ably find valuable options for professional development. This process is very much in line with critical incident method. This method is described as both an emotional and cognitive process, proceeding from lower to higher levels of reflection, from analysing the experiences to conceptualizing new knowledge.
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Golooba-Mutebi, Frederick, and Sam Hickey. "Governing Chronic Poverty under Inclusive Liberalism: The Case of the Northern Uganda Social Action Fund." Journal of Development Studies 46, no. 7 (August 2010): 1216–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2010.487097.

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Vézina, Martine, Majdi Ben Selma, and Marie Claire Malo. "Exploring the social innovation process in a large market based social enterprise." Management Decision 57, no. 6 (June 10, 2019): 1399–414. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/md-01-2017-0090.

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the organising of social innovation in a large market-based social enterprises from the perspective of dynamic capabilities and social transformation.Design/methodology/approachThis paper analyses the process by which Desjardins Group launched the Desjardins Environment Fund as the first investment fund in North America to integrate environmental screening. It uses longitudinal single case analysis and a theoretical framework based on Teece’s three dynamic capabilities.FindingsResults show that dynamic capabilities can be conceived as stages in the process of social innovation. Sensing refers to the capability to identify a societal demand for social transformation. Seizing capability is about shaping societal demand into a commercial offer. Reconfiguring concerns organisational innovation to integrate actual and new knowledge through innovative routines. Microprocesses of both path dependency and path building are in action at each of the three stages.Practical implicationsThis paper shows that managing dynamic capabilities is central to social innovation in the context of a large social business and provides genuine managerial input via an analysis of the microprocesses at work in the social innovation process.Originality/valueThis paper contributes to the operationalization of Teece’s dynamic capabilities model. In mobilising a framework in the field of management of innovation, it contributes to the understanding of the process of social innovation and develops the organisational mechanism for multiscalarity of social innovation as a condition for social transformation.
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Pușcaș, Andreea, and Ioana Beleiu. "The mechanism of community led local development in Romanian urban areas." Virgil Madgearu Review of Economic Studies and Research 13, no. 2 (November 23, 2020): 129–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.24193/rvm.2020.13.65.

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Community led local development (CLLD) is a tool of the European Commission, used for territorial development. Local Action Groups were funded in the rural areas of Romania, since the 2007-2013 programming period through LEADER, demonstrating positive effects in terms of social innovation and disproof of social disparities. In urban areas, CLLD is a recent multi-fund approach, financed by the European Social Fund (ESF) and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). Despite the intentions addressed for simplifying the implementation of the mechanism by the Romanian authorities, several challenges and delays however occurred. The present research reveals the similarities and the main differences between the implementation of the mechanism, in urban and rural areasesides, it proposes a set of recommendations to increase the efficiency of the studied mechanism, based on a case study on the implementation of the CLLD mechanism in Gherla, Romania.
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Serageldin, Ismail. "From vision to action after the Second World Water Forum." Water Science and Technology 43, no. 4 (February 1, 2001): 31–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2001.0170.

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The World Commission for Water in the 21st Century set out the vision of a ‘water secure world’ and suggested a comprehensive set of measures to achieve this aim. Criticism of the role of water pricing in these measures underestimates the strength of its case in environmental, financial, economic, social, political and ethical terms. The Framework For Action has been devised as a guide for local action, but the proposal for a Water Innovation Fund may have particular impact.
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Mtika, Mike Mathambo. "Social and Cultural Relations in Economic Action: The Embeddedness of Food Security in Rural Malawi Amidst the AIDS Epidemic." Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space 32, no. 2 (February 2000): 345–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/a31190.

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In its prescription of how food security among rural households can be attained and how problems such as AIDS can be addressed, the neoclassical utiliarian view envisions individual house-holds making atomistic decisions in the use of their resources, goods, and services (entitlements). In exploring the effect of illness and death on household food security in rural Malawi amidst the AIDS epidemic, I find that the embeddedness view explains more convincingly how rural households secure their food supply and deal with illness and death. This view suggests that individual households' use of their entitlements indeed contributes to household food security and the fight against illness and death, but that such use is shaped by the entitlement system that embodies collective beliefs, rules, expectations, and obligations. Social and cultural relations between households, anchored in the entitlement system, enable households to share their entitlements through reciprocity and redistribution, thereby contributing to collective food security and diffusing the burden of illness and death across households. Rural Malawians are thus not isolated actors envisioned by the utilitarian view but social actors who constantly engage in negotiations with each other, sharing their entitlements, and thus collectively securing their food supply and diffusing burdens. Food security then gets compromised when burdens reach a threshold that fractures social and cultural ties thus disabling households from sharing entitlements. AIDS is a threat to food security in rural Malawi because of its potential to make the spread of illness and death burdens so extensive that households would be unable to share their entitlements.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Malawi Social Action Fund"

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Lembani, Martina Esinala. "Assessing the effectiveness and efficiency of targeting methods in public works programmes in Malawi: the case of MASAF and CARE managed programmes in the central region of Malawi." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2005. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_7748_1183469275.

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This research was aimed at assessing the effectiveness and efficiency of community based targeting and self-targeting methods in the selection of beneficiaries in Safety nets programmes in Malawi. These methods have been chosen because they have been largely used for selecting beneficiaries in Safety net programmes. The focus was on assessing the effectiveness and efficiency of these methods where effectiveness refers to the ability of the methodology to reach out to the poorest while efficiency is a measure of the costs that are associated with the identification of these people. In order to objectively assessed the challenges associated with these methods, the study concentrated on Public Works Programmes, which targets relatively high number of people compared to the other programmes and have used both methods for identifying beneficiaries.

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Drost, Nancy Marie. "Transforming social, gendered practices affecting malnutrition, action research in Malawi." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape7/PQDD_0007/NQ41065.pdf.

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Costella, Cecilia V. "Participatory Development in Social Funds: A Case Study of the Peruvian Social Fund." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2010. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_9273_1298890144.

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This research aims to assess the role of Social Funds&rsquo
organizational and institutional characteristics for community participation processes in development projects. The research is based on a case study of the Peruvian Social Fund, FONCODES, and utilizes a qualitative data collection approach. It mainly relies on semi-structured interviews with FONCODES&rsquo
staff and community members, unstructured interviews with experts, and analysis of operational documents. The research concludes that several organizational and institutional characteristics affect community participation in FONCODES projects but the direction of this influence depends on how specific areas of the organization&rsquo
s context are structured as well as on political variables in the institutional environment.

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Mwakajwanga, Rachel. "Study on the inclusion of older people in the national poverty reduction interventions in Tanzania: A case study of Tanzania social action fund." Thesis, McGill University, 2012. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=106623.

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In the context of Tanzania's national development agenda, the older people play a key role in the economic, social and political spheres. Within the Tanzania National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty, the government has of recent been implementing a number of initiatives to enable the communities in the country including the older people to implement projects which will help them have meaningful income that will contribute to country's economic growth and hence reduce poverty both at micro and macro levels. The government also anticipates through national poverty alleviation initiatives, the National Ageing Policy which guides older people's affairs in Tanzania is realized.This thesis presents results on a case study conducted to Tanzania Social Action Fund program in order to establish the inclusion and participation of older people in Tanzania's national poverty reduction strategies. Data for this study was collected through survey, interviews with key informants and primary document review. Findings from study reveal low level of inclusion of the older people in the program .Only (3) out of (121) 2.5% of subproject implemented in the study district is for older people. This situation calls for the review of the ways the older people are targeted in such a program so as to increase their participation and inclusion.This paper is organized as follows: Section 1) Introduction which gives a description of poverty in Tanzania 2) Literature review which captures the broader picture of poverty and different policies which are in place; 3) Conceptual framework; 4) methodology which describes the way the study has been conducted ;5) Findings as outlined from the three methods which data was collected; 6) Discussion and; 7) Conclusion.
Dans le contexte de l'agenda de développement national de la Tanzanie, les personnes âgées jouent un rôle clé dans les domaines économique, social et politique. Dans la Stratégie nationale tanzanienne pour la Croissance et la Réduction de la Pauvreté, le gouvernement a de récents mis en œuvre un certain nombre d'initiatives pour permettre aux communautés dans le pays, y compris les personnes âgées à mettre en œuvre des projets qui les aideront à avoir un revenu significatif qui contribuera au développement économique du pays la croissance et donc de réduire la pauvreté tant au niveau micro et macro. Le gouvernement prévoit également à travers des initiatives nationales de réduction de la pauvreté, la Politique nationale sur le vieillissement qui guide les affaires des personnes âgées en Tanzanie est réalisé.Cette thèse présente les résultats sur une étude de cas menée en Tanzanie action du programme du Fonds social afin d'établir l'inclusion et la participation des personnes âgées en Tanzanie stratégies nationales de réduction de la pauvreté.Les données de cette étude ont été recueillies grâce à l'enquête, des entretiens avec des informateurs clés et examen des documents primaires. Les résultats de l'étude révèlent faible niveau d'intégration des personnes âgées dans le programme. Uniquement (3) de (121) 2,5% du sous-projet mis en œuvre dans le district de l'étude est pour les personnes âgées. Cette situation appelle à la révision des façons les plus âgés sont ciblés dans un tel programme afin d'accroître leur participation et d'inclusion.Ce papier est organisé comme suit: Introduction Section 1) qui donne une description de la pauvreté en Tanzanie 2) Revue de la littérature qui capture l'image plus large de la pauvreté et les différentes politiques qui sont en place; 3) Le cadre conceptuel; 4) la méthodologie qui décrit la manière l'étude a été réalisée; 5) les résultats comme indiqué par les trois méthodes dont les données ont été collectées; 6) la discussion et; 7) Conclusion.
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Mhina, Charles Ernest. "An Examination of the Impact of Administrative Decentralisation on Participatory Local Government and Service Delivery in Tanzania." University of the Western Cape, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4878.

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Philosophiae Doctor - PhD
Over the course of the past three decades bi-lateral and multi-lateral donor agencies, academics and practitioners have expressed the conviction that decentralisation of administrative and political authority to the local level is of central importance to public sector reform programmes in developing states both as a means to improve service delivery and to deepen democracy. However, many states in Africa have had disappointing experiences with decentralisation which have variously been attributed to the underfunding of local governments, a lack of administrative capacity and corruption. In the light of this, a number of scholars have argued that decentralisation in Africa has achieved little in the delivery of basic services and in the deepening democracy at the local level. This has raised concerns that decentralisation, whilst necessary, is not a sufficient condition for ensuring local socio-economic development and participatory governance. This thesis sets out to examine the process of administrative and political decentralisation in Tanzania since it attained independence in 1961, paying particular attention to the current local government reform programme which consists of a parallel system of devolved and de-concentrated government authority implemented through the Tanzania Social Action Fund (TASAF). This hybrid model of decentralisation, which is heavily reliant on donor aid, has been in place for over a decade and a half. The thesis considers the extent to which the combination of decentralised and de-concentrated forms of administration represents an accommodation between the neo-liberal agenda of donors (concerned with the diminution of central state power) and the policy interests of the Tanzanian government (concerned about a lack of local capacity and domestic politics). Based on a case study of three municipalities (Tanga city, and the Lindi and Morogoro district councils) the thesis examines the extent to which the hybrid model is meeting its stated objectives of strengthening local government, improving service delivery, and promoting effective citizen participation. In so doing it examines the particular role of TASAF and the extent to which its activities are supporting the development of effective local government. Empirical evidence, which was generated through a mixed methods approach based on both quantitative and qualitative research, suggests that, notwithstanding the concerns of some local politicians that the model has undermined the authority of local councils, the v combination of local administrative coordination and the technical and financial support of TASAF, has led to significant improvements in the delivery of social services since the reform programme was launched. The thesis also found that the majority of respondents believed that the hybrid model had served to deepen local democracy to a far greater extent than decentralisation reforms of the past. It also concluded that, in spite its evident potential, the future of the hybrid model in Tanzania is highly uncertain, given that it remains heavily reliant on donor funding and is subject to the aid conditionalities imposed upon it. Unless the government is able to increase its own funding of TASAF, the hybrid model is likely to collapse due to the changed funding priorities of bi-lateral and multilateral donor agencies.
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Wassajja, Emmy [Verfasser], and Regina [Akademischer Betreuer] Birner. "Governance challenges in post-conflict agricultural recovery programs in Northern Uganda : a comparative study of the Northern Uganda Social Action Fund (NUSAF) and the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) / Emmy Wassajja ; Betreuer: Regina Birner." Hohenheim : Kommunikations-, Informations- und Medienzentrum der Universität Hohenheim, 2017. http://d-nb.info/1131163745/34.

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Botshinda, Amelia. "Implementeringen av koldioxidsnåla och klimatpositiva benchmarks samt ESG-relaterad transparens i BMR : en kritisk granskning av kommissionens föreslagna ändringar av Benchmarkförordningen och dess förenlighet med de åsyftade ändamålen." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Filosofiska fakulteten, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-165454.

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Vi lever i en tid präglad av drastiska klimatförändringar och ökade utsläpp av växthusgaser, där klimatångest har kommit att bli ett problem som tycks drabba såväl privatpersoner som företag. Allteftersom vår medvetenhet för samtidens klimathot ökar, har även hållbarhet fått en allt större betydelse för europeiska investerare. En tydlig konsekvens härav är den kraftiga ökningen av antalet hållbarhetsindex som identifierats på finansmarknaden. Hållbarhetsindex används ofta som komponent i passiva investeringsstrategier eller som verktyg för att mäta prestationen av olika värdepapper i en portfölj, och får på så vis funktionen av ett benchmark. Metoden för att utveckla såväl hållbara index som benchmarks kan emellertid variera, vilket ofta beror på att klimatrelaterad information kan vara extremt komplex att omvandla till finansiellt relaterbara värden. Svårigheterna härom har således minskat marknadens förtroende för sådana investeringsalternativ, trots den ökade benägenheten hos investerare att ta hänsyn till hållbarhet även i finansiella sammanhang. Bristande lagstiftning inom området föranledde Europeiska kommissionen att upprätta ett förslag om ändring av Benchmarkförordningen år 2018, som en del av sin handlingsplan för finansiering av hållbar tillväxt. Förordningen reglerar i dagsläget främst administratörer av benchmarks, vilka innehar det övergripande juridiska ansvaret för ett benchmark. Med förslaget införs nya kategorier för koldioxidsnåla och klimatpositiva benchmarks samt en reviderad transparensreglering som förpliktigar administratörer att offentliggöra hur de beaktar hållbarhet i sin metod och referensvärdesdeklaration. Även om förslaget välkomnats av flertalet aktörer, föreligger anledning att ifrågasätta huruvida marknaden kommer kunna förhålla sig till de ambitiösa ändringarna, samt om effekten av reglerna blir den som kommissionen eftersträvat. I uppsatsen identifieras och diskuteras de potentiella utmaningarna med förslagets ikraftträdande, vilka sedermera analyseras i förhållande till de åsyftade ändamålen med reglerna. Kritik riktas i uppsatsen främst mot förordningens bristande möjligheter att hålla andra aktörer ansvariga, eftersom uppfyllandet av de nya reglerna inte enbart är beroende av administratörernas eget agerande. Vidare konstateras att marknaden inledningsvis kommer att få stora svårigheter med insamling och verifiering av den klimatrelaterade information som är avgörande för användningen av miljövänliga benchmarks. Sett ur ett långsiktigt perspektiv tros emellertid ändringarna kunna skapa goda förutsättningar för en bättre inkludering av hållbarhet på finansmarknaden, utan kompromiss av ett konsument- eller investerarskydd.
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Chauya, Ivy Violet. "The effectiveness of community development groups in poverty reduction with regards to individual community members : the case of Likasi area development programme in Mchinji district, Malawi." Diss., 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18928.

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The study assesses effectiveness of CDGs on poverty reduction among individual members. This is based on the concept of sustainable development with context, structures and strategies as factors affecting poverty reduction. Quantitative and qualitative research designs were used. These involved 120 participants, 5 FGDs and 5KIIs. Participants were purposively and randomly sampled. Results reveal CDGs as a potential strategy in effective community development benefiting group members for poverty reduction. Such benefits include; social, economic, physical, human or environmental. However, group composition and processes pose challenges for benefits to trickle down to some members. Structural arrangement requiring leaders and other influential people like educated members to be in the forefront of interventions has proved challenging to the approach. This happens when self interests are at play leading to deprivations of some members to access benefits. Monitoring membership diversity focusing on group composition and operations is recommended for groups to effectively reduce poverty.
Development Studies
M.A. (Development Studies)
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Chirwa, Maureen Leah. "Gender issues in management promotions in the health services : a Malawian perspective." Thesis, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1034.

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This study sought to explore gender issues affecting management promotions in Malawi's health care services, utilising both qualitative and quantitative techniques in data collection and analysis. Promotion patterns were compared and contrasted for male and female managers. The study was based on the assumptions that • both men and women were aware of experiences that affected their promotion opportunities • promotion patterns showed fewer variations than did cultural, social and gender factors • male prejudices were maintained which oppressed women's promotions • increased decision-making power lowered stress about professional growth and development The findings supported the first two assumptions, but not the last two. The findings suggested that males and females encountered similar experiences concerning managerial promotions in Malawi's health care services. Factors that enhanced management successes for both males and females included management orientation and mentorship. Unclear promotion policies and procedures hindered management promotions. Information derived from this research could enable policy-makers to establish an environment that increases supportive networks and interactions between male and female managers in Malawi. Furthermore, to ensure equal opportunities in the health care services management, monitoring strategies by Malawi's Ministry of Gender, the Department of Human Resources Management and Development, and the Ministry of Health and Population need to be established and implemented.
Health Studies
D.Litt. et Phil. (Health Studies)
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Books on the topic "Malawi Social Action Fund"

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Bloom, Gerald. Poverty reduction during democratic transition: The Malawi Social Action Fund, 1996-2001. Zomba, Malawi]: Centre for Social Research, 2004.

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Moorsom, Richard. Social action and microcredit funds in Malawi: A pilot study. Fantoft-Bergen, Norway: Chr. Michelsen Institute, 1997.

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Malawi Social Action Fund Project. Malawi Social Action Fund (MASAF) phase 1: A review of aims and achievements, 1995-2001. Lilongwe, Malawi: MASAF, 2002.

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Chilowa, Wycliffe. MASAF Information, Education, and Communication (IEC) impact assessment: Final report. Lilongwe]: Malawi Social Action Fund, 2001.

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Development, Malawi Ministry of Economic Planning and. Programme document: Joint programme support for strengthening the national monitoring and evaluation systems in Malawi. Lilongwe: Ministry of Economic Planning and Development, 2012.

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Malawi Social Action Fund Project. Beneficiary assessment. Lilongwe: MASAF Management Unit, 1997.

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World Bank. Africa--South Central & Indian Ocean Department. Human Development 1. Implementation completion report (IDA-31360) on a credit in the amount of US$66 million to the Republic of Malawi for a second social action fund project. Washington, D.C?]: Human Development 1, Country Dept. 3, Africa Region, 2004.

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Malawi Social Action Fund Project. MASAF public works projects-conditional cash transfer: Citizen feedback on performance and implementation of the Drought Response Program. Lilongwe?]: Malawi Social Action Fund, 2006.

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Project, Malawi Social Action Fund. What is MASAF? Lilongwe: MASAF Management Unit, 1996.

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1984-, Przybylo Jennifer, ed. Do good well: Your guide to leadership, action, and social innovation. Hoboken, N.J: Wiley, 2013.

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Book chapters on the topic "Malawi Social Action Fund"

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Shaw, Rajib. "Chapter 19 Malawi Social Action Fund and its Effectiveness in Drought Risk Reduction." In Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management, 373–86. Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/s2040-7262(2012)0000010025.

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Angeles, Gustavo, Sara Abdoulayi, Clare Barrington, Sudhanshu Handa, Esmie Tamanda Kainja, Peter Mvula, Harry Mwamlima, Maxton Tsoka, and Tayllor Spadafora. "The Social Cash Transfer Programme of Malawi." In From Evidence to Action, 281–305. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198769446.003.0012.

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"Balancing the Books: The Social Fund in Action." In Poor Relief or Poor Deal?, 58–74. Routledge, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315246468-12.

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Flynn, Leo. "Title XI The European Social Fund." In The EU Treaties and the Charter of Fundamental Rights. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198759393.003.268.

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The European Social Fund (ESF) provides financial support to MS for action that increases the employability of existing and potential workers. It is now one of the Structural Funds and is, apart from the rules on eligibility of actions, governed by provisions that are common to those Funds. The ESF is an important complement to the TFEU provisions on social policy, since it allows the Union institutions actively to shape the priorities addressed by MS.
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Mishra, Usha, and Emmanuel J. Mtambie. "CHAPTER 10 Exploring potentials and limits of graduation: Tanzania’s Social Action Fund." In What Works for Africa’s Poorest, 165–80. Practical Action Publishing Ltd, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.3362/9781780448435.010.

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Miller, Joyce. "Causes and Ramifications of Public Pension Fund Underfunding." In Advances in Public Policy and Administration, 114–46. IGI Global, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4177-6.ch010.

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The problem of public pension plan underfunding has grown increasingly acute in recent years for numerous states and cities including Illinois, New Jersey, Connecticut, Charleston, Chicago and Philadelphia. Underfunded pension systems have profound implications for state and local governments' ability to provide basic services to their citizens and calls into question the retirement security of their public employees. The history of the severely underfunded New Jersey pension funds will be examined in order to understand how the current crisis developed. Economic and demographic changes, conditions in the capital markets, political and budgetary priorities and pressures, and actuarial conventions will be examined in order to highlight how the crisis is the result of the complex interaction of social, political and economic forces. The primary focus will be on how the capital markets influence the funding levels of pension systems and the options for government action.
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Flynn, Leo. "Article 175 TFEU." In The EU Treaties and the Charter of Fundamental Rights. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198759393.003.289.

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Article 159 EC Member States shall conduct their economic policies and shall coordinate them in such a way as, in addition, to attain the objectives set out in Article 174. The formulation and implementation of the Union’s policies and actions and the implementation of the internal market shall take into account the objectives set out in Article 174 and shall contribute to their achievement. The Union shall also support the achievement of these objectives by the action it takes through the Structural Funds (European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guidance Section; European Social Fund; European Regional Development Fund), the European Investment Bank and the other existing Financial Instruments.
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Hawkins, Karen M. "An Unexpected Rise in Outside Intervention." In Everybody's Problem. University Press of Florida, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5744/florida/9780813054971.003.0006.

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This chapter discusses the increased intervention from the Office of Economic Opportunity and the North Carolina Fund in Craven Operation Progress matters. Federal officials within both the OEO and the Department of Labor had begun to conclude, similarly to Fund staff, that local control of community action would never allow the types of social and institutional change they believed were necessary to meet the needs of the poor. From their perspective in Washington, D.C., too many businessmen, elected officials, and other power-structure types served on local boards. Moreover, these men and women were either incapable of making or unwilling to make the kinds of decisions likely to enhance the poor’s political influence or economic standing. Eventually, save for the rare instances in which the poor made up a majority of a Community Action Agency board, local community action experiments began to be seen as a roadblock to the War on Poverty’s goals of improving opportunities and justice for indigent populations (especially in the South, where many of the long-term poor were black). The executive director ultimately resigns following pressure from both groups to step down.
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Hirschberg, Mairena. "“Child rescue at home, overseas migration within the empire”1: the Child Emigration Society during the interwar period, 1918–39." In Global Youth Migration and Gendered Modalities, edited by Glenda Tibe Bonifacio, 59–81. Policy Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781447340195.003.0004.

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Between 1869 and 1967, tens of thousands of British children, mainly from poor backgrounds, were selected for permanent emigration to the British settler Dominions. Crucial in carrying out this social policy were government-funded private philanthropic societies such as for example the Child Emigration Society (CES). This society shaped social welfare policy by organizing the permanent migration of British children to special Fairbridge Farm Schools in the Dominions, where they would grow up and be trained to become farmers and farmer's wives on the land.This chapter examines the underlying motivations and aims of the British government and of the CES to develop, fund, and carry out this social welfare policy during the interwar period. Special focus is placed on the (gendered) experience of growing up on a Fairbridge Farm School. The strategies of action used by the CES in order to gain the support of the wider public, and in the political sphere for their undertaking is analyzed.
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Mazur-Kumrić, Nives, and Ivan Zeko-Pivač. "TRIGGERING EMERGENCY PROCEDURES: A CRITICAL OVERVIEW OF THE EU’S AND UN'S RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND BEYOND." In EU 2021 – The future of the EU in and after the pandemic. Faculty of Law, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.25234/eclic/18300.

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The large-scale COVID-19 pandemic is a severe public health emergency which poses distressing social and economic challenges to the international community as a whole. In order to provide immediate and effective support to affected welfare and healthcare systems as well as to build their lasting, inclusive and sustainable recovery, both the European Union and the United Nations have introduced a number of urgent measures aiming to help and protect citizens and economies. This paper looks into the specificities of urgent procedures launched and carried out by the two most influential international organisations with a view to rapidly respond to the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis. More specifically, it focuses on the involved institutions and steps of urgent procedures as well as on their most remarkable outcomes. In the case of the European Union, the emphasis is put primarily on two Coronavirus Response Investment Initiatives (CRIIs), adopted during the Croatian Presidency of the Council in one of the fastest legal procedures in the history of the European Union, and the Recovery Assistance for Cohesion and the Territories of Europe (REACT-EU) as an extension of the CRIIs’ crisis repair measures. The overarching United Nations’ response is assessed through an analysis of its urgent policy agenda developed on the premise that the COVID-19 pandemic is not only a health and socio-economic emergency but also a global humanitarian, security and human rights crisis. This particularly includes procedures foreseen by the Global Humanitarian Response Plan (GHRP) and the Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan (SPRP). In addition, the aim of the paper is to provide a critical overview of the subject by highlighting three pivotal elements. First, the paper sheds light on the financial aspects of the urgent fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, necessary for turning words into action. Notably, this refers to funds secured by the Multiannual Financial Frameworks 2014-2020 and 2021-2027, and the Next Generation EU recovery instrument, on the one hand, and the UN COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund, the UN Central Emergency Response Fund and the Solidarity Response Fund, on the other hand. Second, it offers a comparative evaluation of the end results of the European and global emergency procedures in mitigating the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Finally, it summarises the underlying elements of measures governing the aftermath of the ongoing crisis, i.e. those promoting a human-centred, green, sustainable, inclusive and digital approach to future life.
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Raitoharju, Reetta, and Katja Heikkinen. "Promoting health and well-being of entrepreneurs with health technology." In CARPE Conference 2019: Horizon Europe and beyond. Valencia: Universitat Politècnica València, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/carpe2019.2019.10172.

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In Finland the number of entrepreneurs over 55 years old has increased from 60000 to 100000 between 2000-2010. The growth has continued since and now, there are 113000 entrepreneurs in Finland who have reached the age of 55. Most of the companies in Finland are micro or SSM´s and the responsibility of entrepreneurs´health and wellbeing is ofthen on the shoulders of the entrepreneurs themselves. Supporting this group by giving them means more effectively to take action in preventiong work- and age-related injuries and problems can help in proonging careers.Entrefox is a project funded by European Social Fund and it aims at promoting health and wellbeing of entrepreneurs and future entrepreneurs over the age of 55 espicially following the principles of active ageing and lifelong learning. Three groups of 10 entrepreneurs will be organized to crate their own wellbeing pland and to give them meand to follow the progress of their own plan. Health technology will be used to help observing and motivating the process. Futrhermore, students from different fields (physiotherapy, engineering, health promoting) will be included to support the entrepreneurs.
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García Martín, Fernando Miguel, Fernando Navarro Carmona, Eduardo José Solaz Fuster, Víctor Muñoz Macián, María Amparo Sebastià Esteve, Pasqual Herrero Vicent, and Anna Morro Peña. "Obsolescence of urban morphology in Villena (Spain). Spatial analysis of the urban fabric in the ISUD/EDUSI candidature." In 24th ISUF 2017 - City and Territory in the Globalization Age. Valencia: Universitat Politècnica València, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/isuf2017.2017.6206.

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The Integrated Sustainable Urban Development strategy (English acronym ISUD, Spanish acronym EDUSI) is an urban planning tool that the municipalities with more than 20.000 inhabitants in Spain need to be funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) in the 2014-2020 period. The city of Villena is located south- east Spain, inland the province of Alicante. The Villena municipality developed this tool in order to have a holistic and integrated vision of the situation of the city from the urban, social, economic and environmental points of view. As a part of the analysis performed to develop this strategy, a spatial analysis of the urban fabric of Villena was carried out. This study employed concepts from the typomorphological schools of Italy, England and France (Moudon, 1994) as well as from the research on relation between density and urban form (Churchman, 1999, Berghauser & Pont, 2009, Steadman, 2014). The data and cartography of the Spanish Cadaster, processed with SIG software, allowed the study. The spatial analysis included different variables of the built environment, including building height and age; plots size; open space ratios, Not-built plots; type of built-plots according to height and built surface; and compactness of the fabrics. The results of this analysis showed a relationship between the morphological variables and the problems identified in the citizen participation meetings carried out for the elaboration of the ISUD. The identified aspects of urban morphology obsolescence allowed proposing strategies of action to update the built environment to current demands. References (100 words) Berghauser Pont, M., & Haupt, P. (2009). Space, density and urban form. TU delft. Retrieved from http://repository.tudelft.nl/view/ir/uuid%253A0e8cdd4d-80d0-4c4c-97dc-dbb9e5eee7c2/ Churchman, A. (1999). Disentangling the concept of density. Journal of Planning Literature, 13(4), 389–411. Moudon, A. V. (1994). Getting to know the built landscape: typomorphology. In K. A. Franck & L. H. Schneekloth (Eds.), Ordering space: types in architecture and design (pp. 289–311). New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold. Steadman, P. (2014). Density and built form: integrating “Spacemate” with the work of Martin and March. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 41(2), 341–358.
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