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The Malawi health sector faces numerous challenges in delivering quality health care, including chronic under-funding. In light of direct donor budgetary support freeze, sustainability of the universal access model has been questioned and introduction of user fees proposed to mitigate financing gaps. This study aimed at generating demand side ev... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2016
Author: Misomali, Amos Supervisor(s): Spy MunthaliDespite the profound contribution of the Grey Nuns to the promotion of girl education in Malawi, their history is missing from textbooks and library shelves, leading to ignorance about them. The purpose of this qualitative and phenomenological study was to examine the lived experiences of these sisters in their quest of promoting girl education.... Read more
School: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2016
Author: Masanda, Amon Supervisor(s): Macloud SalanjiraLaboratory-based experiments were conducted using Bacillus thuringiensis var israelinsis (Bti) to establish the efficacy of Bti on Anopheles and Culex mosquito larvae collected within Zomba district. The study evaluated two formulations of Bti namely VectoBac® WG and VectobaBac® 12AS against selected species of mosquito larvae. Mosquito samples ... Read more
School: School of Natural and Applied Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2016
Author: Chiumia, Martin Supervisor(s): D PembaA retrospective cohort study was done on adult TB in-patients database from Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) SPINE database to identify factors explaining time to discharge from hospital while accounting for a competing event: death. The study aimed to apply and compare competing risk models on TB data. Semi-parametric Cause-specific haza... Read more
School: School of Natural and Applied Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2016
Author: Twabi, Halima Sumayya Supervisor(s): Mavuto MukakaThe research study is a critical investigation of the role the indigenous pastors have played over the years to the growth of the Malawi Assemblies of God (MAOG) since its inception in 1947. Through the lens of the concept of indigenization in missions, the study explored the factors that have made the names of Malawian pastors absent and muted ... Read more
School: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2015
Author: Master, Charles Dalitso Goodson Supervisor(s): Joseph ThipaThe study explored how civil society organisations participate in education policy process (policy formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation) in Malawi. The study used Arnstein’s ladder of citizen participation to understand participation of CSOs in education policy process in addition to key-informant interviews to hear policy acto... Read more
School: School of Education
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2015
Author: Ndolo, Philemon Supervisor(s): Joseph ChimomboThe study findings reveal that most public university students apply for loans because of poverty. Other students apply for the loans because of weaknesses in student loan administration, fear to lose their money and following fellow students who are getting money from student loan scheme. Graduates fail to repay student loans because of not bei... Read more
School: School of Education
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2015
Author: Mushani, Fletcher Adams Jovial Supervisor(s): Samson MacJessie-MbeweUsing primary data from secondary and tertiary education institutions demand for sexual and reproductive health services among female youth in Lilongwe was assessed. Simple Logit model and Multinomial Logit model were used to assess factors affecting current usage and probability of choosing a sexual and reproductive health method respectively. ... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2015
Author: Msere, Harry W Supervisor(s): Levison ChiwaulaCorporal punishment is the use of physical force intended to cause some degree of pain or discomfort for discipline, correction, and control, changing behaviour or in the belief of educating or bringing up the child. The purpose of the study was to explore teachers’ perspectives regarding the policy prohibiting the use of corporal punishment in ... Read more
School: School of Education
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2015
Author: Kasitomu, Moses Supervisor(s): Macloud SalanjiraThis study was undertaken to assess the impact of institutional reforms and subsequent privatization in the development of Malawi Stock Exchange (MSE) and stock performance. The study split the MSE listings into privatization and normal categories. It thereafter reviews the development of the MSE by the number of listings, growth in market capit... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2015
Author: Jere, Benson Wanikomola Supervisor(s): Winfred MasanjalaIn Malawi, total fertility rate (TFR) has remained high at 6.0 children per woman. Use of modern contraceptive methods is lower at 42 percent than the current demand at 72 percent. This has resulted in high unmet contraception need, currently at 26 percent (NSO and ICF Macro 2011). The available evidence suggests that there are barriers to contr... Read more
School: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Research type: Doctoral Thesis Issue year: 2015
Author: Chipeta, Effie Kondwani Supervisor(s): Alister MunthaliInternational Commercial Arbitration has become the preferred method of resolving international commercial disputes. Due to this preference, investment and trade have increased. Over the years institutional rules have been preferred over ad hoc arbitration rules. This is despite the fact that most institutional rules are based on the model UNCIT... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2015
Author: Munthali, Beyani Todd Supervisor(s): Zolomphi NkowaniThe regulation of anti-competitive trade practices in Malawi is governed by the CFTA and is conducted by the CFTC. Recently, the CFTC has been issuing enterprises with notices that their trade practices are anti-competitive hence prohibited and requiring them to file notifications costing about MK1 million. However, the prescribed definition of ... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2015
Author: Mzanda, Okotahiyani Yasinta Supervisor(s): Edge Fidelis KanyongoloDemocratic decentralization is the policy direction that Malawi adopted to harness local development by opening up the space to diverse actors. This study explored the role of informal civil society in enhancing democratic local governance in Nkhata Bay district with Nkhata Bay Citizens Caretaker Committee and Citizen Forum Committees as case st... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2015
Author: Mwenda, Natasha Salome Supervisor(s): Richard TambulasiThe number of street children in the major cities of Malawi continues to rise. In order to address this problem and the plight of street children, the government of Malawi and some NGO’s started to remove these children from the harsh street environment to safer places, some of which are institutions (foster homes). However, some of the children... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2015
Author: Mussa, Razak Lewis Supervisor(s): Charles ChilimampungaThe Cox proportional Hazard model has been broadly used and most popular technique in survival analysis. Under certain situations parametric models may offer advantages over Cox proportional hazard model. In this study five parametric models and the Cox proportional hazard model were fitted. The main objective in this study was to compare the pe... Read more
School: School of Natural and Applied Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2015
Author: Dzinza, Rabson Joseph Mangison Supervisor(s): Jimmy NamangaleThis study investigates the determinants of Chinese outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) in Africa. The study covers 37 African countries over a period of six years from 2005 to 2010. The study used a fixed effects model and differenced GMM for empirical estimations. Using the Stock of Chinese investment in Africa, the study found that Chine... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2015
Author: Singini, Khwima Supervisor(s): Ephraim ChirwaMalawi uses an 8-4-4 education system and the official entry to primary school is six years. However data from EMIS shows that the ages of new entrants to Standard One ranges from 4 years to 11 years. Standard One efficiency indicators for primary education show that the promotion rate is at 62.7%; repetition rate is at 24.5%; and dropout rat... Read more
School: School of Education
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2015
Author: Namagowa, Christopher Francis Supervisor(s): Bob Wajizigha ChuluIn its endeavour to mitigate financial mismanagement in public secondary schools of Malawi and enhance financial prudence, transparency and accountability, the Government of Malawi (GoM) gave headteachers some autonomy and decentralized financial management. This followed the trends observed in many other countries worldwide in the last thre... Read more
School: School of Education
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2015
Author: Mudolo V.M. Supervisor(s): Richard NyirongoThe purpose of this study was to examine the Effect of adjusting cut scores across the years on grading categories of Malawi School Certificate Education Examination (MSCE) Mathematics paper I. The study was conducted in view of the need for comparability of standards across different administrations to ensure consistency in examination results ... Read more
School: School of Education
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2015
Author: Pindani, Bitmon Kachingwe Supervisor(s): Bob Wajizigha Chulu