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This study provides empirical evidence on the existence of a long run equilibrium relationship between the effects of monetary policy on stock market performance in Malawi using the ARDL bounds testing approach to cointegration. The study uses monthly data for the period November, 1996 to April, 2012. The study reveals that in the short run it i... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2013
Author: Kumwenda, Thomson Nelson Supervisor(s): Ben Kaluwa , Ronald ManganiThe economy of Malawi is feeling the effects of persistent trade deficits. This has resulted in recurrent shortage of foreign currency on the formal market. This study puts up a case for increasing exports into the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) and Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) regions. A view peddled by t... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2013
Author: Namarika, Bisa Supervisor(s): Exley SilumbuThis study investigates the impact of financial sector development on the international competitiveness of Malawi sugar using the ARDL bounds testing approach to co-integration. The study uses annual data for the period 1980 to 2010 and the co-integration test results indicate a long-run negative relationship between financial sector development... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2013
Author: Mwale, Phillip Supervisor(s): Richard Mussa , Patrick KambewaThis study was undertaken to find out if the macroeconomic variables and institutions can account for stock market development and volatility on the Malawi Stock Exchange. The study employs a GARCH (1, 1) model with quarterly data from 1996q4 to 2012q1. The empirical results indicate that macroeconomic variables and institutional factors have si... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2013
Author: Chijere, Chimwemwe Supervisor(s): Ronald ManganiThis study investigated the causes of low flows in the Lingoni River, Mposa area in Machinga district. A total of 60 rice farmers, 25 (42%) males and 35 (58%) females were randomly sampled for interviews. In addition, irrigation aspects like water conveyance efficiency, water application efficiency, scheme irrigation efficiency, water distributi... Read more
School: School of Natural and Applied Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2013
Author: Hussein, Daniel Supervisor(s): Geoffrey Chavula , James ChimphambaA lot of views have been expressed on how Naipaul and Armah portray neocolonialism. On the one hand the dominant view is that the two writers negate the image of Africa through the portrayal of neocolonialism, while on the other hand the dominant view is that the writers are simply addressing the reality on the ground. However, the main argument... Read more
School: School of Arts, Communication and Design
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2013
Author: Udedi, Lawrence Macdonald Supervisor(s): Brighton Kamanga , Bright MolandeThis study examines the factors that affect the probability of consumer loans default using data from Greenwing Capital Limited, a Microfinance Institution in Malawi. This study uses a logit regression to analyse factors that cause default. The study investigates the impact of indebtedness, loan amount, loan term, gender and education on the pro... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2013
Author: Pangani, Mwandida Clement Supervisor(s): Richard MussaThis study uses consumer behavior theory to analyze the effects of educational attainments on early marriage among women in Malawi. A latent variable approach (LVA), from which a probit model is derived is used to estimate the effects of education attainments on early marriage among women. Within this framework, the study uses a conceptual model... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2013
Author: Kajumi, Murphy Supervisor(s): Spy MunthaliCultivation of improved varieties is one way of increasing productivity of many crops especially in developing countries where there is pressure of land due to high population growth. Adoption studies have proved to be helpful in giving the picture of the performance of technologies amongst users like farmers and in line with this the study was ... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Kapalasa, Eliya Gideon Supervisor(s): G Kumchulesi , Ben KaluwaThis research analysed technical efficiency and its’ determinants for off-farm micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in Malawi. A dataset from the GEMINI Baseline Survey of 2000 was used. This was a nationwide micro, small and medium enterprise survey and from this dataset, a usable sample of 2231 enterprises were analysed in this study. The stocha... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Chauluka, Ekari Ndone Supervisor(s): Ephraim ChirwaLack of effective storage facilities to mitigate post harvest losses threatens the profitability of harvested maize grains. In Malawi, small scale farmers use traditional cribs, gunny bags and pesticides which just aggravate the losses. Currently small metallic grain storage facilities, which have proven to be effective, have been introduced. Th... Read more
School: School of Natural and Applied Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Simbeye, Wongani Zgawa Supervisor(s): Patrick KambewaRural households in Malawi have various livelihood strategies which have long term effects on household food security. This study explains the role of livelihood strategies on rural household food security in Malawi. The study further searches for reasons for the disparities in household food security in rural areas. Based on household level dat... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Ng'ambi, Winfore Darson Kasanda Supervisor(s): Patrick Kambewa , Asiyati Lorraine ChiwezaMobile payment system enables consumers to purchase goods and services as well as transfer money using a mobile phone. This qualitative study aimed at investigating the factors that are affecting consumers in nusing mobile payment systems in Malawi. People who have used a mobile payment system called Zap were interviewed. Snowball sampling techn... Read more
School: School of Natural and Applied Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Nyirenda, Menard Supervisor(s): Harry GombachikaThe aim of the study was to investigate how teachers of Chichewa taught grammar amidst lack of clarity displayed in the current Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) curriculum. The main goal of CLT is to help learners to develop communicative competence. In C LT instructional materials, grammar is matched to language functions or situations. Ho... Read more
School: School of Education
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Nkhoma, Wisdom Akuzike Alban Supervisor(s): Allan LipengaThe African Diaspora was born as a result of the trans-Atlantic slave trade which saw millions of people of African origin displaced and dispossessed of their culture. Working in plantations under dehumanizing conditions, black people were forced to adapt to the New World and to adopt the values of the dominant society However, they were able to... Read more
School: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Mtenje, Asante Lucy Supervisor(s): Bright MolandeEnglish is the language of Law in non-traditional courts in Malawi where about forty-five percent of the population are not proficient in English. When a person who is not proficient in the language is involved in a court case being tried in the non-traditional court, an interpreter is required to interpret the proceedings from and into English.... Read more
School: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: School of Humanities and Social Sciences Supervisor(s): Edrinnie Kayambazinthu , Pascal KishindoMalawi adopted Outcome-Based Education (OBE) in 2001 reflected in the primary curriculum and assessment reform (PCAR). This study aimed at investigating the implementation of OBE in Malawi primary schools. Specifically, the study intended to investigate the experiences of teachers and explore opportunities and challenges in the process of implem... Read more
School: School of Education
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Chiziwa, Wezzie K.M.C. Supervisor(s): Esthery Dembo KunkwenzuThe aim of this study was to find out the effectiveness of the Bilingual approach to learning in the schools of the Hearing Impaired (HI). The Bilingual approach to learning for the HI was introduced in Malawi by the Ministry of Education in January, 2005 as a way of realizing a uniform way of teaching learners with HI. To collect data for the s... Read more
School: Not available.
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Shaba, Mapopa Mgombera Supervisor(s): Pascal Kishindo , Edrinnie KayambazinthuThis thesis analyzes the impact of poverty and HIV and AIDS knowledge on risky sexual behaviour. Risky sexual behaviour is defined as sex with non-marital/non cohabiting partners without using a condom. Two alternative measures of poverty are used: income and wealth status. Wealth status is used in order to establish the robustness of the povert... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Chirwa, Gowokani Chijere Supervisor(s): Ephraim Chirwa , Levison ChiwaulaThis study focuses on maintenance of Chisenga, a minority language spoken in Mchinji district situated in the central western part of Malawi that borders with Zambia. The study aims at exploring factors governing the maintenance of Chisenga among the Nsenga that settled within the predominant Chichewa speaking area. The methodology was predomina... Read more
School: School of Education
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Chikaipa, Victor Supervisor(s): Edrinnie Kayambazinthu , Pascal Kishindo