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This paper examined the impact of increased openness to international trade on labour employment and income inequalities among 20 sub-Saharan African countries for the period between 1980 and 2002. The paper employed a panel vector autoregressive (Panel VAR) model to account for endogeniety in the variables in the model. The study used both the ... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Nyirenda, Augustine Mwendayekha Supervisor(s): Exley SilumbuAgro-forestry Food Security Programme (AFSP) promoted fertiliser trees, fruit trees, fuel wood trees and fodder tress with an objective of positively impacting on the livelihoods of smallholder farmers and their families. Using primary data from a sample of 141 households from two villages in Mulanje district the study addressed two specific obj... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2012
Author: Mfungwe, Lucky Bonhill Supervisor(s): Patrick Kambewa , Regson ChawezaThis study sought to explore the role of informal businesses in meeting people’s basic needs in Bolero in the wake of decreasing agricultural productivity, which is a major source of livelihoods in rural areas. Evidence suggests that agriculture alone cannot support rural livelihoods due to a number of factors including small acreage of land due... Read more
School: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2011
Author: Kambombe, Arthur Supervisor(s): Fred MsiskaThis thesis is an examination of the cultural resilience of the Ngoni under Inkosi Mpherembe in the north-western part of Mzimba District or Northern Ngoniland from late pre-colonial times to the recent post-independence period, in the face of challenges posed by Western Christianity and the Colonial as well as Post-Colonial States. It argues th... Read more
School: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2011
Author: Nyirenda, Jamu Kolanikolani BesThe aim of this study was to assess the physical and chemical quality of groundwater in relation to borehole location and seasonality in Chikhwawa District, Southern Malawi. A multi-stage borehole sampling procedure was used to randomly collect water samples from 20 boreholes (one sample per borehole) in triplicates. From the three main topograp... Read more
School: School of Natural and Applied Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2011
Author: Kasafalire, Alic Stephen Supervisor(s): S. Chiotha , Maurice MonjereziMalawi has one of the highest HIV prevalence rates in Southern Africa and the world, with the prevalence rate of between 12-14%. It is among countries with the highest prevalence in Southern Africa with other countries like Mozambique having the prevalence of 16.1%, South Africa 18.8% and Zimbabwe 20.1% as of 2005 (UNAIDS, 2006). Since 1990s, th... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2011
Author: Palamuleni-Kadzandira, Frida Precious Supervisor(s): Patrick Kambewa , Maxton TsokaShortage of land is a major contributor to poverty and food insecurity in Malawi. This problem is deep and more severe in female headed than male headed households. In order to address this problem, the Government of Malawi is implementing the Community Based Rural Land Development Project (CBRLDP), using a new approach to land redistribution ba... Read more
School: School of Natural and Applied Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2011
Author: Phiri-Kumwenda, Beatrice Patricia Supervisor(s): Paul Kishindo , Asiyati Lorraine ChiwezaThe early missionaries introduced formal education in Malawi in 1875 and formal education for learners with special needs (LSNs) began years later in the early 1950’s. The focus since has been on education for learners with sensory disabilities at primary and secondary levels of education which offers both segregated special education (in specia... Read more
School: School of Education
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2011
Author: Kamulaga, Flossie Supervisor(s): Samson MacJessie-MbeweThis study examines the performance of MPs in the oversight role of the National Assembly of Malawi by looking at the questions they raise in the House during a particular oversight instrument called question time. The study adopted a qualitative research design using analysis of documents and in-depth interviews to obtain information. The infor... Read more
School: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2011
Author: Kachule, RodneyThis study sought to examine problems, trends, and prospects of women’s numerical participation in politically appointed positions in the Malawi Public Service. The study focused on appointive positions ranging from P4/S4 to P2/S2 and their equivalents in purposively selected Government Ministries and Parastatals. Analysis of the evidence from t... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2011
Author: Nyirongo, Manfield Alexander MagwazaOne of the basic skills in the knowledge society is the ability to learn (Hoskins and Fredriksson, 2008). Effective and meaningful learning requires the use of appropriate learning strategies to achieve the learning goals. In this thesis, learning strategies are defined as activities and thoughts in which the learner engages for the mastery and ... Read more
School: School of Education
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2011
Author: Ngwira, Nameson Supervisor(s): Dorothy NampotaThe level of spoken English of primary school learners in Malawi remains unsatisfactory despite various efforts to ensure that learners acquire and develop English language speech proficiency. This has raised major concerns from various stakeholders considering the fact that English is a key to further education and employment. This study theref... Read more
School: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2011
Author: Lipenga, Martin Lucky Supervisor(s): Foster Kholowa , Grace ChiuyeThe study focuses on how informal institutions affect public policy implementation. Specifically. the focus is on whether informal practices involved during the distribution of agricultural inputs namely; the Starter Pack Scheme (SPT). Targeted Input Programme (TIP) and Agricultural Input Subsidy Programme (/\lSP) had impacted food security prog... Read more
School: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2011
Author: Maere, Joseph Boniface Mwaimwai Supervisor(s): Blessings ChinsingaDespite the potential of pigeon pea as an alternative cash crop, no adequate information on spatial market integration of the product has been documented. Motivated by wide pigeon price margins among spatially separated markets in the country this study conducted an economic analysis of the spatial integration of pigeon pea markets in Malawi. A ... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2011
Author: Katunga, Admire Supervisor(s): Levison ChiwaulaThis study investigated the impact of the universal subsidy program on households in Mwandama millennium villages in the Zomba district of Malawi. This was done by comparing yield before the agriculture intervention and after the intervention. There is a clear yield difference between the before the intervention period and the after the interven... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2011
Author: Mtika, Alick Galimoto Stephens Supervisor(s): Ben KaluwaThe study analyses the transmission of food price shocks to households in Zimbabwe. Studies examining the impact of food price shocks on households, especially in Africa, during the recent global food crisis look at the magnitude and incidence of the impact on either poverty prevalence or cost of living without attempting to decomposem impact mu... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2011
Author: Marire, Juniors Supervisor(s): Levison ChiwaulaThe study examines the factors that influence a household’s likelihood of facing credit constraints in formal credit markets in Malawi using cross section data from the 2008 Finscope Survey. Following a direct approach and employing logit model suggested by Jappelli (1990), the study has been able to investigate the factors that influence credit... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2011
Author: Banda, Benjamin Bisa Supervisor(s): Ronald ManganiThis thesis explores the productivity of workers as related to the use of Oracle Enterprise Resources Planning Systems at the Reserve Bank of Malawi. This study topic was influenced after considering that the bank had made considerable investment in ERP systems with the overall aim of improving productivity inclusive the worker productivity. A m... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2011
Author: School of Law, Economics and Government Supervisor(s): Lewis DzimbiriThis thesis explores the African America racial and sexual polarization as portrayed in Alice Walker’s The Color Purple, Meridian, Possessing the Secret of Joy and selected stories from In Love and Trouble: Stories about Black Women and You Can’t Keep a Good Woman Down. The study argues that both racism and sexism spring from the self’s cupidity... Read more
School: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2011
Author: Mazinga, Martino Kamwano Supervisor(s): Brighton KamangaThis study sought to explore the role of informal businesses in meeting people’s basic needs in Bolero in the wake of decreasing agricultural productivity, which is a major source of livelihoods in rural areas. Evidence suggests that agriculture alone cannot support rural livelihoods due to a number of factors including small acreage of land due... Read more
School: Not available.
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2011
Author: Kambombe, Arthur Supervisor(s): Fred Msiska