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Private investment, both domestic and foreign is one of the key players in economic development in Kenya. While developing countries as a whole attracted an annual average of $41 of Foreign Direct Investment( FDI) per capita in the period 1996-2003, Kenya only drew average annual inflows of $1.3 per capita, thereby missing out on the global surg... Read more
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Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2006
Author: Asuna, Monica Marren Supervisor(s): Ben Kaluwa , Winfred MasanjalaThis dissertation traces and examines the history of Lunjika Seventh-day Adventist Mission in Eswazini, a rural growth centre in Mzimba district. The importance of this mission for the overall Adventist mission history in Malawi cannot be understated. The mission a sister of Malamulo, Matandani and Luwazi missions in the spread of Adventist mess... Read more
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Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2006
Author: Banda, Macleard S. Supervisor(s): Klaus Fiedler , Felix ChingotaThis dissertation titled Stage Drama in Independent Malawi: 1980 to 2002 is a historical, performance and literary study of a significant period in Malawi’s theatre history. It focuses primarily on the academic / highbrow theatre produced at the University of Malawi, and its dichotomous counterpart, the professional popular commercial stage dram... Read more
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Research type: Doctoral Thesis Issue year: 2006
Author: Magalasi, Mufunanji Willard Moffati Supervisor(s): Olufemi AbodunrinThis thesis looks at what the church has currently been doing towards women's sexual and reproductive health issues. ln particular, the aim of the thesis is to find out how the Anglican Church is involving itself in improving women's sexual and reproductive health. The study gathered both physical and religious views and experiences. Physical ex... Read more
School: Not available.
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2006
Author: Kalalo, Chimwemwe Umboni Supervisor(s): Klaus Fiedler , Imran Shareef MohammedAfter the introduction of FPE in 1993/94 academic year, the UDF government started building schools in different parts of Malawi. Private contractors were hired. Some contractors did not build anything at the site; others did not complete their projects while others used low quality materials that resulted in substandard structures. The contract... Read more
School: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2006
Author: Mphande, Charity TemwachiInformation dissemination is very paramount in any developing activity. When a skilled person transfers what he knows to other people, through communication, the willing recipients of that information will more likely become knowledgeable as well. When the recipients of the information are not willing to take in the information and use it accord... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2006
Author: Mphaka, Patrick Luc Lefief Supervisor(s): C Chilima , L.Z MandaMalawi aspires to be a middle income country by the year 2020. At a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of US $151.50 per capita, as of 2003, Malawi is far behind the World Bank’s classification of a middle income country. The World Bank sets the GDP for a middle income country at US $2,046. Malawi has lately witnessed closures of a number of manufactu... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2006
Author: Mkandawire, Robert William Supervisor(s): Harry Gombachika , Simon ItayeThe commonly observed positive relationship between market concentration and profitability may be explained by non competitive pricing behaviour (monopoly) as argued by the structure-conduct performance hypothesis (SCP), or by the high efficiency of firms with dominant market shares as argued by the efficient-structure hypothesis. This study as... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2006
Author: Mwamba, Sylvia Supervisor(s): Ephraim Chirwa , Chinyamata ChipetaTime is a scarce resource. Economics is about the allocation of scarce resources to competing uses (Ruuskanen 2004). The problem of the producer’s choice (household) can be put as a time allocation problem: How many hours have to be allocated to agricultural and health production. Allocation of time is driven by the desire to produce the optimal... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2006
Author: Ndilowe, Peter H. Supervisor(s): Winfred Masanjala , Patrick KambewaIn this study, the demand for real money M1 and M2 is estimated for Uganda covering the period 1980-2004 on a quarterly basis. The modelling takes place within the framework of the ordinary least squares (OLS) single equation estimation method. The choice of this single equation estimation technique was because it is simple to use and it has bee... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2006
Author: Muhofa, Hamala Denis Supervisor(s): Exley Silumbu , Ronald ManganiPrivate investment, both domestic and foreign is one of the key players in economic development in Kenya. While developing countries as a whole attracted an annual average of $41 of Foreign Direct Investment( FDI) per capita in the period 1996-2003, Kenya only drew average annual inflows of $1.3 per capita, thereby missing out on the global surg... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2006
Author: Asuna, Monica Marren Supervisor(s): Ben Kaluwa , Winfred MasanjalaThis study has examined the effects of Government policy and Commodity price shocks on private investment in Kenya. Due to non-stationarity of the variables in the model and the existence of a cointegrating relation, an error correction mechanism was used. The estimated long-run results indicate that real GDP growth rate, real lending interest r... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2006
Author: Musengele, Benedict Musili Supervisor(s): Chinyamata Chipeta , Ronald ManganiBarely five years after its inception, the privatisation programme in Malawi was temporarily suspended in 2001. Government decided to suspend the program after the public questioned the benefits and expressed the fears of the negative impact of privatisation. This study contributes to the few available literature on the impact of privatisation i... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2006
Author: Kanyoma, Edwin Elliya Supervisor(s): Ephraim Chirwa , Ben KaluwaElectricity is a good not yet provided in most parts of rural Malawi because ESCOM (the sole provider) argues that it cannot profitably extend its supply because of high cost of installing transformers and the weak potential demand. As a result, the main sources of energy for cooking among rural Malawian households are firewood and charcoal. Lac... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2006
Author: Chilipaine-Banda, Talumba Supervisor(s): Ephraim Chirwa , Patrick KambewaInternational tourism is a fast growing industry generating half a trillion dollars in annual revenues and accounting for almost 10% of total international trade, and almost half of total trade in services. However, it has so far failed to receive the attention it deserves from mainstream economics. This study has investigated the determinants o... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2006
Author: M'madi, Martha Mwapasa Supervisor(s): Patrick Kambewa , Ben KaluwaThis dissertation traces and examines the history of Lunjika Seventh-day Adventist Mission in Eswazini, a rural growth centre in Mzimba district. The importance of this mission for the overall Adventist mission history in Malawi cannot be understated. The mission a sister of Malamulo, Matandani and Luwazi missions in the spread of Adventist mess... Read more
School: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2006
Author: Banda, Macleard S. Supervisor(s): Klaus Fiedler , Felix ChingotaThis dissertation titled Stage Drama in Independent Malawi: 1980 to 2002 is a historical, performance and literary study of a significant period in Malawi’s theatre history. It focuses primarily on the academic / highbrow theatre produced at the University of Malawi, and its dichotomous counterpart, the professional popular commercial stage dram... Read more
School: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Research type: Doctoral Thesis Issue year: 2006
Author: Magalasi, Mufunanji Willard Moffati Supervisor(s): Olufemi AbodunrinLife history traits, including age, growth, reproduction, recruitment pattern and mortality rates of L. gossei (Burgess & Axelrod, 1973) locally known as Chisawasawa from the south east arm of Lake Malawi were studied between March 2005 and February 2006. A total of 1208 male and female fish ranging from 58 – 146mm SL and 73 – 200mm TL were samp... Read more
School: Bunda College of Agriculture
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2006
Author: Singini, Wales Supervisor(s): E.K. Kaunda , M.C. BandaThe interface between the church and state, also called the social mission of the Church, remains a contentious question. It is traceable right back to the days of Jesus himself. For instance, when he was faced with the question about taxation Jesus expressly said: “give to Caesar what is Caesar ’s, but give to God what is G0d’s” (Mk 12: 17; Mat... Read more
School: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2006
Author: Chigona, Gerard L.M. Supervisor(s): Patrick KalilombeThe Marist Brothers came to Malawi in 1946 and have been working in the field of education ever since. They came almost at the dawn of secondary school education because, by then, only two secondary schools in Malawi, namely, Blantyre and Zomba Catholic were operational. The research examines how far St Marcellin Champagnat’s aims of founding th... Read more
School: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2006
Author: Mbewe, Mastone L.K. Supervisor(s): J.C. Chakanza , Dixie Maluwa-Banda