Browsing Publications and Documents by Country/Region "Malawi"
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Accelerating Sustainable Development in Africa: Country Lessons from Applying Integrated Approaches
(2017)This report illustrates how policy makers, government staff and development practitioners can start putting in place what the former UN Secretary General called: “a practical twenty-first century development model that ... -
Atlas of Africa Energy Resources
(2017)This Atlas compiles and synthesizes regional and national information. It presents the scale and distribution of energy resources, production and consumption trends, as well as the existing potential for environmentally ... -
City-Level Decoupling: Urban Resource Flows and the Governance of Infrastructure Transitions – Annex: Case Studies from Selected Cities
(2013)These cases were selected to showcase innovative and visionary approaches to sustainable infrastructure change across a broad range of contexts, and are intended to demonstrate the abundance of options available that could ... -
Compendium of Environmental Laws of African Countries : Volume VI - Sectoral Environmental Laws and Regulations
(1998)The Compendium of Environmental Laws of African Countries was published for the first time in 1996. The 1996 Edition of the Compendium is produced in about four volumes. The first volume contains the framework environmental ... -
Compendium of Environmental Laws of African Countries Volume I - Framework Laws and EIA Regulations
(1996)The Compendium of Environmental Laws of African Countries was published for the first time in 1996. Volume I contains texts of framework laws as well as EIA Regulations, which had been received by that time. -
Compendium of Environmental Laws of African Countries Volume VII: Sectoral Environmental Laws and Regulations
(1998)The Compendium of Environmental Laws of African Countries was published for the first time in 1996. The 1996 Edition of the Compendium is produced in about four volumes. The first volume contains the framework environmental ... -
The Cost of the Gender gap in Agricultural Productivity in Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda
(2015)The report provides a unique quantification of the costs in terms of lost growth opportunities and an estimate of what societies, economies, and communities would gain if the gender gap in agriculture is addressed. The ... -
The Cost of the Gender Gap in Agricultural Productivity: Five African Countries
(2018)Women represent over half of the agricultural labour force in Sub-Saharan Africa. Their substantive contribution to agriculture and their vital role in ensuring family food security have been widely documented. However, ... -
Energy Profile: Malawi
(2017)By 2013, the population of Malawi was 16.19 million. In 2015, total electricity produced was 252 ktoe of which 98.4 per cent came from hydro sources (Table 2). In the same year, the final consumption of electricity was 148 ... -
An Environmental Impact Assessment Framework for Africa
(1994)This environmental impact assessment (EIA) framework attempts to provide broad guidelines to help African countries integrate environmental concerns in their National Development Strategies (NDS) through appropriate ... -
Factors Driving the Gender Gap in Agricultural Activity: Malawi
(2018)This study confirms the presence of a gender gap in agricultural productivity in rural Malawi. Agriculture comprises 30% of Malawi's gross domestic product. Closing the gender gap in Malawi could result in an increase of ... -
Implementing the African Elephant Action Plan: Southern Africa Projects
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Industries and Enforcement of Environmental Law in Africa: Industry Experts Review Environmental Practice
(1997)This volume presents the actual presentations by representatives of industries from ten African countries on the question of rational management of the environment and natural re-sources. Among them were representatives ... -
Infoterra: 15 Years of Making a Difference - Exchange of Environmental Experience Series No. 4
(1992)The series, entitled Exchange of Environmental Experience, grew out of a recognition that a great deal of valuable experience on the environment was being shared through the INFOTERRA network, and perhaps much of this ... -
Institutional Mapping for Malawi: Final Draft Report
(2008)This report provides a detailed assessment of the structures and processes encompassing key Government institutions and civil society organisations in the area of development, environment and natural resource management. ... -
Internship Project On the Land Use Policies and Land Tenure In the Arid and Semi-arid Countries of Post-Independence Africa
(1993)This project on land use policy and land tenure in the and and semi-arid countries of post-independence Africa has spanned the course of just under six weeks.We have compiled information on the following countries: Algeria, ... -
Mainstreaming climate change adaptation into development planning: a guide for practitioners
(UNEPUNDP, 2011)Climate change adaptation is an area of growing concern and engagement for many developing countries. The myriad and uncertain effects of a changing climate pose significant risks for development and achievement of the ... -
Malawi Census Report
(2008)Population and housing censuses have regularly been conducted in Malawi since the colonial era. However, the most comprehensive censuses have only been undertaken during the post-colonial period starting with the 1966 ... -
Malawi State of Environment and Outlook Report
(2010)The State of Environment and Outlook Report was commenced in 2009 with support from the joint UNDP-UNEP Poverty and Environment Initiative. The 2010 SEOR provides a detailed account of environmental trends and dynamics ... -
Malawi State of Environment and Outlook Report
(Ministry of Natural Resources Energy and Environment, 2010)Malawi is endowed with a diversified natural resource base, including some of the most fertile soils for agricultural use in Southern Africa, closed forest resources covering about 30 percent of the land, abundant water ...
