Poverty mapping applies models of household welfare developed from detailed household consumption and expenditure surveys to the extensive but less detailed data from national censuses.
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Why the poor in rural Malawi are where they are
"We examine the spatial determinants of the prevalence of poverty for small spatially defined populations in rural Malawi. Poverty prevalence was estimated using a small-area poverty estimation technique.
"This paper discusses enabling and constraining factors related to the scaling-up of the Scaling Up HIV/AIDS Interventions Through Expanded Partnerships (STEPs) initiative, supported by Save the Children U.S.A.
Poverty in Malawi, 1998
"This paper presents the poverty analysis of the 1997 98 Malawi Integrated Household Survey.
Scaling up community-driven development
"While many community-driven development (CDD) initiatives may be successful, their impact is often limited by their small scale.
Dietary diversity as a food security indicator
Household food security is an important measure of well-being.
Empirical measurements of households' access to credit and credit constraints in developing countries
This paper presents a new methodological framework for measuring the level of household access to credit.
Determinants of household access to and participation in formal and informal credit markets in Malawi
The paper uses the concept of credit limit to analyze the determinants of household access to and participation in informal and formal credit markets in Malawi.
Impact of access to credit on income and food security in Malawi
The paper departs from the standard practice that takes the estimated marginal effects of either the amount of credit received or membership in a credit program as measures of the impact of access to credit on household welfare.
Market access by smallholder farmers in Malawi
In Malawi, maize is the major crop and food staple.