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The CSR is a research institution within the Faculty of Social Science of the University of Malawi in Zomba. It undertakes both basic and applied research so as to generate information on priority problems of the country and channel the information to policy makers and planners. Main fields of research are: - Poverty and sustainable livelihoods - Environmental management and access to natural resources - Social and cultural dimensions of public health - Democracy and governance ... [according to site editor's information]

UNDP links global and national efforts to achieve the Millennium goals aims and helps host countries to find solutions to global and national development challenges. Main areas of activity are: - Democratic governance - Poverty reduction - Crisis prevention and recovery - Environment and energy Through the Resident Co-ordinator System UNDP plays a significant co-ordination role for the UN's activities in the field of development. ... [Redaktion ilissAfrica]

MUSTER focused on generating new understandings of teacher education before, during and after the point of initial qualification as a teacher. Its concerns included exploring how new teachers are identified and selected for training programmes, how they acquire the skills they need to teach effectively, and how they experience training and induction into the teaching profession. The research included analytical concerns with the structure and organisation of teacher education, the form and substance of teacher education curriculum, the identity, roles and cultural experience of trainee teachers, and the costs and probable benefits of different types of initial teacher training. The MUSTER Discussion Paper Series and the MUSTER Research Reports are dowloadable for free. [according to site editor's information] ... [supplemented]

ActionAid Malawi is an Associate of the international anti-poverty agency ActionAid International. It started work in Malawi in 1990 and works with some of the poorest and most remote parts of Malawi in 28 districts. Through its policy and advocacy work ActionAid aims to empower poor and excluded people to demand and achieve their basic rights. ... [according to site editor's information; editors ilissAfrica]