Essays about: "malawi"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 107 essays containing the word malawi.

1. 16. Behind the early warning: Improving impact-based forecasting of riverine floods in Malawi using passive microwave remote sensing

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Lone Mokkenstorm; [2021]
   Keywords : Physical Geography; Ecosystem Analysis; Early Warning; Riverine Floods; Humanitarian Work; Impact-based Forecasting; Malawi; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates whether freely available, coarse-resolution, Passive Microwave Remote Sensing (PMRS) data (37 GHz) can be effectively used for early warning systems for floods in Malawi. The Shire River Basin in Chikwawa and the smaller-scale North Rukuru River Basin in Karonga were studied using two alternative, ratio-based satellite indices that make use of the signal difference between wet and dry pixel cells: The m index and the rcmc index. READ MORE

3. 17. Implementation of coping and adaptive measures by non-governmental organisations during drought : A case-study of the international federation of the red cross and crescent societies in Sub-Saharan Africa

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Oskar Karlsson; [2021]
   Keywords : Coping; Adaptive; IFRC; International federation of the red cross; Namibia; Malawi; Vulnerability;

   Abstract : This thesis focuses on cases of drought since it is one of the most common and disastrous natural hazards that we experience on earth. Non-governmental organisations have traditionally offered humanitarian aid directed to response and relief measures. READ MORE

4. 18. The political economy of gender bias in access to fertiliser: A case study on fertiliser subsidies in Malawi and Tanzania

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Ruth Aernout; [2021]
   Keywords : Fertiliser; Gender Bias; Tanzania; Malawi; Input Subsidies; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : It is increasingly agreed upon by both scholars and policymakers that policies have different gendered effects. Agricultural input subsidies are highly debated policies in Africa. READ MORE

5. 19. THE ROLE OF BURSARIES IN ADDRESSING PROBLEMS EMERGING FROM INJUSTICES AND INEQAULITIES. A CASE STUDY APPROACH

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

   Author : Tione Gondwe; [2020-09-11]
   Keywords : Qualitative research; Social justice; Education;

   Abstract : Aim: The study explores the extent to which bursaries offer solutions to problems emerging from injustices and inequalities in Malawian Secondary Schools. It examines how bursaries are implemented in secondary schools and explores how beneficiaries perceive bursaries in Malawi. READ MORE

6. 20. Missing the mark on malaria?A quantitative study of the effects of the 2007 Malawian malaria treatment change on under-five mortality

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

   Author : Cecilia Smitt Meyer; [2020-02-18]
   Keywords : Under-five mortality; Difference-in-difference; Malaria; Malawi;

   Abstract : Malaria continues to impose a high burden on the Malawian population, in particular on children under the age of five, accounting for about 20 percent of all deaths among under-fives in 2000. In an effort to curb these numbers, the Malawian government launched a new Malaria Strategic Plan in 2005, aimed at reducing malaria morbidity and mortality. READ MORE