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dc.contributor.authorTostensen, Arne
dc.contributor.editorEriksen, Stein Sundstøl
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-19T20:04:12Z
dc.date.available2017-10-19T20:04:12Z
dc.date.created2017-10-19T15:24:24Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.issn1894-650X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2461122
dc.descriptionReport commissioned by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
dc.description.abstractThis report provides a comprehensive political economy analysis of contemporary Malawi. The country epitomises the primacy of patrimonial politics – including endemic corruption – with a powerful presidency at the helm and a weak legislature, although with a largely independent judiciary. Political parties, barely distinguishable in terms of policies and ideology, are dominated by strong personalities whose regional and ethnic provenance influence voter preferences. Political clientelism, characterised by informal decision-making, trumps sound economic policy formulation and implementation, despite purported efforts to reform and build institutions based on legal-rational Weberian principles. This inhibits long-term transformation of the ailing agrarian economy vulnerable to climate change. The report recounts salient features of social sectors such as education and health, and highlights the burden posed by high population growth rates on resources and social services. Improvements have been noted in civil and political rights but less in economic and social rights owing largely to the fact that half the population live in poverty. Apart from social and electoral cleavages, Malawi exhibits no serious domestic conflicts. A dispute with Tanzania over the northern part of Lake Malawi remains unresolvednb_NO
dc.description.sponsorshipReport commissioned by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairsnb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherNorsk Utenrikspolitisk Instituttnb_NO
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNUPI Report;
dc.rightsNavngivelse-Ikkekommersiell-DelPåSammeVilkår 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleMalawi: A Political Economy Analysis. Landanalyserapportnb_NO
dc.typeResearch reportnb_NO
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionnb_NO
dc.rights.holderThe text may not be printed in part or in full without the permission of the author.
dc.source.pagenumberxi, 63 p.nb_NO
dc.identifier.cristin1506017
cristin.unitcode7471,0,0,0
cristin.unitnameNorsk Utenrikspolitisk Institutt
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