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• African Development Bank Group on Malawi (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire)
  Basic economic indicators and links to other "country operations" reports.
  
  
• Amnesty International on Malawi--Brief Profile (Washington, DC and New York)
  
  
• Chongoni Rock Art Area, Malawi UNESCO World Heritage (United Nations Educational, Scientifique and Cultural Organization, Paris, France)
  
  
• Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA): Malawi Home Page (Lusaka, Zambia)
  Basic country information, banking infrastructure, investment guidelines, and other major economic indicators.
  
  
• Council for Non-Governmental Organisations in Malawi (Blantyre, Malawi)
  The web site features a directory of member NGOs, general reports, information about council programs and related publications, and a members-only section.
  
  
• Demographic and Health Surveys: Malawi Indicators, Datasets, and Reports (2004) (Calverton, Maryland)
  
  
• Development Gateway Country Overview on Malawi (Washington, DC)
  A clearinghouse of links to a wide variety of organizational websites with economic data. Originally founded by The World Bank, the DG has been an "independent", donor-funded organization since 2001.
  
  
• Directory of Development Organizations: Malawi (2007) (Bert Wesselink, The Netherlands?) PDF format.
  
  
• FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization on Malawi (Rome, Italy)
  • FAO Global Information and Early Warning System: FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission Special Report, June 2003
    See also: May 2002.
    
    
  • FAO Aquastat Programme -- Search: Malawi, 2006
    A profile of water resources in Malawi. "The 'thirst' for water data is ever increasing and there is indeed considerable demand for data on rural water use from national governments and development agencies. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations initiated an activity in 1993 to meet this demand with particular focus on irrigation. This resulted in the AQUASTAT Programme, the objective of which is to generate rural water use data at country level in a systematic manner."
  
  
• Government of the Republic of Malawi -- Official Site (Lilongwe, Malawi)
  • The Ministries
  • Recent government publications: Malawi and the MDGs, Public Sector Investment, ICT for Development, Quarterly Economic Review, etc.
  • See also: Malawi, National Statistical Office below.
  
  
• Human Rights Internet: UN Human Rights System, For the Record: Malawi, 2002 | 2003 (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
  A small selection of treaties, other documents, and related links are available from this website.
  
  
• International Bureau of Education = Bureau de l'Education International: Malawi (UNESCO, Geneva, Switzerland)
  • Documents & resources on Malawi (reports and statistics)
  
  
• The International Monetary Fund: Malawi Country Info (Washington, DC)
  Summaries, full length reports, and recent news. Note: Some documents are in PDF format, requiring Adobe Acrobat.
  
  
• Malawi. National Statistical Office (Zomba, Malawi)
  • Basic statistical data, including HTML, JPG, and PDF downloadable reports from 2000; plus guides to sources. The site includes:
  • Atlas of social statistics. (Online) -- Zomba, Malawi: NSO, 2002.
  • Malawi in figures 2002. (Online) -- Zomba, Malawi: NSO, 2002.
  • The determinants of poverty in Malawi 1998: an analysis of the Malawi Integrated Household Survey, 1997-98. (June 2001) -- Lilongwe: National Economic Council of Malawi ; Zomba: National Statistical Office of Malawi ; Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute, 2001. PDF format.
  
  
• Malawi. Permanent Mission to the United Nations (New York; via DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois)
  See especially Malawi Links.
  
  
• Malawi Web Page (University of Pennsylvania)
  
  
• Malawi's Draft Constitution - 1994 (via University of Pennsylvania)
  
  
• MBendi AfroPaedia: Malawi (MBendi Information Services, South Africa)
  A basic profile of Malawi's economy, including its stock exchange.
  
  
• Nation, The. (Online) The Malawi Nation. -- Blantyre, Malawi: Nation Publications Ltd., 2005-
  The current issue of this daily electronic newspaper, with a small, searchable archive of recent back issues.
  
  
• National Information and Communications Infrastructure for Sustainable Development in Africa: Malawi, 1999 (United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
  General background, Internet connectivity data, and project information.
  
  
• Policy Project: Malawi (Futures Group, Washington, DC)
  A summary of assistance activities in HIV/AIDS policies and other reproductive health policies in Malawi, with downloadable reports in PDF format.
  
  
• "Preserving the future for Lake Malawi" (Joshua Nyambose)
  Published in "African Technology Forum" (Online), 1997; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass.
  
  
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Malawi (Lilongwe, Malawi; New York)
  • UNDP in Malawi (Lilongwe)
    
    
  • United Nations Development Programme -- Human Development Report Indicators for Malawi: 2003 | 2004 (New York)
    
    
  • UNDP Sustainable Livelihoods Unit
    -- UNDP/SL Home Page (General)
    -- "SADC Regional Workshop on Sustainable Livelihoods: Design and Implementation," Lilongwe, Malawi, June 29-July 2, 1998. (Abstract and Document)
    -- "Sustainable livelihoods in Malawi: a case study." (1999?) by Samir Wanmali
    -- Malawi PAPISL (1999?): A manual for community development facilitators.
  
  
• UNFPA--United Nations Population Fund: Malawi Country Profile (New York)
  
  
• United States Agencies on Malawi (Washington, DC)
  • United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
    • USAID on Malawi -- Country Information
      
      
    • USAID Development Experience Clearinghouse (General)
      Search the entire database for downloadable (in PDF) reports on projects and studies on Malawi.
    • USAID--Famine Early Warning System Network: FEWS NET Malawi Center
      Current news and analysis of the food security situation in Zimbabwe -- read online or download as a PDF files; plus links to other FEWS NET resources.
    • USAID Office of Sustainable Development: "Unrecorded cross-border trade between Malawi and Neighboring Countries," by I.J. Minde and T.O. Nakhumwa. PDF file. SD publication / Technical paper ; no. 90 (September 1998).
    
    
  • United States. Census Bureau. Foreign Trade Statistics:
    -- US-Malawi Trade Balance, 1992--
    -- US International Trade Statistics: Malawi, 1996-- (Search)
    
    
  • United States. Central Intelligence Agency. World Factbook: Malawi (2008)
    
    
  • United States. Department of State
    • Malawi Country Commercial Guide (PDF files): 2001 | 2000
    • Malawi Country Report on Human Rights Practices: 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007
    
    
  • United States. Commercial Service: Recent documents on Malawi economy: includes 2007 Commercial Guide. (International Trade Administration)
  
  
• University of Malawi Home Page (Zomba, Malawi)
  • Centre for Social Research
    This site includes information about research programmes and lists of publications; plus: "Gender and women's studies in Malawi: a national database, 1980-2000." Prepared by Paul Kakhongwe, Dec. 2000. -- Zomba, Malawi: University of Malawi, CSR, 2000.
  
  
• "Women's organizing abilities: two case studies of Kenya and Malawi" by Mario I. Aguilar and Laurel Birch de Aguilar. (Organizing for Development--An International Institute, Washington, DC)
  -- Focus on northern Kenya and central Malawi.
  
  
• The World Bank on Malawi (Washington, DC)
  • The World Bank in Malawi, 1999-
    A brief country profile, project reports, news, and related links.
  • Malawi - the World Bank and the agricultural sector (May 1998) OED Impact Evaluation Report ; no. 17898. -- Washington, DC : Operations Evaluations Department, The World Bank, 1998.
  • Two water projects in Malawi (May 1997) OED Pécis ; no. 146. -- Washington, DC : Operations Evaluations Department, The World Bank, 1997.
  • Smallholder-led growth in Malawi (March 1997) OED Précis ; no. 140. -- Washington, DC : Operations Evaluations Department, The World Bank, 1997.