Malawi

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Africa Research Institute on Malawi (2016) (London, UK)
- Scholarly commentary and policy papers on Malawian affairs. "[Since 2007, the non-partisan think-tank] ARI informs domestic and international policymaking by promoting best practice and progressive ideas for government, the economy and civil society."
- Duty of care: constitutional and law reform in Malawi (September 2012) by Janet Chikaya-Banda 24 pages in PDF format
- Planting ideas: how agricultural subsidies are working in Malawi (2008) by Blessing Chinsinga & Aoiffe O'Brien 91 pages in PDF format
African Development Bank Group on Malawi (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire)
Basic economic indicators and links to other "country operations" reports
AFIDEP--African Institute for Development Policy (Nairobi, Kenya; Lilongwe, Malawi)
"...an international non-profit policy think tank whose mission is to translate and enable utilisation of research evidence in policy-making in the fields of Population Change and Sustainable Development, Health Systems Strengthening, Education and Skills Development (Transformative Education) and Strengthening Capacity for demand and use of research evidence in policy-making spaces in Africa."
--See especially: AFIDEP Research Reports --and-- annual reports, news, policy briefs, and other publications
"Malawi Full Inquiry Report on Bingu wa Matharika's Death" (March 2013) The Nyasa Times, March 7, 2013 (Blantyre, Malawi)
Report of the Commission of Inquiry Into the Circumstances of the Death of the Late President Ngwazi Prof. Bingu wa Matharika and into the Political Transition Following His Death
Central Bank of Malawi (See Reserve Bank of Malawi below)
Chichewa/Chinyanja/English Dictionary Online (Heart for Malawi, Veenendall, The Netherlands)
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA): COMSTAT Data Hub: Profile--Malawi (2017) (Lusaka, Zambia)
Commonwealth Secretariat: Malawi Country Profile (London, UK)
Constitution of Malawi (1994, amended 1999) --via Constitute, Comparative Constitutions Project, University of Texas at Austin, USA
-- See also: The Constitution (2006), via The Government of Malawi -and- Law Society below
COVID-19 in Malawi
- BMJ Global Health: "The health policy response to COVID-19 in Malawi," May 18, 2021. (London, UK)
- Malawi. Ministry of Health: COVID-19 National Information Dashboard (2021)
- Malawi. National Statistical Office: COVID-19 Impact Monitoring (phone surveys), 2020-2021
- Public Heatlh Institute of Malawi
  --See especially: COVID-19 Situation Reports (April-May 2020)
Cyclone Idai
- Mail & Guardian (South Africa): "Mozambique, Zimbabwe cyclone deaths exceed 300 as UN boosts aid," March 20, 2019.
- The New Humanitarian (Switzerland): "Briefing: The Response to Cyclone Idai," March 21, 2019.
- UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Switzerland): Reliefweb on Tropical Cyclone Idai, March 2019
Demographic and Health Surveys: Malawi Indicators, Datasets, and Reports, 2024 and earlier (Calverton, Maryland)
Elections in Malawi, 2025 and earlier
- African Elections Project: "Malawi's 2025 Presidential Contest," September 16, 2025 (Accra, Ghana)
- BBC News: "Malawi's ex-president wins election in comeback at age 85," September 24, 2025. (London)
- European Union Election Observation Mission: Malawi, 2025 (Brussels, Belgium)
- Malawi Electoral Commission (2025) (Lilongwe)
- Elections in 2019 and earlier
  - IFES--International Foundation for Electoral Systems: Elections in Malawi 2019 (Washington, DC)
  - European Union Election Observation Mission to Malawi (May 2014) (Brussels, Belgium)
Food and Agriculture Organization: Malawi (Rome, Italy)
- FAO/GIEWS Country Brief on Food Security in Malawi (2025)
- FAOSTAT--Statistics on Food Security and Related Data on Malawi
- See also: Government of the Republic of Malawi: 2016-17 Food Insecurity Response Plan ; UN Agencies on Malawi (2016) ; and, USAID--FEWSNET (below)
- Malawi in the FAO Document Repository
- FAO Aquastat Programme -- 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."
- FAO Global Information and Early Warning System: FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission Special Report, June 2003
  See also: May 2002
Government of the Republic of Malawi -- Official Site (Lilongwe, Malawi)
- Agriculture and Food Security
  --See also: Facebook page for Ministry of Agriculture (2021)
- Energy
  --See also: ESCOM--Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi Ltd.
- Foreign Affairs
- Justice
- All Ministries
- 2016-17 Food Insecurity Response Plan. (June 2016). -- Lilongwe, Malawi: Office of the Vice President, Department of Disaster Management Affairs, 2016. 70 pages in PDF format.
- Malawi Law Commission:
  --Includes 230 page final report of the Commission's review of the Constitution (August 2007)
- See also: Malawi, National Statistical Office below.
Indiana University Libraries: H.K. Banda Archive, 1924-2005 (Bloomington, Indiana)
Finding aid and digitized samples (correspondence).
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 Business Coalition Against HIV/AIDS (MBCA) (Blantyre, Malawi)
This website includes highlights of project activities and a list of members. "MBCA is an umbrella organisation accredited by the Malawi Government to primarily coordinate and enhance the Private Sector response to HIV and AIDS in Malawi. MBCA gets its financial support from the MBCA Membership fees and the National AIDS Commission. MBCA...is led by the Board of Directors elected amongst the private sector members themselves."
Malawi Law Society (Lilongwe, Malawi)
Malawi Legal Information Institute (Lilongwe, Malawi)
Malawi SNDP -- Sustainable Development Network Programme (2014) (Blantyre, Malawi)
A government portal for government, business, and information services, funded by UNDP--United Nations Development Program, and executed by the National Research Council of Malawi.
National Bank of Malawi (Blantyre)
Malawi. National Statistical Office (Zomba, Malawi)
- Basic statistical data and downloadable reports from 2000; plus guides to sources.
- Malawi Data Portal
- Malawi in Figures 2023
- Malawi Population and Housing Census: 2008 ; 2018
- Malawi Statistical Yearbook 2023
- NSO Publications: Economy -and- Education
Online News for Malawi
- AllAfrica.Com on Malawi (AllAfrica Global Media, Ltd., Washington, DC)
  Selected current and recent news on Malawi from UN agencies and African news sources. Warning: a paid subscription is required to view news stories older than 30 days.
- BBC News on Malawi (British Broadcasting Corporation, London, UK)
- Malawi voice (Blantyre, Malawi)
  "An [independent] online news web site publishing daily news from Malawi on all sectors."
- Nyasa times. (Online) -- Blantyre, Malawi: NT Media Group, 2006-
  Current and recent news stories from this daily electronic newspaper, with selected articles for the last 6 months and a small searchable archive.
- The Times Group (Blantyre, Malawi)
  This web site features current and recent major news articles appearing in the Blantyre Newspapers: The Daily Times, Malawi News, and The Sunday Times.
"Preserving the future for Lake Malawi" (1997) (Joshua Nyambose)
Published in "African Technology Forum" (Online), 1997; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass.
Reserve Bank of Malawi Central Bank of Malawi (Lilongwe)
United Nations Agencies on Malawi
- UNDP--United Nations Development Programme on Malawi (Lilongwe, Malawi; New York)
  - UNDP in Malawi (Lilongwe)
  - 2023 Human Development Indicators and HD Report for Malawi
- UNESCO--United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization on Malawi (Paris)
  - UNESCO Malawi Page (2023)
  - Chongoni Rock Art Area, Malawi UNESCO World Heritage
- UNFPA--United Nations Population Fund: Search for Malawi Country Indicators, Policy Developments, and Overview (New York)
United States Agencies on Malawi (Washington, DC)
- United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
  - USAID--Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWSNET) on Southern Africa---Malawi
    Current news and analysis of the food security situation in Malawi and Southern Africa region -- read online or download as a PDF files; plus links to other FEWS NET resources.
- United States. Census Bureau. Foreign Trade Statistics:
  -- US-Malawi Trade Balance, 1992--
- United States. Central Intelligence Agency. World Factbook: Malawi (2025)
- United States. Department of State
  - Malawi Country Report on Human Rights Practices: 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023
    --Search by country for years: 1996-1999 -and- 1999-2015
  - U.S. Embassy in Malawi
Universities in Malawi
- Mzuzu University, Malawi (Programs in Education, ICT, and the Sciences)
- University of Malawi Home Page (Zomba, Malawi)
  - Bunda College of Agriculture
  - Centre for Social Research
    This site includes information about research programmes and lists of publications.
  - Chancellor College (Faculties of Arts & Sciences)
The World Bank on Malawi (Washington, DC)
- The World Bank in Malawi, 2025
  A brief country profile, project reports, news, and related links.
- Vulnerability to poverty in rural Malawi. (July 2016) Policy research working paper; 33 pages in PDF format.

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