New research report: Peri-urban governance and the delivery of public goods in Malawi 2009-2011, Diana Cammack
23 Jan 2012
Report available to download
This new research report from APPP’s Local Governance and Leadership stream investigates governance surrounding the delivery of four public goods in Malawi:
- safe birthing (low rates of maternal mortality), looking closely at two controversial topics – abortion and the use of Traditional Birth Attendants
- security and public order, focussing on neighbourhood watches and on chiefs’ bwalo courts
- markets and enterprise environment, focussing on the key players in market management and the resulting chaotic and unsanitary conditions
- water and sanitation, with an assessment of why city and national government, the local chiefs and the population are unable to clean up the Nasolo River; and in a second focus, looking at failures in Ndirande’s public water supply, delivered by the Blantyre Water Board through kiosks.
The report presents new findings from participant observation and key informant interviews carried out between May 2010 and February 2011 in Ndirande, a peri-urban township within Blantyre city, and several other sites in Malawi, and builds on information gathered throughout Malawi in 2008-09 on public goods delivery and town chiefs. It identifies eight factors that affect the (non)delivery of these four public goods in peri-urban Malawi and outlines lessons learned from the research that may be of interest to the state and to donors hoping to improve the delivery of services and aid to peri-urban areas.
The report was led by Dr Diana Cammack and the senior local researcher was Dr Fidelis Edge Kanyongolo, Chancellor College.
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