Research Projects
Applied social science research tackling Malawi's most pressing development challenges.
Since 1979, the CSR has produced over 500 research and consultancy reports focused on poverty and sustainable livelihoods, public health, democracy and governance, and gender, youth, and disability. It has built strong partnerships with government, NGOs, the private sector, development partners, and international research institutions, while generating extensive research data, more than 25 peer-reviewed journal articles, and book chapters.
Assessing categorical targeting pilot for the social cash transfer programme (youth)
The Malawi social cash transfer was initiated in 2006 by providing small cash grants to ultra-poor households without any able-bodied adult household member. Th...
Development and Validation of the Global Adolescent and Child Physical Activity Questionnaire (GAC-PAQ)
To develop and assess the reliability and validity of anew instrument( a video-based physical activity questionnaire) to address the baove- mentioned limitation...
Impact study of MACOHA CBID and COVID-19 on children with disability and their families in Salima district (Toronto)
The research study was to determine the impact of MACOHA's Community-Based Inclusive Development (CBID) programming and COVID-19 in Salima District on household...
Monitoring and Evaluation to assess and use results (MEASURE) Evaluation phase IV Project (Malawi SEED)
SEED aims to provide increased public Community Day Secondary School (CDSS) access through the design and construction oversight of few CDSS in targeted rural M...
Knowledge, Attitude and Practices (KAP) study during the COVID-19 vaccination roll-out in Malawi
UNICEF in partnership with WHO and Ministry of Health Commissioned a this study to understand the current knowledge, attitude, practice, drivers, bottlenecks an...
Rapid Assistive Technology Assessment
To contribute towards the improvement of the social and economic welfare of the persons with disabilities by providing data which can inform programming and the...
The Sunrise Malawi study
The primary aim of the SUNRISE international study is to determine the proportion of pre-school-aged children sampled in participating countries who meet the Wo...
United Nation Volunteers (UNV)
Pregnant and Parenting adolescent project
This study aimed to generate evidence to support advocacy and policies to support pregnant and parenting adolescents.
Challenging the politics of social exclusion project
The Center of Social Research in agreement with the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) conducted a mixed-methods cross-sectional survey in...
Real time evaluation of UNICEF's response to the COVID-19 outbreak crisis in Malawi
To inform the UNICEF management and support decisions in adjudsting thje Country Office COVID-19 response.
Socio-Economic impact on covid -19 outbreak in Malawi
To examine comprehensively examine key drivers of the COVID-19 outbreak and its economic and social effects and implications of the oubreak on the SDGs and thei...
THE PESTICIDES STUDY MALAWI PROJECT
To help build capacities in pesticide regulation in Malawi
Political Economy Aanalysis of Sub-National Health Management in East and Southern Africa
To provide a national and district-level context concerning the environmentfor UNICEF's investment in health management capacity building at sub-national level...
Pesticides study Malawi project
The overall aim was to help build capacities in pesticides regulation in Malawi. The purpose is not to prove or disprove the case against glyphosate, but to hel...
Changing food systems in Kenya and Malawi and the challenge of tackling antimicrobial resistance
The study aimed at exploring the changing urban dietary cultures, agricultural transitions and the challenges of tackling antimicrobial resistance in Kenya and...
A Qualitative Field Test of the Rural Multidimensional Poverty Index (R-Mpi) in Malawi
The study was about testing the Rural Multidimensional Poverty Index (R-MPI) using qualitative methods from eight randomly selected livelihoods zones in Malawi
Afrobarometer 8
The centre for social research conducted a public opinion survey as part of the afrobarometer network.The main purpose of the survey is to systematically get vi...
Cost Benefit analysis of WFP food for assets programme
World Food programme in collaboration with Center for Social Research conducted an impact assessment of the Food for Assistance interventions in Balaka and Zomb...
The effect of poverty, stress and immunie function on health across the life-course
This project examined the effects of the Government of Malawi's Social Cash Transfer Program on disease risk on mature adults. It extended a longituditional RCT...
Impact Evaluation of Irrigation Development in Malawi
To provide credible estimates of the effects of the irrigation interventions on beneficiary communities and households and to assess if the interventions worked...
Evaluation of the community led total sanitation and hygien programme phase 1(qualitative secondary quantitative analysis)- OPM
Applicable
Center for Social Research in collaboration with Maynooth University, Ireland implemented a project titled APPLICABLE whose overall objective was to develop a f...
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS _COFEY
Collect ,analyse and widely disseminate evidence that delivers relavant and actionable revommendations on which intervations are most effective in preventing an...