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.
MSCT on Child Labour-Qualitative Study
The objective of the project was to collect qualitative data on the basis of which the three outlined research topics belowe can be examined which are 1. The fa...
Living conditions among people with disabilities
SINTEF subcontracted University of Malawi to implement a national study on living on living conditions among persons with disabilities in Malawi. The study star...
Process Evaluation of the Malawi Social Cash Transfer_Air
This study was conducted in 5 districts and it included interviewing MSCTP stakeholders at district, area and community levels in order to get experience and vi...
Food security programming baseline survey in malawi - Munthali
The overall purpose of the baseline study is to first, provide a baseline for impact and outcome indicators to serve as a point of comparison for the final eval...
Evaluation of cash transfer of e-payment system Save the children
The E-payment project is being piloted in Mchinji and Machinga districts for a period of three years (2012 to 2014) to the tune of Euro 3.3 million. The pilot t...
Understanding Resilience in Balaka Formative Study
UNICEF Malawi Design of Graduation Summary
The objective of the project was to propose a graduation strategy for Malawi's SCTP. This involves both developing a framework which encompasses the concepts of...
Human Rights, Ethical and Equity and Issues- option B+ in Malawi
The study was conducted in 14 districts namely Chitipa, Rumphi, Mzimba, Kasungu,Nkhota-kota, Ntchisi, Mchinji, Dedza,Balaka,Mangochi,Chiradzulu,Mulanje,Nsanje a...
Malawi population-based HIV impact Assessment (MPHIA)
The government of Malawi through the ministry of Health in collaboration with ICAP at Columbia University and with support from the US Centers for Disease Contr...
Customer satisfactory survey - Lilongwe waterboard - Kadzandira
The aim of this survey was to validate the number and status of meters within the Water Board's supply area so that it improves in its operational and financial...
Child protection systems model in Malawi
The central purpose of this research project is to design an Operational Child Protection System in Malawi that protects children from violence, abuse, exploita...
Feasibility of Maternal Influenza Immunizatin in Malawi
The study was conducted in both rural and urban areas, targeting two health facilities per district; atotal of 10 health facilities and their respective catchme...
Afrobarometer round 5 survey in Malawi.
CSR worked jointly with the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR) to implement a Policy User Survey for Round 5 Afrobarometer Project I Malawi. The fun...
Martenal health project
The objective of the study was to investigate the transfer of global maternal health policy approached through the actions of international NGOs. Specifically t...
Evaluation of the fisp e-voucher progrm(AICC)
Following a successful implementation of a pilot on e- voucher in the distribution of farm inputs in three districts in Malawi during the 2012/13 agricultural s...
The political economy of governance in Malawi
The aim of the study was to look at the collaboration between formal government institutions and local institutions. It examined how selected institutions - the...
Uncovering Hidden Dynamics of Water Service Provision in Slum Environments (UNHIDE) project in Malawi
Drylands project on gendered land tenure and water infracture
This study aimed to unravel the links between gendered land tenure and public and private water infrastructure development for productive, domestic and/or multi...
Governance and corrupption survey
The Governament of the Replic of Malawi through the Ant-Corruption Bureau had commissioned a Governance and Corruption Surrvy. The purpose of the survey is to c...
UN Joint Programme on Adolescent Girls
This programme was impremented by the participation of United Nations(UN) agencies through various implementing partners under the joint UN Programme on Adolesc...
Mobile Phones and youth in Africa
The center for social Research in conjunction with Durham University conducted a study on mobile phones and young people. The objective of this study was to exp...
Assessing disability inclussiveness in world vision programming
The aim of the study was to carry out a situation analysis on disability in order to understand current disability situations and to identify structural and ro...
Optimising the nutritional value of US food aid commodities
The purpose of this study was to collect information from the Supplementary Feeding Program beneficiaries handling, using and consuming the Corn Soy Blend and o...
Violence against children and Women in Malawi : A retrospective household survey of 13-24 year old females and males
The overall of the VACs study was to measure the magnitude of violence against children and young women and to study epidemiologic patterns of risk factors for...