Malawi

National policies, plans and risk and governance profile(s)

Cover and source: Irish Aid
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This Climate Risk Assessment outlines the Climate Context in country, climate hazards, impacts and vulnerability, policy framework, and presents key recommendations to improve climate change integration in development programming.
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This report assesses the potential for strengthening ‘shock-sensitive’ social protection in Malawi. Bringing together recent experiences and knowledge, it analyses the ways in which existing social protection system components can more effectively prepare

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This study of humanitarian preparedness measures focuses on the 2015–2016 El Niño event in five countries: Zambia, Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Malawi. Chapters 2–6 of this study detail country-level measures to prepare for potential El Niño related

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This desk review was undertaken to enhance the understanding of disaster risk and spaces of vulnerability (i.e. exposure to hazards) in terms of natural disaster and/or crisis situations in Southern Africa, and map the current disaster risk governance

National Disaster Recovery Framework Building Back a Disaster-Affected Malawi Better and Safer Volume II Drought
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Recovery efforts defined within the NDRF are guided by a central vision and goal. An initial vision and goal were determined following the 2015 floods; these have been updated in response to the 2015/16 drought.
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This IDS Bulletin examines the link between short-term crises – and the humanitarian responses that follow – and adaptation to climate change. It represents a call for increasing engagement between humanitarian aid and climate change adaptation

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This final report documents the Flood Risk Modelling Activity that was undertaken by the Rapid Analysis and Spatialisation of Risk Analysis (RASOR) consortium in Malawi. The activity was carried out upon the request of the Government of Malawi for flood

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The first edition of this quarterly series showcases a selection of four papers, which address the impacts of droughts and floods, disaster resilience, and the role of Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in disaster management

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