Malawi programs / Malawi project 612-0230 · 1986–1995 · labor policies and markets · Academy for Educational Development, Inc. (AED)
Final contractor report on a project (3/88-9/95) to strengthen the capacity of postsecondary and nondegree training institutions in Malawi to provide technical, managerial, and professional training to public and private sector individuals. DEC abstract (PD-ABM-380)
Key prj:6120230
25 facts shown; 1 unconfirmed link; 0 support mechanisms (not programs); 9 documents cite this program.
The one-paragraph answer: years, implementer, funder and purpose, each from document metadata.
Final contractor report on a project (3/88-9/95) to strengthen the capacity of postsecondary and nondegree training institutions in Malawi to provide technical, managerial, and professional training to public and private sector individuals. Considerable progress was made in strengthening human resources and in institutional development. Of particular note is the increased capacity of the University of Malawi, although significant progress has occurred in other institutions as well (e.g., Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Ministry of Works, Malawi Broadcasting Corporation, Malawi Bureau of Standards, Electricity Supply Commission of Malawi). Not everything went according to plan, but on the whole the pattern of results was encouraging. As the project comes to a close, a number of issues merit attention. (A) Design and implementation issues. This project was unique in adopting a process rather than a blueprint approach. Key elements of such an approach are to: develop and maintain consensus around the project vision and overall goals, phase in funding in a deliberate manner, help organizations carry out organizational needs assessments, maintain transparency in
Source: DEC abstract, PD-ABM-380 (1995). This is the source's own text, not a cited summary of the documents.
Operated in: Malawi. 1 other country is only tagged on documents.
Districts, regions and facilities the program's own documents name, with what the document says it did there. Source: sentences in the program's documents
Districts, regions and facilities named in the program's own documents, not verified sites. Place dots exist for Malawi and Guatemala only so far.
Sample Built from district names in Malawi documents while the full place data loads; it is not yet the finished place list.
Solid: the documents describe the program's work there. Faint: named in the program's documents. Bigger means more mentions. Shown: facility, district, region or province; squares are facilities.
Showing 8 of 10 places.
Countries where this program operated, set by the countries its documents name most often. Countries only tagged on documents are listed apart. Source: document tags, scope rule
Operated in Malawi, 1989 to 1995 8 sources
Scope: country: Malawi. The award code belongs to this country's mission. High confidence.
How sure we are: 0.9.
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
When the program ran, from its start year to the latest document year. A hatched bar means the start is our estimate. Source: award and document years
Axis: award years, end from years in documents. The start year comes from award fiscal year; the end is the latest document year, so the program may have run longer.
Who started the program, and which administration it began under. Timing only; it does not say who started it. Source: initiative records, start year
Organizations that ran this program, from award records and document authors. Prime and sub roles are not split yet. Source: award and document records
Named as an institutional author on documents; whether prime, sub or consortium member is not recorded. Basis: read from a record field
| Name | Role | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academy for Educational Development, Inc. (AED) | implementer | 1989 to 1995 | Stated in a document | 7 sources |
| Aurora Associates, Inc. | implementer | 1989 to 1993 | Stated in a document | 6 sources |
Identifiers of the awards and the organizations that funded it. Amounts are under Money. Source: award records
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 612-0230-C-8009 (contract, fiscal year not recorded) | 1989 to 1995 | Stated in a document read from a record field | 6 sources |
Basis: read from a record field
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| USAID. Mission to Malawi | 1989 to 1995 | Stated in a document |
Labels on the program's documents, not a description of what the program did. Source: DEC document tags
Sector profile (computed): Labor policies and markets 41%; Program management, planning and administration 27%; Social policies, regulations and systems (incl. gender, population) 11%
DEC topic and subject tags. They describe the documents, not what the program was. Each tag opens its evidence in the drawer.
Programs worth reading next, by topic, implementer, country and years. Similar by facets (topic, implementer, country, years) and, when available, description. It says the programs look alike, not how they are related in time. Source: catalog facets
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Not recorded yet: support mechanisms, money rows, evaluations and lessons. A missing record is not a finding. USAspending records start in FY2007; earlier obligations are missing, not zero.
Every document that cites this program, grouped by a stage label from a weak classifier. Source: document library
| 1986 |
| Stated in a document read from a record field |
| 1 source |
| Institute of International Education (IIE) | implementer | 1989 to 1993 | Stated in a document | 5 sources |
None recorded. Evaluation studies linked to this program are listed under Evaluations and lessons.
| Name | Role | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi. Ministry of Community Services | lead ministry | 1992 | Likely, not confirmed basis not stated; shown as likely, not confirmed | 1 source |
| 6 sources |
| USAID. Mission to Malawi | 1986 to 1992 | Stated in a document | 2 sources |
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1986 to 1995 | Stated in a document read from a record field | 9 sources |