Record Country: Malawi

Full citation: Budlender, D. and Alma, E., “Women and Land: Securing Rights for Better Lives,” IDRC PAPERS (November 2011). – This book focuses on recent findings from sub Saharan Africa on women and land. It finds: • Participation-oriented research methods are much more likely to bring about immediate benefits than other, more traditional research methods. • Merely passing legislation is of little effect without the necessary resources for implementation, without informing and educating all relevant actors on the provisions of the legislation, without monitoring the reforms, and without effective sanctions on failure to implement. • It is crucial both to […]