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Page 1: Malawi: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper - Growth and ... · Malawi Growth and Development Strategy 83 metering methods (e.g. use of pre-wired boards and pre-paid meters) ii. Border

M

alaw

i Gro

wth

and

Dev

elop

men

t Stra

tegy

78

AN

NE

XE

S

Page 2: Malawi: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper - Growth and ... · Malawi Growth and Development Strategy 83 metering methods (e.g. use of pre-wired boards and pre-paid meters) ii. Border

M

alaw

i Gro

wth

and

Dev

elop

men

t Stra

tegy

79

AN

NE

X 1

: SU

MM

AR

Y O

PER

AT

ION

AL

MA

TR

IX

STR

AT

EG

IES,

AC

TIO

NS

AN

D E

XPE

CT

ED

OU

TC

OM

ES

AN

NE

X 1

.1: K

EY

PR

IOR

ITY

AR

EA

S SU

MM

AR

Y O

PER

AT

ION

AL

MA

TR

IX

Out

com

e –

Med

ium

Ter

m E

xpec

ted

Out

put

Cor

resp

onds

to th

e st

rate

gies

to m

ove

to o

utco

mes

K

ey A

ctio

ns

Dir

ect m

easu

res o

f the

med

ium

term

exp

ecte

d ou

tcom

es

Low

er le

vel o

utpu

ts a

nd in

dica

tors

to m

easu

re p

rogr

ess

(incl

udes

pol

icy

chan

ge/s

tate

men

t and

key

act

iviti

es d

eriv

ed fr

om fo

cus

actio

ns)

1: A

GR

ICU

LT

UR

E A

ND

FO

OD

SE

CU

RIT

Y

Agr

o-Pr

oces

sing

--

Exp

ande

d ag

ricul

tura

l out

put

(and

div

ersi

ficat

ion)

--

Inc

reas

ed a

gric

ultu

ral e

xpor

ts (a

nd d

iver

sific

atio

n)

i. C

omm

on c

onst

rain

ts to

the

agro

-pro

cess

ing

are

tack

led.

-S

ee 2

b …

with

focu

s on-

Pro

mot

e irr

igat

ion

for h

igh

valu

e ex

port

crop

s --

Pro

mot

e la

rge

scal

e ag

ricul

tura

l far

min

g Te

a: --

in

crea

sed

varie

tal s

elec

tions

of t

ea

ii. I

ncre

ased

pro

fitab

ility

of s

mal

lhol

ders

in te

a an

d va

lue

adde

d

--Sh

ift to

clo

nal t

ea v

arie

ties a

nd p

rom

ote

mar

ket o

rient

ed p

roce

ssin

g of

te

a(co

st to

priv

ate

sect

or)

-- F

acto

ry re

furb

ishm

ent,

repl

antin

g an

d irr

igat

ion

for e

stat

es to

han

dle

peak

pr

oduc

tion(

cost

to p

rivat

e se

ctor

) To

bacc

o:

--

Incr

ease

d N

DF

toba

cco

prod

uctio

n an

d fil

l gap

s in

regi

on

--

Incr

ease

d V

alue

add

ed p

rodu

cts f

rom

toba

cco

iii.

Toba

cco;

eff

icie

nt a

nd fa

ir sy

stem

bet

wee

n fa

rmer

s and

au

ctio

n ho

uses

-- R

atio

naliz

e fe

es /

levi

es in

toba

cco

for h

ighe

r far

mer

inco

mes

--

Rev

ise

taxa

tion

polic

y of

toba

cco.

--

Stre

ngth

en c

ontra

ct fa

rmin

g Su

gar:

Inc

reas

ed p

rodu

ctio

n of

suga

r fro

m 2

60,0

00 to

ns p

a to

32

0,00

0 pa

by

2009

(23%

incr

ease

)

--In

tens

ify o

ut-g

row

er sc

hem

es

c. G

arm

ents

/cot

ton:

--

Incr

ease

pro

duct

ion

of g

arm

ents

from

loca

l clo

th

i. H

ighe

r yie

lds o

f cot

ton

supp

lied

by sm

allh

olde

rs in

shor

t te

rm (d

ue to

pre

-trea

ted

seed

) ii

Red

uced

cos

ts o

f im

porta

tion

-- E

stab

lish

a co

tton

coun

cil

-- E

xplo

re d

evel

opm

ents

at t

he g

loba

l lev

el, i

mpl

icat

ions

on

the

sect

or

Agr

icul

tura

l Pro

duct

ivity

a

-- S

mal

lhol

der s

hare

of G

DP

incr

ease

23.

6% to

34.

9% G

DP

and

agric

ultu

ral p

rodu

ctio

n --

Inc

reas

ed tr

ade

volu

mes

of a

gric

ultu

ral p

rodu

cts-

--

Im

prov

ed c

ompe

titiv

enes

s of p

rodu

cts i

n re

gion

i. S

treng

then

ed sm

allh

olde

r lin

kage

s to

mar

kets

(inp

ut /

outp

ut)

and

to a

gro-

proc

essi

ng

-- n

umbe

r of s

mal

lhol

der c

oope

rativ

es su

pply

ing

agro

-pr

oces

sing

indu

strie

s

-- In

crea

se k

now

ledg

e an

d sk

ills f

or a

grib

usin

ess f

or fa

rmer

s and

co

oper

ativ

es.

-- In

crea

se a

cces

s to

mar

kets

or t

o ag

ro-p

roce

ssin

g fir

ms.

-- T

arge

t rur

al ro

ads t

o in

crea

se a

cces

sibi

lity

and

expl

ore

rela

tions

hip

of

feed

er ro

ads a

nd P

WP

to su

pply

gra

vel r

oads

--

Dev

elop

farm

ers’

org

aniz

atio

ns.

-- P

rovi

de m

arke

t kno

wle

dge

to fa

rmer

s thr

ough

ext

ensi

on se

rvic

es.

b –

Incr

ease

d yi

elds

of c

rops

incl

udin

g fo

od st

aple

s by

smal

lhol

ders

with

enh

ance

d po

tent

ial f

or p

rodu

ctio

n --

out

puts

per

hec

tare

dis

aggr

egat

ed b

y m

ajor

cro

ps

i. R

educ

ed lo

sses

from

wea

ther

shoc

ks (a

ll cr

ops)

-- In

crea

se la

nd u

nder

irrig

atio

n (ir

rigat

ion

perim

eter

) --

Use

of w

ater

har

vest

ing

-- M

aint

ain

irrig

atio

n sy

stem

s --

im

prov

ed so

il fe

rtilit

y ii.

Impr

oved

use

of m

oder

n fa

rm p

ract

ices

and

inpu

ts

-- sh

ift in

var

ieta

l sel

ectio

n --

shift

in m

echa

niza

tion

-- in

crea

sed

use

of p

est r

esis

tant

or t

oler

ant v

arie

ties

-- in

crea

sed

area

und

er lo

w c

ost s

oil f

ertil

ity te

chno

logi

es

-- R

each

farm

ers w

ith e

xten

sion

serv

ices

--

Sou

rce

pest

icid

es a

nd sp

ray

equi

pmen

t for

mig

rato

ry p

est c

ontro

l, an

d

-- M

onito

r / fo

reca

st o

utbr

eaks

of m

igra

tory

pes

ts

-- In

crea

se in

inpu

ts u

sed

by fa

rmer

s: fe

rtiliz

er, p

estic

ides

and

seed

s (bo

th

subs

idie

s and

acc

ess t

o cr

edit

(them

e 5.

5)

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M

alaw

i Gro

wth

and

Dev

elop

men

t Stra

tegy

80

iii

. R

educ

ed p

re a

nd p

ost h

arve

st lo

sses

--

Pro

mot

e pr

oces

sing

and

pro

per h

andl

ing

and

stor

age

of a

gric

ultu

ral

prod

ucts

via

ext

ensi

on se

rvic

es

iv

. D

ecre

ased

soil

eros

ion

from

farm

ing

prac

tices

, -

-- T

rain

farm

ers o

n lo

w c

ost s

oil f

ertil

ity m

anag

emen

t tec

hniq

ues t

hrou

gh

exte

nsio

n se

rvic

es

L

and;

Im

prov

ed te

nure

secu

rity

and

equi

tabl

e ac

cess

to la

nd,

with

an

optim

al a

nd e

colo

gica

lly b

alan

ced

use

of la

nd a

nd

land

bas

ed re

sour

ces

v. C

usto

mar

y rig

hts o

f sm

allh

olde

rs a

re re

cogn

ized

, cla

rifie

d an

d se

cure

d by

app

ropr

iate

legi

slat

ion

-- C

urb

land

enc

roac

hmen

ts, u

napp

rove

d de

velo

pmen

ts, a

nd

spec

ulat

ion

and

rack

etee

ring

-- R

egul

ariz

e, ti

tle a

nd re

gist

er la

nd.

-- E

mpo

wer

land

allo

catio

n co

mm

ittee

s and

land

trib

unal

s to

deal

with

ad

min

istra

tion

and

disp

ute

settl

emen

t.

c. L

ives

tock

: d

ecre

ased

impo

rts a

nd in

crea

sed

impo

rts to

mee

t do

mes

tic d

eman

d i.

Incr

ease

d liv

esto

ck p

rodu

ctio

n

-- li

vest

ock

prod

uctio

n tre

nds

-- In

cide

nce

of d

isea

se in

live

stoc

k

-- P

ut in

pla

ce st

rate

gies

to re

ach

pote

ntia

l liv

esto

ck fa

rmer

s on

mar

kets

, --

Stre

ngth

en a

dvis

ory

serv

ices

in th

e pr

oduc

tion

and

mar

ketin

g of

live

stoc

k an

d its

pro

duct

s;

-- S

treng

then

surv

eilla

nce

in th

e co

ntro

l of l

ives

tock

and

cro

p pe

sts a

nd

dise

ases

;

Food

Sec

urity

1. F

ood

is a

vaila

ble

in su

ffic

ient

qua

ntiti

es a

nd q

ualit

ies,

at a

n af

ford

able

pric

e, a

nd su

pplie

d th

roug

h do

mes

tic p

rodu

ctio

n or

impo

rts (i

nclu

ding

food

aid

).

-- m

easu

re o

f the

food

gap

and

ava

ilabi

lity

of fo

od s

tock

s of

th

e M

alaw

i Six

Foo

d gr

oups

.

i. Im

prov

ed a

gric

ultu

ral p

rodu

ctiv

ity, l

ives

tock

, fis

herie

s and

in

crea

se th

e va

riety

of f

ood

avai

labl

e at

the

hous

ehol

d,

com

mun

ity, a

nd n

atio

nal l

evel

s --

Incr

ease

d yi

elds

of c

rops

incl

udin

g fo

od st

aple

s by

smal

lhol

ders

with

enh

ance

d po

tent

ial f

or p

rodu

ctio

n --

Incr

ease

d in

com

e fo

r sm

all a

nd la

rge

scal

e fis

herie

s and

liv

esto

ck p

rodu

ctio

n

Impr

ove

acce

ss to

dom

estic

, reg

iona

l and

inte

rnat

iona

l mar

kets

. --

Impr

ove

relia

bilit

y of

mai

ze a

nd fe

rtiliz

er m

arke

ts.

-- Im

prov

e pr

edic

tabi

lity

of su

ppor

t in

mai

ze m

arke

ts

-- T

he v

olum

e an

d st

abili

ty o

f the

pro

duct

ion

of fo

ods b

ased

on

the

Mal

awi S

ix F

ood

Gro

ups

ii. I

mpr

oved

impo

rtatio

n of

food

s

-- E

stab

lish

and

enfo

rce

phyt

o-sa

nita

ry ru

les a

nd re

gula

tions

--

Pro

mot

e a

coor

dina

ted

appr

oach

to c

omm

erci

al im

port

iii.

Impr

oved

coo

rdin

atio

n an

d m

anag

emen

t of f

ood

aid

and

food

aid

impo

rts.

--m

easu

res o

f dis

tribu

tion

of fo

od a

id to

the

mos

t vul

nera

ble

-- m

easu

res o

f the

resp

onsi

vene

ss o

f the

food

aid

to c

rises

-- E

nsur

e th

at f

ood

aid

conf

orm

s to

the

bio

-saf

ety

and

othe

r re

late

d le

gisl

atio

ns

-- M

anag

e st

rate

gic

grai

n re

serv

es (N

FRA

) --

Dev

elop

rel

iabl

e ag

ricul

tura

l st

atis

tics

and

an e

ffec

tive

early

war

ning

sy

stem

--

Det

erm

ine

the

abili

ty t

o us

e PW

P or

oth

er p

rogr

amm

es d

urin

g tim

es o

f ne

ed fo

r foo

d se

curit

y

-- D

evel

op G

over

nmen

t ab

ility

to

dist

ribut

e fo

od a

id a

nd t

arge

t th

e m

ost

vuln

erab

le

-- P

rom

ote

a co

ordi

nate

d ap

proa

ch to

pla

nnin

g an

d m

anag

emen

t of f

ood

aid

2.

All

Mal

awia

ns h

ave

at a

ll tim

es e

cono

mic

acc

ess t

o su

ffic

ient

nu

tritio

us fo

od re

quire

d to

lead

a h

ealth

y lif

e Se

e st

rate

gies

und

er E

cono

mic

Em

pow

erm

ent

See

focu

s act

ions

und

er e

cono

mic

em

pow

erm

ent

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alaw

i Gro

wth

and

Dev

elop

men

t Stra

tegy

81

Out

com

e –

Med

ium

Ter

m E

xpec

ted

Out

put

Cor

resp

onds

to th

e st

rate

gies

to m

ove

to o

utco

mes

K

ey A

ctio

ns

Dir

ect m

easu

res o

f the

med

ium

term

exp

ecte

d ou

tcom

es

Low

er le

vel o

utpu

ts a

nd in

dica

tors

to m

easu

re p

rogr

ess

(incl

udes

pol

icy

chan

ge/s

tate

men

t and

key

act

iviti

es d

eriv

ed fr

om fo

cus

actio

ns)

2: IR

RIG

AT

ION

AN

D W

AT

ER

D

EV

EL

OPM

EN

T

Incr

ease

d yi

elds

of c

rops

incl

udin

g fo

od st

aple

s by

smal

lhol

ders

w

ith e

nhan

ced

pote

ntia

l for

pro

duct

ion

i. R

educ

ed lo

sses

from

wea

ther

shoc

ks (a

ll cr

ops)

-- In

crea

se la

nd u

nder

irrig

atio

n (ir

rigat

ion

perim

eter

) --

Use

of w

ater

har

vest

ing

--M

aint

ain

irrig

atio

n sy

stem

s --

Con

stru

ct sm

all a

nd m

ediu

m sc

ale

irrig

atio

n sc

hem

es

Bas

ic w

ater

requ

irem

ents

of e

very

Mal

awia

n ar

e m

et w

hile

the

coun

try’s

nat

ural

eco

syst

em is

enh

ance

d --

incr

ease

acc

ess t

o po

tabl

e w

ater

with

in 5

00m

dis

tanc

es fo

r al

l peo

ple

(66.

3% in

200

5)

-- q

ualit

y of

wat

er

-- in

crea

se h

ouse

hold

acc

ess t

o sa

nita

tion

(82.

7% 2

0050

i. S

usta

inab

le a

nd in

tegr

ated

wat

er re

sour

ce m

anag

emen

t W

ater

Res

ourc

e M

anag

emen

t --

Em

pow

er n

atio

nal a

utho

rity

to im

prov

e m

anag

emen

t usi

ng IW

RM

ap

proa

ch a

nd e

stab

lish

mon

itorin

g sy

stem

s inc

ludi

ng th

e es

tabl

ishm

ent

and

mai

nten

ance

of a

regi

ster

of a

ll ac

tors

in w

ater

and

sani

tatio

n, c

ondu

ct

rese

arch

to e

stab

lish

reso

urce

pot

entia

l and

gui

des

-- P

rom

ote

wat

er re

sour

ce c

onse

rvat

ion,

har

vest

ing

and

prot

ectio

n in

an

inte

grat

ed m

anne

r inc

ludi

ng d

evel

opm

ent o

f sm

all c

omm

unity

and

larg

e da

ms (

cons

erva

tion

area

s def

ined

) --

Pro

activ

ely

advo

cate

man

agem

ent o

f wat

er re

sour

ces a

nd in

corp

orat

e lo

cal

Gov

ernm

ents

and

com

mun

ities

in p

lann

ing

and

man

agem

ent o

f wat

er

supp

lies a

nd sa

nita

tion

-- R

ecog

nize

and

impl

emen

t obl

igat

ions

to in

tern

atio

nal a

gree

men

ts

– C

reat

e en

ablin

g en

viro

nmen

t for

pub

lic p

rivat

e pa

rtner

ship

s in

wat

er

supp

ly &

sani

tatio

n --

Rev

ise

wat

er re

sour

ces a

ct o

f 196

9 an

d w

ater

wor

ks a

ct

-- P

rovi

de in

cent

ives

for L

A to

pro

mot

e co

mm

unity

wat

er-s

hed

reha

bilit

atio

n pr

ogra

ms

ii.

Im

prov

ed q

ualit

y of

surf

ace

and

grou

nd w

ater

and

a sy

stem

fo

r pol

lutio

n co

ntro

l W

ater

qua

lity

and

pollu

tion

cont

rol

-- E

stab

lish

data

base

on

wat

er q

ualit

y --

Impr

ove

skill

s and

tech

nolo

gies

tech

niqu

es in

wat

er q

ualit

y m

onito

ring

and

pollu

tion

cont

rol a

nd a

dvan

ce w

ater

pol

lutio

n co

ntro

l (ca

tchm

ent

reha

bilit

atio

n, d

eter

min

ing

wat

er q

ualit

y)

-- S

treng

then

inst

itutio

nal a

rran

gem

ents

for e

nviro

nmen

tal m

anag

emen

t --

Dev

elop

and

dis

sem

inat

e gu

idel

ines

and

stan

dard

s on

wat

er q

ualit

y an

d po

llutio

n co

ntro

l --

Pro

vide

TA

to lo

cal G

over

nmen

t and

stak

ehol

ders

on

wat

er q

ualit

y an

d po

llutio

n co

ntro

l --

Dev

elop

nat

iona

l wat

er a

nd sa

nita

tion

serv

ices

regu

lato

ry fr

amew

ork

iii

. Im

prov

ed su

stai

nabl

e ac

cess

to w

ater

supp

ly a

nd sa

nita

tion

in u

rban

, per

i-urb

an a

nd m

arke

t cen

tres.

Urb

an, P

eri-U

rban

and

Mar

ket C

entre

s --

Est

ablis

h w

ater

supp

ly a

nd sa

nita

tion

syst

ems u

sing

dem

and

resp

onsi

ve

and

driv

en a

ppro

ache

s --

Est

ablis

h co

ntin

genc

y w

ater

supp

ly re

serv

es a

nd sa

nita

tion

back

up

-- S

treng

then

and

supp

ort w

ater

util

ities

by

esta

blis

hing

eff

ectiv

e in

stitu

tiona

l set

ting

- P

rom

ote

man

agem

ent a

rran

gem

ents

in u

rban

are

as

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and

Dev

elop

men

t Stra

tegy

82

– p

rovi

de in

cent

ives

for s

mal

l sca

le p

rovi

ders

iv. I

mpr

oved

sust

aina

ble

acce

ss to

wat

er su

pply

and

sani

tatio

n in

ru

ral a

reas

R

ural

Wat

er S

ervi

ces

-- A

dopt

dem

and

driv

en a

nd re

spon

sive

app

roac

hes i

n pr

ovis

ion

of w

ater

and

sa

nita

tion

with

O &

M.

-- In

tegr

ate

rura

l wat

er su

pply

and

par

ticip

ator

y hy

gien

e an

d sa

nita

tion

trans

form

atio

n --

Pro

mot

e di

vers

ifica

tion

of te

chno

logi

es fo

r pro

visi

on o

f wat

er a

nd

sani

tatio

n po

licy

-- E

nsur

e sm

ooth

tran

sfer

of d

evol

ved

func

tions

of r

ural

wat

er su

pply

and

sa

nita

tion

serv

ices

v. R

educ

ed m

arin

e po

llutio

n fr

om n

avig

atio

n ve

ssel

s and

pla

ns

Nav

igat

ion

Serv

ices

--

Con

duct

insp

ectio

ns o

f was

te d

ispo

sal s

yste

ms,

and

at p

oint

of e

ntry

to

prev

ent w

eeds

--

Pre

vent

oil

spill

ages

and

leak

ages

--

Ens

ure

appr

opria

te e

nviro

nmen

tal s

afeg

uard

s at p

orts

--

man

age

and

deve

lop

wat

erw

ays t

hat d

o no

t enc

oura

ge c

ross

tran

sfer

of

aqua

tic li

fe

vi

. Fi

sher

y se

rvic

es d

o no

t adv

erse

ly a

ffec

t wat

er re

sour

ces

Fish

erie

s Th

eme

One

Sub

them

e 4

-- H

arm

oniz

e an

d en

forc

e fis

herie

s and

wat

er re

sour

ces l

egis

latio

n, p

rovi

de

data

and

info

rmat

ion

vi

i. In

crea

sed

inve

stm

ent i

n w

ater

reso

urce

s fro

m e

nerg

y se

ctor

H

ydro

-Pow

er G

ener

atio

n --

Par

ticip

ate

in m

ultip

urpo

se in

vest

men

t and

wat

er c

atch

men

t man

agem

ent

vi

ii. I

mpr

oved

use

of w

ater

and

adh

eren

ce to

wat

er m

anag

emen

t po

lices

for i

rrig

atio

n pu

rpos

es

Agr

icul

ture

and

Irrig

atio

n Se

rvic

es

-- P

rom

ote

parti

cipa

tion

of M

OA

in IW

RM

and

har

mon

ize

polic

ies r

elev

ant

to w

ater

man

agem

ent

-- E

ncou

rage

MO

A to

pro

vide

wat

er n

eeds

and

dem

and

for d

ata

colle

ctio

n

O

utco

me

– M

ediu

m T

erm

Exp

ecte

d O

utpu

t C

orre

spon

ds to

the

stra

tegi

es to

mov

e to

out

com

es

Key

Act

ions

Dir

ect m

easu

res o

f the

med

ium

term

exp

ecte

d ou

tcom

es

Low

er le

vel o

utpu

ts a

nd in

dica

tors

to m

easu

re p

rogr

ess

(incl

udes

pol

icy

chan

ge/s

tate

men

t and

key

act

iviti

es d

eriv

ed fr

om fo

cus

actio

ns)

3. T

RA

NSP

OR

T IN

FRA

STR

UC

TU

RE

1.

Im

prov

ed m

obili

ty a

nd a

cces

sibi

lity

of th

e po

pula

tion

to k

ey

road

cor

rido

rs w

ithin

Mal

awi a

nd o

ut o

f Mal

awi a

nd

faci

litat

e th

e co

ntin

ued

deve

lopm

ent o

f the

cou

ntry

’s ru

ral

area

s

i. R

oad

Net

wor

k: a

ll un

pave

d ro

ads f

rom

fair

to g

ood

cond

ition

by

the

end

of th

e fiv

e-ye

ar p

erio

d :

-- 7

1 %

of t

he ro

ad n

etw

ork

in g

ood

cond

ition

, --

18

% in

fair

cond

ition

, 11

% in

poo

r con

ditio

n.

-- S

treng

then

cap

acity

of

auto

nom

ous R

oads

Aut

horit

ies t

o m

aint

ain

the

road

net

wor

k

-- F

uel l

evy

in li

ne m

aint

enan

ce th

resh

old

for 5

yrs

--

Mai

ntai

n ur

ban

road

net

wor

ks a

nd re

duce

# o

f tim

ber d

eck

brid

ges t

o ze

ro

for r

ural

road

s --

Incl

ude

envi

ronm

enta

l im

pact

ass

essm

ents

(EI

As)

in

cons

truct

ion

and

reha

bilit

atio

n of

road

s

-- D

ecre

ased

num

ber a

nd se

verit

y of

road

acc

iden

ts

-- D

evel

op a

n in

tegr

ated

app

roac

h to

road

safe

ty n

umbe

r 1

-- R

evie

w th

e ro

ad tr

affic

act

and

its u

se fo

r roa

d sa

fety

issu

es

-- u

nder

take

aw

aren

ess c

ampa

ign

--

Stre

ngth

en th

e su

perv

isor

y ca

paci

ty fo

r roa

d sa

fety

on

all e

xist

ing

road

s and

--

Coo

rdin

ate

the

vario

us e

nfor

cem

ent p

laye

rs in

the

road

safe

ty a

rea

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elop

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t Stra

tegy

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ii.

Bor

der p

osts

--

Cre

ate

one

stop

bor

der p

ost o

n al

l maj

or tr

ansp

ort c

orrid

ors

-- H

arm

oniz

e co

untry

’s h

ighw

ay c

ode,

roa

d si

gns,

sign

als

and

axle

-load

re

gula

tions

with

in th

e re

gion

; --

Inv

olve

priv

ate

sect

or in

the

mon

itorin

g an

d op

erat

ions

of

roa

d tra

nspo

rt se

rvic

es

-- Im

plem

ent a

ppro

pria

te ro

ad u

ser c

harg

es;

2. I

mpr

oved

mob

ility

and

acc

essi

bilit

y of

rur

al c

omm

uniti

es to

go

ods a

nd se

rvic

es in

the

rura

l are

as

i. Im

prov

ed a

ll w

eath

er a

cces

s to

rura

l are

as.

Ii. in

crea

sed

use

and

owne

rshi

p of

non

-mot

oriz

ed a

nd m

otor

ized

m

eans

of t

rans

port

-- I

mpr

ove

coor

dina

tion

of r

ural

tra

nspo

rt in

itiat

ives

and

loc

al c

apac

ity t

o co

nstru

ct a

nd m

aint

ain

-- A

ssis

t DA

’s w

ith p

lann

ing

tool

s, G

IS sy

stem

s to

targ

et ru

ral r

oads

--

Su

perv

ise

rura

l tra

nspo

rt to

en

forc

e ap

prop

riate

st

anda

rds

for

it co

nstru

ctio

n an

d m

aint

enan

ce

-- F

oste

r ow

ners

hip

and

use

of m

otor

ized

and

non

-mot

oriz

ed m

eans

of

trans

port

3.

In

land

shi

ppin

g ne

twor

k is

act

ive

in l

ocal

and

int

erna

tiona

l sh

ippi

ng,

trade

and

tou

rism

in

a sa

fe m

anne

r w

hile

pr

otec

ting

the

envi

ronm

ent

i. Ef

ficie

nt a

nd p

rodu

ctiv

e m

ariti

me

trans

port

syst

em th

at m

eets

na

tiona

l and

regi

onal

requ

irem

ents

--

Pro

vide

nav

igat

ions

and

hyd

rogr

aphi

c ch

arts

--

Rev

iew

con

cess

ion

agre

emen

ts. f

or in

land

ship

ping

; --

Por

t fa

cilit

ies

reha

bilit

ated

and

mai

ntai

ned

in l

ine

with

mod

ern

ship

ping

th

roug

h co

mm

erci

alis

atio

n, p

rivat

isat

ion

and

publ

ic p

rivat

e pa

rtner

ship

s (P

PP)

ii:

Impr

oved

mar

ine

safe

ty a

nd e

nviro

nmen

tal p

rote

ctio

n --

Pre

vent

, con

trol o

r com

bat p

ollu

tion

and

stre

ngth

en th

e m

arin

e se

arch

and

re

scue

iii: I

ncre

ased

par

ticip

atio

n by

Mal

awi

in in

tern

atio

nal s

hipp

ing

“Whi

te L

ist.

--

Est

ablis

h in

tern

atio

nal

ship

ping

lin

e an

d ne

gotia

te w

ith M

ozam

biqu

e on

po

rts

-- S

treng

then

the

natio

nal m

ariti

me

adm

inis

tratio

n

--

Resu

scita

te

the

Nat

iona

l Sh

ippe

rs

Cou

ncil

and

mai

ntai

n se

lect

ive

mem

bers

hip

in in

tern

atio

nal o

rgan

isat

ions

O

utco

me

– M

ediu

m T

erm

Exp

ecte

d O

utpu

t C

orre

spon

ds to

the

stra

tegi

es to

mov

e to

out

com

es

Key

Act

ions

Dir

ect m

easu

res o

f the

med

ium

term

exp

ecte

d ou

tcom

es

Low

er le

vel o

utpu

ts a

nd in

dica

tors

to m

easu

re p

rogr

ess

(incl

udes

pol

icy

chan

ge/s

tate

men

t and

key

act

iviti

es d

eriv

ed fr

om fo

cus

actio

ns)

4. E

NE

RG

Y G

EN

ER

AT

ION

AN

D S

UPP

LY

1.

Inc

reas

ed a

cces

s to

relia

ble

and

and

sust

aina

ble

ener

gy

supp

ly.

-- re

duct

ion

in o

utag

es (b

row

n ou

ts, b

lack

out

s)

-- in

crea

sed

acce

ss fr

om th

e cu

rren

t 6%

to 1

0% b

y 20

10 a

nd

30%

by

2020

--

bio

mas

s-co

mm

erci

al e

nerg

y m

ix ta

rget

of 7

5% -

25%

is

set f

or 2

010

and

50%

-50%

by

2020

diff

icul

t to

achi

eve

in

the

med

ium

term

i. E

ffic

ient

in g

ener

atio

n, tr

ansm

issi

on, d

istri

butio

n an

d ut

iliza

tion

of e

nerg

y.

-- m

inim

um g

ener

atio

n ca

paci

ty in

crea

sed

loca

lly to

100

0 M

W

-- p

ower

supp

ly is

con

nect

ed to

the

Sout

hern

Afr

ican

Pow

er

Pool

(SA

PP)

-- R

ehab

ilita

te tw

o m

ore

stat

ions

for p

ower

dis

tribu

tion

and

com

plet

e th

e on

es u

nder

con

stru

ctio

n (e

.g. K

apic

hira

pow

er st

atio

n), a

nd u

pgra

de

exis

ting

ones

. (N

kula

A a

nd B

) --

Eng

age

in in

terc

onne

ctio

n w

ith M

ozam

biqu

e --

Reh

abili

tate

and

exp

and

the

trans

mis

sion

and

dis

tribu

tion

--Pr

otec

t the

cat

chm

ent a

rea

alon

g th

e La

ke a

nd S

hire

Riv

er

-- R

educ

e th

e co

st o

f con

nect

ion

by u

sing

aff

orda

ble

conn

ectio

n an

d m

eter

ing

met

hods

(e.g

. use

of p

re-w

ired

boar

ds a

nd p

re-p

aid

met

ers)

--

Pre

pare

a p

lan

and

delin

eate

impl

emen

tatio

n re

spon

sibi

litie

s for

the

redu

ctio

n of

silta

tion

in re

serv

oirs

and

pro

tect

cat

chm

ent a

rea

to L

ake

Shire

--

Exp

lore

alte

rnat

ive

ener

gy so

urce

s (ga

s, co

al a

nd so

lar)

--

Impl

emen

t Pum

ped

Stor

age

Pow

er P

lant

at L

ivin

gsto

nia

(long

er te

rm)

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elop

men

t Stra

tegy

84

ii.

Tar

gete

d el

ectri

ficat

ion

for m

inin

g, ir

rigat

ion,

bus

ines

s, to

uris

m, a

nd o

ther

eco

nom

ic a

ctiv

ities

that

wou

ld st

imul

ate

econ

omic

gro

wth

-- In

tegr

ate

elec

trific

atio

n pl

anni

ng w

ith in

vest

men

t pla

nnin

g an

d pl

anni

ng

for t

rans

port,

wat

er a

nd IT

C.

ii.

Impr

oved

fina

ncia

l via

bilit

y of

key

util

ities

and

redu

ced

para

stat

al lo

sses

.

-- A

ccel

erat

e th

e es

tabl

ishm

ent o

f the

Mal

awi E

nerg

y R

egul

ator

y A

utho

rity

-- Im

prov

ed m

anag

emen

t of E

SCO

M, f

air p

ricin

g an

d af

ford

able

rate

s (R

efor

m e

lect

ricity

tarif

f stru

ctur

e an

d le

vels

) --

Impl

emen

t fra

mew

ork

for p

rivat

e se

ctor

to o

pera

te w

ith th

e G

over

nmen

t (P

PP)to

fina

nce

in th

e el

ectri

city

2.

Rur

al c

omm

uniti

es u

se a

ltern

ativ

e en

ergy

supp

lies f

or p

ower

in

und

er se

rved

are

as

i. In

crea

sed

acce

ss to

sust

aina

ble

ener

gy sy

stem

s

-- A

ccel

erat

e th

e R

ural

Ele

ctrif

icat

ion

Prog

ram

me

(incr

ease

reso

urce

s, pr

omot

e de

velo

pmen

t of m

icro

hyd

ro p

ower

stat

ions

and

use

of c

oal

ener

gy fo

r off

grip

pow

er su

pply

, to

prom

ote

grid

and

off

-grid

rura

l el

ectri

ficat

ion

by p

ublic

and

priv

ate

prov

ider

s --

Exp

and

net

wor

k to

rura

l gro

wth

cen

tres;

--

Cre

ate

awar

enes

s of t

he u

se o

f ren

ewab

le e

nerg

y (s

olar

, win

d, b

iom

ass,

and

mic

ro h

ydro

)

ii. M

anag

ed e

nerg

y re

late

d en

viro

nmen

tal i

mpa

cts

O

utco

me

– M

ediu

m T

erm

Exp

ecte

d O

utpu

t C

orre

spon

ds to

the

stra

tegi

es to

mov

e to

out

com

es

Key

Act

ions

Dir

ect m

easu

res o

f the

med

ium

term

exp

ecte

d ou

tcom

es

Low

er le

vel o

utpu

ts a

nd in

dica

tors

to m

easu

re p

rogr

ess

(incl

udes

pol

icy

chan

ge/s

tate

men

t and

key

act

iviti

es d

eriv

ed fr

om fo

cus

actio

ns)

5: IN

TE

GR

AT

ED

RU

RA

L D

EV

EL

OPM

EN

T

Dev

elop

ed ru

ral g

row

th c

entre

s --

Enh

ance

d re

-dis

tribu

tion

of w

ealth

to a

ll ci

tizen

s. --

Red

uced

neg

ativ

e co

nseq

uenc

es o

f rur

al-u

rban

m

igra

tion.

--Pr

ovis

ion

of u

tiliti

es a

nd c

omm

unic

atio

n ne

twor

k to

fac

ilita

te

the

linka

ge o

f pro

duct

ion

area

s to

mar

kets

; --

Impl

emen

ting

rura

l ele

ctrif

icat

ion

prog

ram

me

effe

ctiv

ely

-- P

rom

ote

and

impl

emen

t ec

onom

ic e

mpo

wer

men

t pr

ogra

mes

su

ch a

s MA

RD

EV a

nd O

VO

P.

O

utco

me

– M

ediu

m T

erm

Exp

ecte

d O

utpu

t C

orre

spon

ds to

the

stra

tegi

es to

mov

e to

out

com

es

Key

Act

ions

Dir

ect m

easu

res o

f the

med

ium

term

exp

ecte

d ou

tcom

es

Low

er le

vel o

utpu

ts a

nd in

dica

tors

to m

easu

re p

rogr

ess

(incl

udes

pol

icy

chan

ge/s

tate

men

t and

key

act

iviti

es d

eriv

ed fr

om fo

cus

actio

ns)

6: P

RE

VE

NT

ION

AN

D M

AN

AG

EM

EN

T O

F N

UT

RIT

ION

DIS

OR

DE

RS,

HIV

AN

D A

IDS

(A) H

IV A

ND

AID

S

1. B

ehav

iour

cha

nge

of th

ose

at ri

sk.

(targ

ets:

mig

ratin

g la

bore

rs, s

ex w

orke

rs, y

outh

s and

wom

en,

mob

ile p

opul

atio

n)

i. In

crea

sed

know

ledg

e an

d ca

paci

ty o

f vul

nera

ble

grou

ps to

pr

actic

e ab

stin

ence

, fai

thfu

lnes

s and

safe

sex,

.

-- E

xpan

d an

d sc

ale

up th

e sc

ope

and

dept

h of

HIV

and

AID

S co

mm

unic

atio

n at

lo

cal l

evel

. --

Red

uce

the

vuln

erab

ility

of M

alaw

ians

to th

e H

IV in

fect

ion,

esp

ecia

lly fo

r gi

rls a

nd w

omen

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crea

se a

cces

s to

qual

ity S

TI sy

ndro

mic

man

agem

ent,

coun

selin

g an

d in

form

atio

n.

-- In

crea

se d

istri

ct a

nd c

omm

unity

leve

l out

reac

h fo

r cha

ngin

g pr

actic

es

-- In

tegr

atio

n of

HIV

and

AID

S in

to th

e cu

rric

ulum

and

exp

ansi

on o

f life

skill

s to

all

in-s

choo

l and

out

-of-

scho

ol c

hild

ren

2. E

xpan

ded

acce

ss to

HIV

test

ing

and

coun

selli

ng, p

reve

ntio

n of

mot

her t

o ch

ild tr

ansm

issi

on p

rogr

amm

e, c

ondo

ms,

STI

treat

men

t, bl

ood

safe

ty, u

nive

rsal

pre

caut

ions

i. Im

prov

ed u

ptak

e of

and

equ

itabl

e ac

cess

to te

stin

g an

d co

unse

ling.

ii.

Im

prov

ed q

ualit

y se

rvic

es fo

r pre

vent

ion

of m

othe

r to

child

tra

nsm

issi

on (

PMTC

T) o

f HIV

. iii

. Pre

vent

the

risk

of H

IV tr

ansm

issi

on th

roug

h bl

ood

prod

ucts

or

inva

sive

pro

cedu

res

-- P

rom

ote

Vol

unta

ry, C

ouns

elin

g an

d Te

stin

g (V

CT)

. --

Exp

and

the

scop

e an

d co

vera

ge o

f HIV

test

ing

and

coun

selli

ng se

rvic

es

espe

cial

ly in

rura

l are

as

-- E

xpan

d th

e sc

ope,

qua

lity

and

cove

rage

of

PMTC

T se

rvic

es t

hrou

ghou

t th

e co

untry

. --

Inc

reas

e ac

cess

to s

afe

bloo

d, b

lood

pro

duct

s an

d tis

sue

serv

ices

thr

ough

out

the

coun

try

-- In

crea

se a

vaila

bilit

y of

infe

ctio

n pr

even

tion

mat

eria

ls a

nd p

roce

dure

s --

Sup

port

com

mun

icat

ion

inte

rven

tions

to in

crea

se a

war

enes

s of i

nfec

tion

prev

entio

n 3

Equi

tabl

e tre

atm

ent f

or P

LHA

and

hea

lth im

pact

miti

gatio

n

(incl

udin

g A

RV

s, O

Is, C

HB

C, p

allia

tive

care

, nut

ritio

n su

pple

men

tatio

n)

i. In

crea

sed

equi

tabl

e ac

cess

to A

RV

s and

dru

gs fo

r man

agem

ent

of H

IV re

late

d in

fect

ions

, inc

ludi

ng c

hild

ren

unde

r the

age

of 1

5 (ta

rget

at l

east

10%

of t

hose

rece

ving

AR

T).

. ii.

Hig

h qu

ality

com

mun

ity h

ome

base

d ca

re is

use

d by

PLH

A

incl

udin

g im

prov

ed n

utrit

ion.

--Ex

pand

pro

visi

on o

f com

mun

ity h

ome-

base

d ca

re (C

HB

C) i

nvol

ving

all

heal

th

care

pro

vide

rs

--In

crea

se n

volv

emen

t of P

LHA

in p

lann

ing

and

impl

emen

tatio

n of

CH

BC

. --

Incr

ease

num

bers

, cap

acity

of v

olun

teer

s in

prov

isio

n of

CH

BC

and

dev

elop

a

mec

hani

sm fo

r ret

entio

n of

vol

unte

ers

4. In

crea

sed

acce

ss to

bas

ic se

rvic

es a

nd p

sych

osoc

ial

prot

ectio

n in

terv

entio

ns, s

uch

as e

duca

tion,

hea

lth, s

ocia

l pr

otec

tion

and

livel

ihoo

ds, P

LHA

and

OV

C su

ppor

t, le

gal p

rote

ctio

n, a

nd m

ains

tream

ing

of A

IDS

in

mac

roec

onom

ic a

nd p

ublic

exp

endi

ture

fram

ewor

ks

i. P

LHA

, OV

C, w

idow

s, w

idow

ers,

and

the

affe

cted

eld

erly

be

nefit

from

inco

me

gene

ratin

g pr

ojec

ts a

nd p

sych

olog

ical

su

ppor

t. ii.

Impr

oved

pro

tect

ion

of le

gal r

ight

s of P

LHA

, OV

C, w

idow

s, w

idow

ers

iii. I

mpr

oved

OV

Cs a

cces

s to

qual

ity se

rvic

es (e

duca

tion,

hea

lth,

wat

er, e

tc.)

-- S

treng

then

mec

hani

sms t

o pr

omot

e su

stai

nabl

e ec

onom

ic a

nd m

ater

ial s

uppo

rt

-- In

crea

se a

dvoc

acy

for m

icro

-fin

ance

pro

gram

s --

Stre

ngth

en th

e ca

paci

ty o

f IG

P gr

oups

in b

usin

ess m

anag

emen

t --

Dev

elop

inte

grat

ed sa

fety

net

mec

hani

sms t

o pr

ovid

e a

mul

ti-di

men

sion

al

supp

ort p

acka

ge to

the

mos

t vul

nera

ble

(PLH

A, o

rpha

ns, w

idow

s, w

idow

ers a

nd

affe

cted

eld

erly

). --

Stre

ngth

en c

apac

ities

of

com

mun

ities

and

dis

trict

s to

pro

vide

psy

chos

ocia

l su

ppor

t --

Bui

ld a

nd st

reng

then

the

tech

nica

l, in

stitu

tiona

l and

hum

an re

sour

ce c

apac

ity

of k

ey O

VC

serv

ice

prov

ider

s 5.

Eff

ectiv

e an

d ef

ficie

nt im

plem

enta

tion

of H

IV a

nd A

IDS

resp

onse

syst

em a

cros

s the

pub

lic a

nd p

rivat

e se

ctor

s i.

Enh

ance

d ca

paci

ty o

f the

pub

lic a

nd p

rivat

e se

ctor

to

mai

nstre

am, p

lan

and

man

age

HIV

and

AID

S in

terv

entio

ns.

-- D

evel

op a

shar

ed a

nd c

omm

on u

nder

stan

ding

of m

ains

tream

ing

HIV

and

A

IDS

in b

oth

publ

ic a

nd p

rivat

e se

ctor

s inc

ludi

ng c

ivil

soci

ety—

NG

Os,

CB

Os

and

FBO

s --

Incr

ease

the

capa

city

of D

istri

ct A

ssem

blie

s to

over

see

HIV

and

AID

S ac

tiviti

es in

thei

r dis

trict

s

--

Im

prov

e H

IV a

nd A

IDS

data

col

lect

ion,

dis

sem

inat

ion

and

utili

zatio

n at

bot

h na

tiona

l and

dis

trict

leve

ls.

-- U

se th

e sp

irit o

f the

thre

e on

es

-- Im

plem

ent s

trate

gic

appr

oach

to re

sear

ch a

nd d

evel

opm

ent

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tion O

utco

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– M

ediu

m T

erm

Exp

ecte

d O

utpu

t C

orre

spon

ds to

the

stra

tegi

es to

mov

e to

out

com

es

Key

Act

ions

Dir

ect m

easu

res o

f the

med

ium

term

exp

ecte

d ou

tcom

es

Low

er le

vel o

utpu

ts a

nd in

dica

tors

to m

easu

re p

rogr

ess

(incl

udes

pol

icy

chan

ge/s

tate

men

t and

key

act

iviti

es d

eriv

ed fr

om fo

cus

actio

ns)

1. E

ffec

tive

utili

zatio

n of

qua

lity

food

and

the

biol

ogic

al

utili

zatio

n of

nut

rient

s in

the

body

. i.

Incr

ease

d ad

optio

n of

app

ropr

iate

die

t and

hea

lthy

lifes

tyle

s En

cour

age

fam

ilies

to p

rodu

ce a

nd c

onsu

me

loca

lly f

ound

nut

ritio

us f

oods

tuff

s an

d to

sto

re t

heir

food

to

keep

the

nut

ritio

nal

cont

ent

over

tim

e –

influ

ence

cr

oppi

ng p

atte

rns

ii.

Im

prov

e co

ntro

l, pr

even

tion

and

treat

men

t of

mic

ronu

trien

t de

ficie

ncy

diso

rder

s pa

rticu

larly

tho

se c

ause

d by

Vita

min

A,

iodi

ne a

nd ir

on d

efic

ienc

ies.

iii

. Con

trol,

prev

entio

n an

d tre

atm

ent o

f di

seas

es th

at h

ave

dire

ct

impa

ct o

n nu

tritio

n an

d he

alth

stat

us

Trai

n fa

mili

es in

util

izat

ion

of fo

odst

uffs

iv

. In

crea

sed

acce

ss a

nd a

vaila

bilit

y of

ser

vice

s an

d in

form

atio

n to

pre

vent

con

sum

ers f

rom

hea

lth h

azar

ds

2. I

nfor

mat

ion

is u

sed

in d

ecis

ion

mak

ing

on p

olic

ies a

nd

prog

ram

inte

rven

tions

and

pol

icie

s are

wel

l coo

rdin

ated

acr

oss

the

vario

us m

inis

tries

i. H

arm

onis

ed

and

impr

oved

Fo

od

and

Nut

ritio

n Se

curit

y In

form

atio

n Sy

stem

s (FN

SIS)

for e

vide

nce

base

d in

terv

entio

ns

Coo

rdin

ate

food

pol

icie

s, in

terv

entio

ns a

nd in

form

atio

n di

ssem

inat

ion.

C

) Int

erac

tion

of N

utri

tion

and

HIV

and

AID

S O

utco

me

– M

ediu

m T

erm

O

utpu

t K

ey A

ctio

ns

Hig

h L

evel

Indi

cato

rs (m

ediu

m te

rm)

Inte

rmed

iate

Indi

cato

rs

(low

er le

vel i

ndic

ator

s )

(incl

udes

pol

icy

chan

ge/s

tate

men

t and

act

iviti

es d

eriv

ed fr

om fo

cus a

ctio

ns)

• In

crea

sed

know

ledg

e of

the

inte

ract

ion

betw

een

nutri

tion

and

HIV

and

AID

S;

• Im

prov

ed a

nd d

iver

sifie

d di

etar

y pr

actic

es fo

r pe

ople

livi

ng w

ith H

IV a

nd A

IDS;

.

-- In

crea

sed

prov

isio

n of

HIV

and

AID

S-re

late

d nu

tritio

n in

terv

entio

ns

-- In

crea

sed

awar

enes

s of t

he in

tera

ctio

n be

twee

n nu

tritio

n an

d H

IV a

nd A

IDS.

--R

evie

win

g an

d in

clud

ing

nutri

tion,

HIV

and

AID

S in

tera

ctio

n in

edu

catio

n cu

rric

ula

of a

ll le

arni

ng a

nd tr

aini

ng in

stitu

tions

. --

Com

pilin

g an

d di

ssem

inat

ing

best

app

roac

hes t

o pr

ovid

ing

nutri

tiona

l the

rapy

to

PLH

A.

--B

uild

ing

capa

city

for n

utrit

ion

serv

ice

prov

ider

s on

spec

ialis

ed n

utrit

ion

care

fo

r PLH

As.

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MA

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RA

TIO

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AT

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BY

TH

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TH

EM

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- S

UST

AIN

AB

LE

EC

ON

OM

IC G

RO

WT

H

1.

1 SU

B T

HE

ME

1.1

Max

imiz

ing

The

Con

trib

utio

n of

Eco

nom

ic G

row

th T

hrou

gh P

oten

tial G

row

th S

ecto

rs

Out

com

e –

Med

ium

Ter

m E

xpec

ted

Out

put

Cor

resp

onds

to th

e st

rate

gies

to m

ove

to

outc

omes

K

ey A

ctio

ns

Dir

ect m

easu

res o

f the

med

ium

term

exp

ecte

d ou

tcom

es

Low

er le

vel o

utpu

ts a

nd in

dica

tors

to m

easu

re

prog

ress

(in

clud

es p

olic

y ch

ange

/sta

tem

ent a

nd k

ey a

ctiv

ities

der

ived

from

focu

s act

ions

)

1.1.

1 P

oten

tial G

row

th S

ecto

rs

a T

ouri

sm

-- In

crea

sed

num

ber o

f tou

rist (

dom

estic

, int

erna

tiona

l) --

FD

I in

tour

ism

are

as

-- O

ccup

ancy

rate

s of h

otel

s

i. P

ricin

g, se

rvic

e, a

nd q

ualit

y of

indu

stry

co

mpe

titiv

e w

ith th

e re

gion

ii.

Mea

sure

of t

he q

ualit

y of

par

ks w

heth

er

man

aged

by

the

publ

ic se

ctor

, priv

ate

sect

or, o

r co

mm

uniti

es

iii.

Rea

ch o

f tou

rism

pro

duct

s to

dom

estic

, reg

iona

l an

d in

tern

atio

nal m

arke

ts

-- E

stab

lish

a M

onito

ring

syst

em fo

r tou

rist t

rend

s and

serv

ices

in M

alaw

i. --

Reh

abili

tate

targ

eted

nat

iona

l par

ks, g

ame

rese

rves

, and

wild

life.

--

Zon

e or

dem

arca

te a

ll ar

eas w

ith to

uris

m p

oten

tial a

long

the

lake

. --

Upg

rade

road

s lea

ding

to k

ey to

uris

t attr

actio

ns to

all

wea

ther

.

-- E

nfor

ce re

gula

tory

fram

ewor

k fo

r sta

ndar

ds /

qual

ity o

f tou

rism

. --

Cre

ate

clea

r law

s and

regu

latio

n on

land

acc

ess f

or to

uris

m d

evel

opm

ent a

nd d

evel

op g

uide

lines

.

b. M

inin

g

Incr

ease

d pr

oduc

tion

outp

ut o

f min

ing

---

Larg

e an

d m

ediu

m

---

Smal

l sca

le

-- V

alue

d ad

ded

by sm

all s

cale

min

ers,

--

Red

uced

env

ironm

ent d

egra

datio

n fr

om m

inin

g --

Dom

estic

sale

s of m

iner

als a

nd m

iner

al p

rodu

cts

i. Fu

nctio

ning

inst

itutio

nal s

ettin

g to

pro

mot

e m

inin

g, m

onito

ring

and

enfo

rce

envi

ronm

ent

and

safe

ty st

anda

rds

ii.

Com

plia

nce

by sm

all,

med

ium

and

larg

e sc

ale

min

ers w

ith e

nviro

nmen

tal a

nd sa

fety

stan

dard

s iii

. In

crea

sed

valu

e ad

ded

by sm

all s

cale

min

ers a

nd

inte

grat

ion

into

mar

kets

iv

. In

crea

sed

inve

stm

ent b

y la

rge

scal

e m

inin

g

-- U

pdat

e ge

olog

ical

and

min

eral

dat

a ac

quis

ition

map

ping

. --

Est

ablis

h lin

kage

s to

legi

timat

e m

arke

t out

let f

or sm

all s

cale

min

ers.

-- d

evel

op in

fras

truct

ure

for k

ey m

inin

g co

mpa

nies

(el

ectri

city

, wat

er, r

oads

) PPP

--

Spe

ed u

p pa

rliam

enta

ry c

onsi

dera

tion

of th

e m

inin

g an

d m

iner

als p

olic

y --

Pro

vide

ext

ensi

on se

rvic

es to

SSM

. --

Rev

iew

taxa

tion

appl

icab

le to

min

ing

to b

e co

mpe

titiv

e in

the

regi

on.

c. M

anuf

actu

ring

: --

- Pr

oduc

ts m

eet I

SO st

anda

rds

-- I

ncre

ased

pro

duct

ivity

of l

abor

and

mac

hine

s (to

tal

fact

or p

rodu

ctiv

ity)

i.

Skill

s in

voca

tiona

l tra

inin

g, sc

ienc

e an

dtec

hnol

ogy

ii.

Cap

acity

of B

urea

u of

Sta

ndar

ds

iii.

Red

uced

cos

t of p

rodu

ctio

n

-- In

tegr

ate

scie

nce

and

tech

nolo

gy in

to c

urric

ulum

. --

Bui

ld c

apac

ity o

f Mal

awi B

urea

u of

Sta

ndar

ds to

cer

tify

rath

er th

an re

ly o

n ov

erse

as c

ertif

iers

. --

Est

ablis

h lin

ks o

f im

prov

ing

qual

ity a

nd q

uant

ity o

f raw

mat

eria

ls a

nd p

roce

ssor

s , e

spec

ially

in th

e ag

ricul

tura

l sec

tor.

-- S

treng

then

adh

eren

ce to

labo

r pro

tect

ion

-- R

ewor

k du

ty d

raw

back

s and

reba

tes a

nd re

view

taxe

s --

Red

efin

e th

e ro

les a

nd re

spon

sibi

litie

s of s

uppo

rt in

stitu

tions

in th

e se

ctor

--

Enc

oura

ge p

roce

ssin

g in

rura

l are

as, s

ub-c

ontra

ctin

g an

d us

e of

mod

ern

tech

nolo

gy

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E 2

: Ena

blin

g E

nvir

onm

ent f

or P

riva

te S

ecto

r L

ed G

row

th

Out

com

e –

Med

ium

Ter

m E

xpec

ted

Out

put

Cor

resp

onds

to th

e st

rate

gies

to m

ove

to

outc

omes

Key

Act

ions

Dir

ect m

easu

res o

f the

med

ium

term

exp

ecte

d ou

tcom

es

Low

er le

vel o

utpu

ts a

nd in

dica

tors

to m

easu

re

prog

ress

(in

clud

es p

olic

y ch

ange

/sta

tem

ent a

nd k

ey a

ctiv

ities

der

ived

from

focu

s act

ions

)

--

Low

er ti

me

and

cost

of r

egul

atio

ns (t

ime

for

busi

ness

star

t up)

--

Stra

tegi

es to

be

defin

ed in

the

tax

revi

ew –

sum

mar

y of

key

pol

icie

s

-- %

of g

oods

that

mee

t int

erna

tiona

l sta

ndar

ds fo

r m

arke

t acc

ess (

ISO

)

ii. I

mpr

oved

wor

ker p

rodu

ctiv

ity a

nd a

bilit

y o

f fir

ms t

o pr

oduc

e qu

ality

pro

duct

s --

redu

ced

inci

denc

e of

occ

upat

iona

l haz

ards

an

d oc

cupa

tiona

l dis

ease

d --

Impr

oved

rele

vanc

e of

skill

s of w

ork

forc

e (f

rom

voc

atio

nal t

rain

ing,

seco

ndar

y ed

ucat

ion,

and

S&

T)

-- Im

plem

ent o

ccup

atio

nal p

rote

ctio

n fo

r lab

or

-- E

xpan

d ca

paci

ty o

f exi

stin

g vo

catio

nal t

rain

ing

inst

itutio

ns, i

nclu

ding

trai

ning

mor

e in

stru

ctor

s in

voca

tiona

l tra

inin

g ar

eas (

TEV

ET)

-- U

pdat

e cu

rric

ulum

and

equ

ipm

ent f

or e

cono

mic

nee

ds (v

ocat

iona

l cen

tres a

nd se

cond

ary

scho

ols)

--

Incr

ease

enr

olm

ent o

f gen

eral

edu

catio

n st

uden

ts in

voc

atio

nal p

rogr

amm

e.

iii

. In

crea

sed

parti

cipa

tion

of M

alaw

ian

entre

pren

eurs

in p

rivat

e se

ctor

ven

ture

s and

ac

cess

mar

kets

--

inc

reas

ed n

umbe

r of M

alaw

ian

firm

s tha

t ex

port

dire

ctly

or c

ontri

bute

to e

xpor

tatio

n fr

om M

alaw

i --

inc

reas

ed n

umbe

r of M

alaw

ian

firm

s se

rvic

ing

the

dom

estic

mar

ket s

uppl

y

-- Im

plem

ent p

rogr

amm

e la

nd ti

tling

(see

2b)

and

intro

duce

refo

rms i

n ur

ban

land

allo

catio

n --

Stre

ngth

en p

rom

otio

n ac

tiviti

es.

-- In

crea

se e

ffic

ienc

y of

one

stop

shop

brin

ging

in o

utsi

de o

pera

tions

, cla

rify

law

s to

enab

le.

-- R

evis

e st

atem

ent o

f inv

estm

ent p

olic

ies.

-- P

rovi

de in

cent

ives

in a

non

-dis

cret

iona

ry m

anne

r. --

Red

uce

unne

cess

ary

dela

ys in

pro

cess

ing

of la

nd a

pplic

atio

ns.

-- se

e su

b-th

eme

5, e

cono

mic

em

pow

erm

ent f

or m

ore

outp

uts a

nd a

ctio

ns

iv

. In

crea

sed

acce

ss to

a fu

nctio

ning

fina

ncia

l se

ctor

, inc

ludi

ng m

icro

finan

ce

-- In

crea

sed

leve

l of d

omes

tic c

redi

t for

priv

ate

sect

or

-- n

umbe

r of S

MEs

rece

ivin

g fin

anci

ng fo

r 1st

time

-- S

uppo

rt fin

ance

inst

itutio

ns in

des

igni

ng d

iffer

entia

ted

finan

cial

pro

duct

s --

Dev

elop

/ stre

ngth

en th

e m

icro

-fin

ance

sect

or to

serv

e sm

all s

cale

con

cern

s and

as p

art o

f the

br

oade

r fin

anci

al sy

stem

-- f

or m

icro

finan

ce se

e su

b-th

eme

5—

-- S

treng

then

NEE

F an

d sa

ving

s cam

paig

n.

-- E

stab

lish

an S

ME

Ape

x in

stitu

tion.

--

Mai

ntai

n ca

pita

l bas

e fo

r ban

ks.

2. I

ncre

ased

inve

stm

ent f

or p

rivat

e se

ctor

gro

wth

i. Im

prov

ed q

ualit

y of

info

rmat

ion

on o

ppor

tuni

ties

in M

alaw

i for

pot

entia

l inv

esto

rs

-- P

rodu

ce g

ood

prom

otio

nal m

ater

ials

--

Rev

iew

inve

stm

ent p

olic

y an

d --

see

abov

e in

cent

ives

--

Dev

elop

em

ploy

men

t pol

icy

ii.

Im

prov

ed p

erce

ptio

n of

the

priv

ate

sect

or

conc

erni

ng g

over

nanc

e / c

orru

ptio

n --

See

Str

ateg

y Ar

ea #

5 --

Inte

grat

e m

essa

ge o

f goo

d go

vern

ance

into

pro

mot

iona

l the

mes

3.

Sci

ence

and

tech

nolo

gy is

use

d in

pro

visi

on o

f ser

vice

de

liver

y or

in im

prov

ing

priv

ate

ente

rpris

es

i. D

evel

op a

n ef

fect

ive

capa

city

in S

&T

that

can

m

eet t

he n

eeds

of M

alaw

i --

Stre

ngth

en li

nkag

es to

voc

atio

nal t

rain

ing

--

Det

erm

ine

the

best

mec

hani

sms f

or a

cces

sing

S&

T kn

owle

dge

and

optim

um st

rate

gy to

impl

emen

t --

Pro

mot

e S&

T or

ient

ed to

val

ue a

dditi

on in

hig

h gr

owth

are

as --

-- S

ee S

trate

gies

und

er IC

T A

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E 3

: E

xpor

t Led

Gro

wth

O

utco

me

– M

ediu

m T

erm

Exp

ecte

d O

utpu

t C

orre

spon

ds to

the

stra

tegi

es to

mov

e to

ou

tcom

es

Key

Act

ions

Dir

ect m

easu

res o

f the

med

ium

term

exp

ecte

d ou

tcom

es

Low

er le

vel o

utpu

ts a

nd in

dica

tors

to m

easu

re

prog

ress

(in

clud

es p

olic

y ch

ange

/sta

tem

ent a

nd k

ey a

ctiv

ities

der

ived

from

focu

s act

ions

)

1. I

ncre

ased

bus

ines

ses w

hich

are

acc

essi

ng re

gion

al

mar

kets

with

com

petit

ive

prod

ucts

(qua

lity,

cos

t) --

Incr

ease

in tr

ade

of g

oods

and

serv

ices

bot

h do

mes

tical

ly a

nd in

tern

atio

nally

(tra

de b

alan

ce

incr

ease

from

-48b

illio

n in

200

5)

i. R

educ

ed c

ost o

f rea

chin

g ex

tern

al m

arke

ts d

ue to

in

fras

truct

ure

-- R

educ

ed le

ad ti

mes

on

expo

rt --

Dec

reas

ed c

ost o

f dom

estic

truc

king

--

Low

ered

cos

ts o

f cro

ss-b

orde

r and

tran

sit

trade

with

nei

ghbo

urin

g co

untri

es

-- L

ower

ed tr

ansp

ort a

nd h

andl

ing

cost

s

Infr

astru

ctur

e in

pla

ce (s

ee th

eme

4 w

ith in

vest

men

ts a

nd se

quen

cing

) --

Int

erna

tiona

l con

nect

ions

to p

orts

, ro

ads t

o ke

y re

gion

al d

estin

atio

ns, i

mpr

oved

air

linka

ges

-- H

arm

oniz

e st

anda

rds f

or c

ross

bor

der a

nd tr

ansi

t tra

de w

ith n

eigh

bour

ing

coun

tries

in p

lace

--

Enf

orce

regi

onal

har

mon

ized

stan

dard

s (eg

secu

rity

issu

es, t

rans

it fe

es, e

t --

Red

uce

impa

ct o

f dom

estic

truc

king

car

tel a

nd in

crea

se a

cces

s to

fore

ign

truck

ers

-- M

odify

tax

stru

ctur

e fo

r tra

nspo

rt eq

uipm

ent/s

ervi

ces

-- L

ever

age

publ

ic p

rivat

e pa

rtner

ship

s for

infr

astru

ctur

e

ii. R

educ

ed le

ad ti

mes

on

expo

rt an

d im

prov

ed

effic

ienc

y --

Red

uced

tim

e fo

r cro

ss b

orde

r pro

cess

ing

-- B

ench

mar

ked

regi

onal

initi

ativ

es –

syst

ems

and

proc

edur

es

-- R

educ

ed ti

me

for c

usto

m c

lear

ance

s

-- E

ffic

ienc

y of

cus

tom

s and

tax

adm

inis

tratio

n- a

nd re

solu

tion

of g

rieva

nces

in th

e ta

x ad

min

istra

tion

--

Impr

ove

the

effic

ienc

y in

cus

tom

s and

tax

incl

udin

g dr

awba

ck p

rogr

am

-- D

evel

op sp

eedy

and

stan

dard

ized

pay

men

t sys

tem

--

Red

uce

exce

ssiv

e de

lays

in re

fund

s of t

ax p

aym

ents

esp

ecia

lly su

rtax

paym

ents

--

Incr

ease

eff

icie

ncy

tax

colle

ctio

n --

Har

mon

ize

bord

er o

pera

ting

hour

s with

nei

ghbo

urs

-- Im

prov

e co

mpl

ianc

e w

ith c

usto

ms r

egul

atio

n

iii.

Impr

oved

mar

keta

bilit

y of

pro

duct

s to

inte

rnat

iona

l mar

kets

--

Mee

ting

ISO

stan

dard

s, an

d pa

ckag

ing

stan

dard

s

-- S

treng

then

MBS

for n

atio

nal c

ertif

icat

ion

--

Sta

rt co

mpr

ehen

sive

SQ

AM

cap

acity

bui

ldin

g pr

ogra

m

-- D

evel

op sc

ienc

e, in

dust

ry a

nd te

chno

logy

in

fram

ewor

k of

inte

rnat

iona

l sta

ndar

ds

-- IS

O90

01 e

nter

pris

es e

stab

lishe

d --

Com

ply

with

inte

rnat

iona

l cer

tific

atio

n

iv.

Incr

ease

d fir

ms t

hat t

ake

adva

ntag

e of

exp

ort

oppo

rtuni

ties

-- In

crea

se in

form

atio

n fo

r pot

entia

l exp

orts

for m

arke

t pot

entia

ls

-- R

e-or

ient

Mal

awi E

xpor

t Pro

mot

ion

Cou

ncil;

--

Exp

ort P

rom

otio

n C

ounc

il ac

tiviti

es a

dequ

atel

y co

-ord

inat

e ex

port

prom

otio

n ac

tiviti

es

-- E

stab

lish

trade

fina

nce

sche

me

--

Ref

orm

of t

he fi

nanc

ial s

ecto

r (su

bthe

me2

)

v. M

axim

ized

trad

e be

nefit

s thr

ough

bet

ter

know

ledg

e --

mea

sure

of t

he a

bilit

y to

neg

otia

te a

nd d

irect

in

tern

atio

nal t

rade

dis

cuss

ions

-- U

pgra

de sk

ills o

f key

staf

f in

targ

et in

stitu

tions

(tra

de re

late

d)

-- C

oord

inat

e m

inis

tries

and

ent

ities

invo

lved

in tr

ade

for o

rigin

regi

mes

and

issu

es

-- S

treng

then

ana

lytic

al c

apac

ity fo

r tra

de p

olic

y an

alys

is a

nd im

plem

enta

tion

--

Est

ablis

h ca

paci

ty to

regu

late

Lib

eral

izat

ion

Fair

Trad

e C

omm

issi

on

-- S

treng

then

the

abili

ty to

neg

otia

te a

nd d

irect

par

tner

ship

s with

oth

er c

ount

ries t

o fa

cilit

ate

regi

onal

tra

de

-- L

iase

with

Cus

tom

s D

epar

tmen

t to

acc

eler

ate

impr

ovem

ent

of c

usto

ms

faci

litat

ion

at p

orts

and

bo

rder

pos

ts in

SA

DC

/CO

MES

A

-- E

xpor

t Pro

mot

ion

Cou

ncil

activ

ities

ade

quat

ely

co-o

rdin

ated

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HE

ME

4: C

onse

rvat

ion

of th

e na

tura

l res

ourc

e ba

se

a. F

ishe

ries

: Su

stai

ned

fish

avai

labi

lity

for f

ood

and

nutri

tion

secu

rity

as w

ell a

s inc

ome

gene

ratio

n

-- m

aint

enan

ce o

f the

fish

spec

ies

i. In

crea

sed

prod

uctiv

ity o

f sm

all a

nd la

rge

scal

e --

Com

mun

ities

ben

efiti

ng fr

om fi

sher

y re

sour

ces

-- in

crea

se fi

sh fa

rm p

rodu

ctio

n --

% p

rovi

sion

of a

nim

al p

rote

in

-- In

crea

se u

se o

f mod

ern

tech

nolo

gy b

y lo

cal c

omm

uniti

es a

nd p

rivat

e se

ctor

for d

eep

wat

er fi

shin

g --

Pro

vide

fish

land

ing

faci

litie

s and

trai

n co

mm

uniti

es tr

aine

d in

mod

ern

fish

proc

essi

ng.

-- T

rain

loca

l com

mun

ities

to p

ract

ice

sust

aina

ble

fishi

ng.

-- D

evel

op a

ccre

dita

tion

faci

litie

s for

fish

exp

ort.

-- E

stab

lish

sanc

tuar

y ar

eas t

o pr

otec

t end

ange

red

fish

spec

ies.

b. F

ores

try

sust

aina

ble

use

and

man

agem

ent

-- P

rivat

e se

ctor

man

ages

fore

st re

sour

ces f

or th

e lo

ng

term

pro

fitab

ility

of t

he se

ctor

and

sust

aina

bilit

y of

th

is n

atur

al re

sour

ce

-- fo

rest

cov

erag

e as

% o

f tot

al la

nd

-- re

vers

al in

def

ores

tatio

n

i. Im

prov

ed p

rodu

ctiv

ity a

nd v

alue

add

ed b

y th

e in

dust

rial f

ores

try se

ctor

, whi

le b

alan

cing

it w

ith

sust

aina

ble

prac

tices

--

inc

reas

ed n

umbe

r and

type

of v

alue

add

ing

woo

d pr

oduc

ing

and

proc

essi

ng

esta

blis

hmen

ts.

-- in

crea

se p

rivat

e se

ctor

invo

lvem

ent i

n in

dust

rial f

ores

try d

evel

opm

ent.

-- U

nder

take

revi

ew th

e su

stai

nabi

lity

of d

e-lin

king

the

com

mer

cial

ly p

rodu

ctiv

e co

mpo

nent

of t

he

indu

stria

l for

est p

lant

atio

ns o

f the

fore

stry

dep

artm

ent f

rom

the

prot

ectio

n an

d ex

tens

ion

fore

stry

co

mpo

nent

s --

Intro

duce

app

ropr

iate

ince

ntiv

es to

pro

mot

e in

vest

men

t in

fore

st in

dustr

ies

-- R

egis

tratio

n w

ith in

tern

atio

nal s

tand

ard

bodi

es

ii.

Inc

reas

ed re

fore

stat

ion

effo

rts fo

r key

are

as a

nd

impr

ove

enfo

rcem

ent o

f reg

ulat

ions

for f

ores

try

man

agem

ent

-- in

crea

se in

pla

ntin

g

Ref

ores

tatio

n --

Sou

th a

nd C

entra

l Mal

awi :

Rep

lant

and

reha

bilit

ate

150,

000

ha

softw

ood

and

50, 0

00 h

a of

ha

rdw

ood

timbe

r pla

ntat

ions

by

priv

ate

prod

ucer

s.

c. C

ompl

ianc

e w

ith n

atur

al re

sour

ce la

ws

-- a

reas

or n

atio

nal p

arks

pro

tect

ed

i. Im

prov

ed e

nfor

cem

ent o

f env

ironm

enta

l pol

icie

s an

d le

gisl

atio

n

-- D

evel

op e

nviro

nmen

tal s

tand

ards

for s

oil,

wat

er, a

ir, n

oise

with

cor

resp

ondi

ng le

gisl

atio

n

ii.

Im

prov

ed c

oope

ratio

n in

env

ironm

enta

l m

anag

emen

t and

NR

M a

nd d

evel

opm

ent

-- E

stab

lish

appe

als t

ribun

al.

-- E

stab

lish

coor

dina

ting

com

mitt

ees f

or b

iodi

vers

ity c

limat

e ch

ange

, PO

Ps, a

nd w

aste

. --

Har

mon

ize

sect

or-s

peci

fic st

rate

gies

for d

ealin

g w

ith p

robl

ems a

ffec

ting

com

mon

reso

urce

s

iii.

Incr

ease

d aw

aren

ess o

f iss

ues o

f pro

tect

ing

the

envi

ronm

ent

-- In

corp

orat

e en

viro

nmen

tal c

once

rns i

n th

e sc

hool

cur

ricul

um.

-- E

stab

lish

envi

ronm

enta

l dat

abas

e.

-- U

nder

take

info

rmat

ion

and

educ

atio

n ca

mpa

igns

. d

Con

serv

atio

n an

d pr

otec

tion

of p

arks

and

wild

life

i

Inc

reas

ed w

ildlif

e an

imal

spec

ies

--En

forc

e pr

otec

tion

of n

atio

nal p

arks

and

wild

life

--Re

-intro

duce

thre

aten

ed a

nd e

xtin

ct w

ild a

nim

al sp

ecie

s.

1.

5 SU

B T

HE

ME

5: E

cono

mic

Em

pow

erm

ent

Out

com

e –

Med

ium

Ter

m E

xpec

ted

Out

put

Cor

resp

onds

to th

e st

rate

gies

to m

ove

to

outc

omes

Key

Act

ions

Dir

ect m

easu

res o

f the

med

ium

term

exp

ecte

d ou

tcom

es

Low

er le

vel o

utpu

ts a

nd in

dica

tors

to m

easu

re

prog

ress

(in

clud

es p

olic

y ch

ange

/sta

tem

ent a

nd k

ey a

ctiv

ities

der

ived

from

focu

s act

ions

)

1. In

crea

sed

empl

oym

ent a

nd in

com

e fr

om o

n an

d of

f far

m

activ

ities

-

i. Im

prov

ed in

tegr

atio

n of

rura

l com

mun

ities

into

th

e ec

onom

ic m

arke

t --

redu

ced

dom

estic

tran

spor

t cos

t for

rura

l are

as

--Ta

rget

ed li

nkag

e fo

r rur

al in

tegr

atio

n in

to m

arke

ts: F

eede

r roa

ds, r

ehab

ilita

tion

and

mai

nten

ance

--

Stre

ngth

en c

ore

func

tion

of A

DM

AR

C in

geo

grap

hica

l are

as w

hich

are

und

erse

rved

by

the

priv

ate

sect

or (i

mpl

emen

t ref

orm

of A

DM

ARC

) --

See

sect

ion

2b fo

r spe

cific

effo

rts t

o im

prov

e sm

allh

olde

r pro

duct

ivity

2

Incr

ease

d pr

oduc

tivity

of r

ural

com

mun

ities

/ bu

sine

sses

an

d th

us th

eir c

ontri

butio

n to

eco

nom

ic g

row

th

--- i

ncre

ase

in th

e ow

ners

hip

by M

alaw

ians

and

thei

r va

lue-

adde

d,

--- i

ncre

ase

in S

ME

prof

itabi

lity

i. D

evel

oped

rura

l coo

pera

tives

to lo

wer

tran

sact

ions

co

sts o

f dea

ling

with

rura

l ent

repr

eneu

rs a

nd

colle

ctiv

e ba

rgai

ning

--

low

er tr

ansa

ctio

n co

sts (

high

er m

argi

ns)

-- Id

entif

y co

mm

on c

omm

unity

pro

duct

s for

pro

duct

ion,

thro

ugh

one

villa

ge o

ne p

rodu

ct

-- D

evel

op a

pro

gram

me

that

will

ove

rsee

the

esta

blis

hmen

t of c

oope

rativ

es in

rura

l are

as.

-- P

rovi

de te

chni

cal s

uppo

rt fr

om p

rivat

e se

ctor

pro

gram

s (re

late

d to

off

farm

em

ploy

men

t) --

Org

aniz

e co

mm

uniti

es to

pro

duce

out

puts

or d

evel

op lo

cal i

ndus

try

-- se

e st

rate

gy a

rea

3 –

for H

IV a

nd A

IDS

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M

alaw

i Gro

wth

and

Dev

elop

men

t Stra

tegy

91

ii. I

ncre

ased

acc

ess t

o m

icro

fina

nce

for r

ural

bu

sine

sses

use

in p

rodu

ctiv

e en

terp

rises

--

incr

ease

in b

usin

ess m

icro

-fin

ance

loan

s (by

m

en a

nd w

omen

) and

num

ber t

hat r

esul

t in

succ

essf

ul b

usin

esse

s --

dec

reas

e in

def

ault

rate

--

dec

reas

e cl

ient

dro

p ou

t rat

e

-- A

lign

loan

con

ditio

ns to

ena

ble

good

bus

ines

s act

iviti

es (r

epay

men

t per

iod,

freq

uenc

y, a

mou

nt)

--D

evel

op sp

ecia

l pro

gram

s for

wom

en /y

outh

--

Bet

ter c

oord

inat

ion

of d

onor

supp

orte

d m

icro

-fin

ance

pro

gram

s to

decr

ease

mar

ket d

isto

rtion

s --

Stre

ngth

en u

nder

stan

ding

of m

icro

-fin

ance

--

Enh

ance

cap

acity

of c

ourts

to h

andl

e bu

sine

ss c

ases

. (se

e se

ctio

n on

judi

cial

refo

rm)

-- E

ncou

rage

fina

ncia

l ins

titut

ions

to d

esig

n tie

red

loan

pac

kage

s to

prov

ide

ince

ntiv

es to

bor

row

ers

for

loan

repa

ymen

t --

Cre

dit R

efer

ence

Bur

eau

esta

blis

hed

-- N

etw

ork

of p

ract

ione

rs in

MFI

est

ablis

hed

-- Im

prov

ed m

onito

ring

and

supe

rvis

ion

of c

lient

s

iii..

Impr

oved

bus

ines

s ski

lls a

re u

sed

by ru

ral

com

mun

ity b

usin

esse

s-- i

nclu

des w

omen

’s sk

ills

--Pr

ovid

e tra

inin

g to

all

peop

le w

ho b

orro

w fo

r bus

ines

s pur

pose

s thr

ough

the

train

ing

unit

of th

e N

EEC

iv.

Prov

ide

oppo

rtuni

ties f

or v

ocat

iona

l tra

inin

g Se

e st

rate

gy a

rea

1 fo

r voc

atio

nal t

rain

ing

3 W

omen

, you

th a

nd th

e di

sabl

ed fu

lly p

artic

ipat

e in

the

prod

uctiv

e ec

onom

y --

Inc

reas

e nu

mbe

r of w

omen

in p

rivat

e an

d pu

blic

se

ctor

org

aniz

atio

ns

-- I

ncre

ase

num

ber o

f you

th e

mpl

oyed

i. P

rogr

ams f

or b

uild

ing

wom

en e

ntre

pren

euria

l sk

ills a

nd o

ppor

tuni

ties t

o pa

rtici

pate

in th

e ec

onom

y de

velo

ped

-- w

omen

ow

ned

busi

ness

es

-- D

evel

op a

cha

rter t

o in

crea

se th

e em

ploy

men

t opp

ortu

nitie

s --

Enh

ance

inst

itutio

nal f

ram

ewor

k su

ppor

ting

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f wom

en e

ntre

pren

eurs

--

Tra

in w

omen

in

entre

pren

euria

l ski

lls a

nd a

bilit

y to

man

age

busi

ness

es

-- In

stitu

tiona

l fra

mew

ork

and

legi

slat

ion

is su

ppor

tive

of w

omen

’s in

tegr

atio

n to

eco

nom

y

-- E

nfor

ce e

mpo

wer

men

t act

--

Impr

ove

capa

city

of t

he M

alaw

i Cou

ncil

for t

he H

andi

capp

ed a

nd o

ther

sim

ilar i

nstit

utio

ns th

at

deliv

er se

rves

to p

eopl

e w

ith d

isab

ilitie

s.

--

Voc

atio

nal t

rain

ing

and

skill

s --

You

th w

ho g

ain

skill

s 4.

Urb

an P

oor a

re p

rodu

ctiv

ely

cont

ribut

ing

to th

e ec

onom

y

1.

6 SU

B-T

HE

ME

6: L

and

and

Hou

sing

O

utco

me

– M

ediu

m T

erm

Exp

ecte

d O

utpu

t C

orre

spon

ds to

the

stra

tegi

es to

mov

e to

ou

tcom

es

Key

Act

ions

Dir

ect m

easu

res o

f the

med

ium

term

exp

ecte

d ou

tcom

es

Low

er le

vel o

utpu

ts a

nd in

dica

tors

to m

easu

re

prog

ress

(in

clud

es p

olic

y ch

ange

/sta

tem

ent a

nd k

ey a

ctiv

ities

der

ived

from

focu

s act

ions

)

Equi

tabl

e a

cces

s to

land

for v

ario

us u

ses i

nclu

ding

ag

ricul

tura

l pro

duct

ion

and

settl

emen

t --

Lan

d ta

x to

dis

cour

age

hoar

ding

of l

and

intro

duce

d.

--V

iabl

e la

nd m

arke

ts e

stab

lishe

d --

Res

ettle

men

t an

d la

nd d

evel

opm

ent

prog

ram

mes

inte

nsifi

ed

--Pu

blic

aw

aren

ess o

n la

nd ri

ghts

and

land

po

licy

--

Exis

ting

land

righ

ts, e

spec

ially

cus

tom

ary

right

s rec

ogni

zed,

cla

rifie

d an

d se

cure

d

--Re

view

of l

and

base

d le

gisl

atio

n fo

r leg

al a

nd c

onst

itutio

nal c

onsi

sten

cy w

ith th

e N

atio

nal l

and

Polic

y --

Revi

ew a

nd re

conc

ile e

xist

ing

law

s to

ensu

re c

ompa

tibili

ty w

ith th

e la

nd p

olic

y --

Dev

elop

a c

aref

ully

stru

ctur

ed p

rogr

amm

e on

land

adm

inis

tratio

n an

d la

nd re

cord

s --

Impl

emen

t pub

lic a

war

enes

s act

iviti

es re

gard

ing

prop

erty

righ

ts o

f ven

erab

le g

roup

s --

Regi

ster

indi

vidu

al a

nd fa

mily

title

to c

usto

mar

y la

nd w

ith le

gal a

nd fi

duci

ary

prov

isio

n fo

r pr

otec

ting

the

dire

ct in

herit

ance

of p

rope

rty b

y re

mai

ning

spou

se a

nd c

hild

ren

Enha

nced

land

tenu

re se

curit

y Im

prov

ed li

velih

oods

--

Publ

ic a

war

enes

s on

land

righ

ts a

nd la

nd

mar

kets

--

Cou

ntry

-wid

e la

nd fo

rmal

izat

ion

exer

cise

--

Cur

bed

land

enc

roac

hmen

ts, u

napp

rove

d de

velo

pmen

ts, a

nd sp

ecul

atio

n an

d ra

cket

eerin

g

--En

cour

age

cust

omar

y la

nd fo

rmal

izat

ion

thro

ugh

titlin

g an

d re

gist

ratio

n --

Adj

udic

ate

land

esp

ecia

lly in

the

peri-

urba

n ar

eas

--Pr

ovid

e cr

edit

to su

ppor

t off

farm

live

lihoo

ds e

nhan

cing

act

iviti

es re

gist

ratio

n an

d tit

ling

Sust

aina

ble

Land

Use

--

Land

Use

Pol

icy

deve

lope

d an

d la

nd u

se

-- D

evel

op a

Lan

d U

se P

olic

y an

d -R

evie

w la

nd u

se le

gisl

atio

n

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i Gro

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and

Dev

elop

men

t Stra

tegy

92

le

gisl

atio

n re

view

ed

--A

ffor

dabl

e, e

nfor

ceab

le p

lann

ing

stan

dard

s an

d gu

idel

ines

--

Up-

to-d

ate

land

info

rmat

ion

in o

rder

to a

ssis

t pr

oper

land

man

agem

ent

--En

hanc

ed c

oord

inat

ion

with

oth

er

stak

ehol

ders

--Re

view

of t

he N

atio

nal P

hysi

cal D

evel

opm

ent P

lan-

--

Revi

ew th

e To

wn

and

Cou

ntry

Pla

nnin

g A

ct, p

lann

ing

stan

dard

s and

regu

latio

ns

--Re

view

of p

lann

ing

stan

dard

s and

gui

delin

es fo

r enf

orce

men

t --

Sens

itise

loca

l com

mun

ities

in a

spec

ts o

f lan

d us

e pl

anni

ng e

nviro

nmen

t and

com

mun

ity la

nd m

ngt

--Pr

epar

atio

n of

ope

ratio

n m

anua

ls fo

r lan

d us

e

Impr

oved

cap

acity

in th

e la

nd se

ctor

for i

mpl

emen

ting

a N

atio

nal L

and

Ref

orm

Pro

gram

me

--N

eces

sary

cap

acity

for e

ffic

ient

and

eff

ectiv

e la

nd re

form

pro

gram

me

impl

emen

tatio

n --

Incr

ease

d st

akeh

olde

r par

ticip

atio

n in

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

land

pol

icy.

--

Cos

t rec

over

y m

easu

res a

nd ta

xes i

ntro

duce

d.

--D

evel

op st

ruct

ured

pro

gram

me

on la

nd a

dmin

istra

tion

and

land

reco

rds

--Pr

ocur

e m

oder

n eq

uipm

ent f

or su

rvey

ing,

pla

nnin

g an

d va

luat

ion

--Re

view

all

char

ges o

n la

nd se

rvic

es re

nder

ed

--Lo

bby

for r

eten

tion

of a

pro

porti

on o

f use

r cha

rges

A c

ondu

cive

fram

ewor

k fo

r im

prov

ed a

cces

s to

adeq

uate

ho

usin

g se

rvic

es

-- D

ecen

traliz

ed so

me

func

tions

in h

ousi

ng

deliv

ery

and

man

agem

ent t

o lo

cal a

utho

ritie

s --

Via

ble

land

mar

kets

and

del

iver

y sy

stem

s tha

t ca

ter f

or a

nd p

rote

ct th

e in

tere

sts o

f the

poo

r an

d vu

lner

able

gro

ups

--D

evel

op th

e N

atio

nal H

ousi

ng P

olic

y

-- L

obby

Gov

ernm

ent a

nd st

akeh

olde

rs to

app

reci

ate

the

role

of h

ousi

ng in

pov

erty

redu

ctio

n

--Re

view

the

1999

Nat

iona

l Hou

sing

Pol

icy

to re

-alig

n it

to G

over

nmen

t pol

icie

s and

pro

toco

ls

--En

cour

age

stak

ehol

ders

to m

obili

ze re

sour

ces t

o m

eet h

ousi

ng d

eman

ds, p

artic

ular

ly lo

w-in

com

e/

vuln

erab

le h

ouse

hold

s --

Enco

urag

e le

ndin

g in

stitu

tions

to fo

rmul

ate

fund

ing

sche

mes

for t

he m

ost v

ulne

rabl

e gr

oups

--

Revi

ew th

e dr

aft B

uild

ing

Reg

ulat

ions

and

Sta

ndar

ds, a

nd c

ondu

ct re

sear

ch in

bui

ldin

g m

ater

ials

--

Prom

ote

labo

ur in

tens

ive

cons

truct

ion

met

hods

to g

ener

ate

jobs

--

Prom

ote

civi

c ed

ucat

ion

and

soci

al m

obili

zatio

n ca

mpa

igns

--

Prom

ote

and

enco

urag

e co

mm

unity

par

ticip

atio

n in

infr

astru

ctur

e pr

ovis

ion

and

mai

nten

ance

--

Cond

uct c

ivic

edu

catio

n on

hou

sing

. ava

ilabl

e ho

usin

g pr

ogra

mm

es a

nd/o

r hou

sing

del

iver

y sy

stem

s. --

Enco

urag

e co

mm

uniti

es to

form

hou

sing

and

mul

ti-pu

rpos

e co

mm

unity

dev

elop

men

t coo

pera

tives

,

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PR

OT

EC

TIO

N

2.

1 SU

B T

HE

ME

1 :

Prot

ectin

g th

e V

ulne

rabl

e O

utco

me

– M

ediu

m T

erm

Exp

ecte

d O

utpu

t C

orre

spon

ds to

the

stra

tegi

es to

mov

e to

ou

tcom

es

Key

Act

ions

Dir

ect m

easu

res o

f th

e m

ediu

m te

rm e

xpec

ted

outc

omes

L

ower

leve

l out

puts

and

indi

cato

rs to

mea

sure

pr

ogre

ss

(incl

udes

pol

icy

chan

ge/s

tate

men

t and

key

act

iviti

es d

eriv

ed fr

om fo

cus a

ctio

ns)

1. T

he m

ost v

ulne

rabl

e w

ith li

mite

d fa

ctor

s of p

rodu

ctio

n ar

e su

ffic

ient

ly c

ared

as a

re th

e vu

lner

able

who

can

be

nega

tivel

y im

pact

ed b

y ec

onom

ic sh

ocks

--

Impr

oved

hea

lth a

nd n

utrit

iona

l sta

tus o

f und

er fi

ve

child

ren,

scho

ol a

ge c

hild

ren,

orp

hans

, pre

gnan

t and

la

ctat

ing

mot

hers

, des

titut

e fa

mili

es

-- T

he p

oor w

ho a

re p

rovi

ded

oppo

rtuni

ties,

grad

uate

fr

om p

rogr

ams

i. Ef

ficie

nt a

nd e

ffec

tive

supp

ort t

o th

e m

ost

vuln

erab

le w

ith v

ery

limite

d fa

ctor

s of

prod

uctio

n

-- n

umbe

r of t

he v

ulne

rabl

e w

ho re

ceiv

e su

ppor

t fo

r foo

d an

d no

n fo

od it

ems f

or th

eir u

pkee

p

-- P

rovi

de s

uppl

emen

tary

fee

ding

to

mal

nour

ishe

d p

regn

ant,

lact

atin

g m

othe

rs,

and

unde

r fiv

e ch

ildre

n;

-- S

usta

in ta

rget

ed sc

hool

feed

ing

prog

ram

me

to th

e m

ost v

ulne

rabl

e;

-- E

xpan

d sm

all s

tock

and

gra

in m

ills p

rogr

amm

e fo

r the

mos

t vul

nera

ble;

--

Int

rodu

ce c

ondi

tiona

l an

d no

n co

nditi

onal

cas

h tra

nsfe

rs t

o in

firm

ed, e

lder

ly, d

isab

led,

orp

hans

, O

VCs

--

Sup

port

the

mos

t vul

nera

ble

with

food

and

non

food

item

s for

thei

r upk

eep

ii.

Impr

oved

pla

nnin

g an

d in

tegr

atio

n of

kno

wle

dge

on th

e ch

roni

cally

poo

r int

o pl

anni

ng

-- P

ract

ice

bette

r pr

iorit

isat

ion,

des

ign,

del

iver

y, m

onito

ring

and

eval

uatio

n of

soc

ial p

rote

ctio

n an

d sa

fety

net

pro

gram

--

Form

ulat

e a

soci

al p

rote

ctio

n po

licy

iii

. Opp

ortu

nitie

s for

the

poor

to g

radu

ate

from

po

verty

by

asse

t acc

umul

atio

n, in

crea

se th

eir

abili

ty to

be

part

of a

gric

ultu

ral p

rodu

ctiv

ity

-- P

rovi

de a

cces

s to

poor

farm

fam

ilies

to a

gric

ultu

re in

puts

(see

stra

tegy

are

a 1

- 3b

abov

e)

-- U

nder

take

PW

P th

at c

reat

e hi

gh i

ncom

e ea

rnin

g fo

r po

or f

ocus

ed o

n gr

adua

ting

out

of p

over

ty

(riv

er d

iver

sion

for i

rrig

atio

n, a

ffor

esta

tion,

rese

rvoi

r/dam

con

stru

ctio

n, d

ykes

, roa

ds )

-- E

nhan

ce n

on-tr

aditi

onal

PW

P e.

g. b

rick

man

ufac

turin

g, m

anur

e m

akin

g an

d bu

sh c

lear

ing;

--

Ena

ble

the

land

con

stra

ined

poo

r to

have

alte

rnat

ive

sour

ces o

f liv

elih

oods

--

Pro

vide

cap

ital f

or In

com

e G

ener

atin

g A

ctiv

ities

--

Rev

iew

eff

ectiv

enes

s of c

urre

nt p

ublic

wor

ks p

rogr

ams,

feed

ing

prog

ram

s, ta

rget

ed in

put p

rogr

ams

2.2

SUB

TH

EM

E 2

: Dis

aste

r R

isk

Man

agem

ent

2.

The

impa

ct o

f dis

aste

rs o

f the

vul

nera

ble

is re

duce

d i.

Enh

ance

d di

sast

er m

anag

emen

t pla

nnin

g an

d re

spon

se

-- ti

mel

y em

erge

ncy

relie

f ass

ista

nce

to a

ffec

ted

peop

le b

y di

sast

er

-- P

rom

ote

inte

grat

ion

of d

isas

ter

man

agem

ent

into

sus

tain

able

dev

elop

men

t pr

ogra

mm

ing

at a

ll le

vels

; --

Est

ablis

h an

eff

ectiv

e ea

rly w

arni

ng sy

stem

--

Pro

vide

tim

ely

emer

genc

y re

lief a

ssis

tanc

e to

aff

ecte

d pe

ople

; --

Impl

emen

t miti

gatio

n m

easu

res i

n di

sast

er p

rone

are

as.

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SU

B T

HE

ME

1.

Hea

lth a

nd P

opul

atio

n O

utco

me

– M

ediu

m T

erm

Exp

ecte

d O

utpu

t C

orre

spon

ds to

the

stra

tegi

es to

mov

e to

ou

tcom

es

Key

Act

ions

Dir

ect m

easu

res o

f th

e m

ediu

m te

rm e

xpec

ted

outc

omes

L

ower

leve

l out

puts

and

indi

cato

rs to

mea

sure

pr

ogre

ss

(incl

udes

pol

icy

chan

ge/s

tate

men

t and

key

act

iviti

es d

eriv

ed fr

om fo

cus a

ctio

ns)

1. P

eopl

e ha

ve b

ette

r acc

ess a

nd u

se o

f qua

lifie

d ca

re fo

r es

sent

ial h

ealth

car

e is

sues

(TB

and

Mal

aria

)16

-- D

ecre

ased

cas

es o

f pre

vent

able

dis

ease

s --

Red

uced

rate

s of d

isea

se in

cide

nce

(TB

, Mal

aria

) --

Impr

oved

TB

cur

e ra

tes t

o ov

er 7

0%

i. In

crea

sed

num

ber o

f qu

alifi

ed h

ealth

wor

kers

in

heal

th c

are

cent

res.

--

pop

ulat

ion/

doct

or ra

tio

-- p

opul

atio

n/nu

rse

ratio

--

atte

ndan

ce o

f tra

ined

hea

lth-w

orke

rs fo

r bi

rths

Hum

an r

esou

rces

--

Incr

ease

stud

ent i

ntak

e in

to m

edic

al/h

ealth

trai

ning

inst

itutio

ns. (

57 tr

aine

d in

MPR

S pe

riod)

--

Pro

vide

AR

Vs t

o H

IV a

nd A

IDS

infe

cted

hea

lth w

orke

rs.

-- P

rovi

de in

cent

ives

to h

ealth

wor

kers

at t

he lo

cal l

evel

, pro

per w

orki

ng h

ours

(sal

ary

top

ups)

--

Dev

elop

stra

tegy

to su

stai

nabl

y m

aint

ain

qual

ified

hea

lth w

orke

rs fo

r fro

nt li

ne

-- Im

prov

ed u

se o

f OR

T fo

r dia

rrho

ea c

ontro

l --

Con

trace

ptiv

e pr

eval

ence

rate

(33%

in

2004

) --

ARV

trea

tmen

t reg

ime

are

follo

wed

--

Dec

reas

ed in

cide

nce

of M

alar

ia b

y 50

%

-- in

crea

sed

vacc

inat

ion

rate

s (un

der 1

rate

55%

200

4)

-- IN

T co

vera

ge (4

2% 2

004)

ii. I

ncre

ased

ava

ilabi

lity

of d

rugs

at h

ealth

faci

litie

s an

d de

crea

sed

thef

t of d

rugs

--

bed

net

s at c

linic

s/co

mm

uniti

es

--va

ccin

es d

eliv

ered

to c

linic

s/co

mm

uniti

es

Phar

mac

eutic

al a

nd m

edic

al su

pplie

s --

Impr

ove

phar

mac

eutic

al a

nd m

edic

al su

pplie

s, di

strib

utio

n, ti

mel

y pr

ocur

emen

t to

reac

h he

alth

fa

cilit

ies

-- U

nder

take

clo

se m

onito

ring

of d

rug

man

agem

ent a

nd u

tiliz

atio

n.

-- P

rovi

de b

ed n

ets a

nd v

acci

nes a

t clin

ics/

com

mun

ities

--

Stre

ngth

en tr

aini

ng c

apac

ity in

col

lege

of m

edic

ine

for p

harm

aceu

tical

qua

lific

atio

ns.

iii

. In

crea

sed

acce

ss to

wel

l equ

ippe

d he

alth

car

e fa

cilit

ies

-- m

ore

than

80%

of t

he p

opul

atio

n liv

e w

ithin

5

km o

f a h

ealth

faci

lity

Infr

astr

uctu

re

-- C

onst

ruct

new

and

reha

bilit

ate

exis

ting

dila

pida

ted

heal

th st

ruct

ures

: bui

ldin

gs, m

edic

al e

quip

men

t, te

leco

mm

unic

atio

n, e

lect

ricity

and

wat

er th

roug

h th

e fa

cilit

ies d

evel

opm

ent p

rogr

am

-- Im

prov

e m

ater

nity

infr

astru

ctur

e (k

ey p

riorit

y) in

clud

ing

build

ings

, equ

ipm

ent,

--

Enf

orce

min

imum

hea

lth st

anda

rds,

cond

ucts

in p

ublic

and

priv

ate

heal

th fa

cilit

ies

-- T

arge

t roa

ds in

som

e ar

eas w

here

acc

ess i

s diff

icul

t thr

ough

“in

tegr

ated

infr

astru

ctur

e pr

ojec

t”

iv

. Im

prov

ed d

iagn

osis

and

trea

tmen

t at h

ealth

car

e fa

cilit

ies,

espe

cial

ly m

ater

nity

serv

ices

E

quip

men

t --

Stre

ngth

en e

quip

men

t mai

nten

ance

abi

lity

in m

inis

try th

roug

h tra

inin

g, re

gion

al a

nd d

istri

ct

mai

nten

ance

uni

ts

-- S

tart

syst

em o

f bul

k pu

rcha

sing

of s

pare

s for

mos

t of t

he e

quip

men

t nee

ds

v.

Im

prov

ed fl

ow o

f res

ourc

es to

hea

lth fa

cilit

ies

Fina

nces

--

Impr

ove

plan

ning

. bud

getin

g at

all

leve

ls th

roug

h sy

stem

s dev

elop

men

t at t

he c

entra

l and

dis

trict

le

vel

-- U

nder

take

clo

se m

onito

ring

of fi

nanc

ial f

low

s and

usa

ge

vi

. G

ood

mon

itorin

g, su

perv

isio

n an

d ut

iliza

tion

of

heal

th c

are

faci

litie

s dev

elop

ed

Syst

ems

-- P

rovi

de c

omm

unity

leve

l stru

ctur

es (s

uch

as v

illag

e he

alth

com

mun

ities

) for

supp

ort o

f mee

ting,

tra

inin

g, tr

ansp

ort a

nd e

quip

men

t) C

omm

uniti

es a

re e

ngag

ed in

hea

lth se

rvic

e de

liver

y 2.

Cen

tral h

ospi

tals

pro

vide

satis

fact

ory

leve

l of r

efer

ral

serv

ices

and

abl

e to

fina

ncia

l sel

f-su

stai

n A

ddre

ssed

abo

ve

Add

ress

ed a

bove

-- R

educ

e in

cide

nce

of o

ccup

atio

nal h

azar

ds a

nd

dise

ases

Im

prov

ed w

orki

ng e

nviro

nmen

t --

See

stra

tegi

es u

nder

Ena

blin

g En

viro

nmen

t for

Priv

ate

Sect

or le

d gr

owth

--

Dev

elop

hea

lth /

safe

ty st

anda

rds /

guid

elin

es

3. R

educ

tion

in in

cide

nce

of w

ater

bor

n di

seas

e

-- R

educ

tion

in d

eath

s due

to d

iarr

hoea

esp

ecia

lly in

ch

ildre

n un

der 5

yea

rs o

f age

Enha

nced

acc

ess t

o sa

fe d

rinki

ng w

ater

(rur

al,

urba

n) a

nd a

cces

s to

hygi

enic

sani

tatio

n fa

cilit

ies (

ru

ral,

urba

n)

--In

trodu

ce V

IP la

trine

s and

oth

er a

ppro

pria

te ru

ral w

ater

sani

tatio

n te

chno

logi

es.

--Se

e st

rate

gy a

rea

#4 w

ater

and

sani

tatio

n

16

To

achi

eve

the

med

ium

term

exp

ecte

d ou

tcom

e th

e 6

area

s in

col

umn

4 ar

e ne

cess

ary.

The

mat

rix re

flect

s th

e H

ealth

Sec

tor S

uppo

rt P

rogr

am (s

ecto

r wid

e ap

proa

ch -

SW

Ap)

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4. In

crea

se in

life

exp

ecta

ncy

at b

irth.

--

Red

uctio

n in

pop

ulat

ion

grow

th ra

te.

Impr

oved

life

exp

ecta

ncy

at b

irth

to 4

5 ye

ars.

Red

uced

pop

ulat

ion

grow

th

--Pr

ovid

e co

mpr

ehen

sive

hea

lth se

rvic

es p

acka

ge th

at in

clud

e tre

atm

ent o

f dis

ease

s and

in

fect

ions

, aw

aren

ess p

rogr

amm

es a

nd e

duca

tion

thro

ugh

Gov

ernm

ent a

nd p

rivat

e ho

spita

ls.

6.

Eff

ectiv

e an

d ef

ficie

nt im

plem

enta

tion

of H

IV a

nd A

IDS

resp

onse

acr

oss t

he p

ublic

and

priv

ate

sect

ors

i. C

apac

ity o

f the

pub

lic a

nd p

rivat

e se

ctor

to

mai

nstre

am, p

lan

and

man

age

HIV

and

AID

S in

terv

entio

ns is

impr

oved

-- D

evel

op a

shar

ed a

nd c

omm

on u

nder

stan

ding

of m

ains

tream

ing

in b

oth

publ

ic a

nd p

rivat

e se

ctor

s in

clud

ing

civi

l soc

iety

—N

GO

s, C

BO

s and

FB

Os

-- In

crea

se th

e ca

paci

ty o

f Dis

trict

Ass

embl

ies t

o ov

erse

e H

IV a

nd A

IDS

activ

ities

in th

eir d

istri

cts

-- Im

prov

e H

IV a

nd A

IDS

data

col

lect

ion,

dis

sem

inat

ion

and

utili

zatio

n at

bot

h na

tiona

l and

dis

trict

le

vels

. --

Use

the

spiri

t of t

he th

ree

ones

--

Impl

emen

t stra

tegi

c ap

proa

ch to

rese

arch

and

dev

elop

men

t

3.

2 S

UB

TH

EM

E 2

. A

. Edu

catio

n -

Prim

ary

Out

com

e –

Med

ium

Ter

m E

xpec

ted

Out

put

Cor

resp

onds

to th

e st

rate

gies

to m

ove

to

outc

omes

Key

Act

ions

Dir

ect m

easu

res o

f th

e m

ediu

m te

rm e

xpec

ted

outc

omes

L

ower

leve

l out

puts

and

indi

cato

rs to

mea

sure

pr

ogre

ss

(incl

udes

pol

icy

chan

ge/s

tate

men

t and

key

act

iviti

es d

eriv

ed fr

om fo

cus a

ctio

ns)

-- R

educ

ed a

bsen

teei

sm to

5%

by

2012

at p

rimar

y

-- R

educ

ed d

ropo

ut b

y 50

% a

t prim

ary

-- In

crea

se p

rivat

e pr

imar

y sc

hool

enr

olm

ent o

f chi

ldre

n to

2%

by

2015

i. In

crea

sed

equi

tabl

e ac

cess

to q

ualit

y pr

imar

y ed

ucat

ion

--

Incr

ease

d ne

t enr

olm

ent t

o 9

5% b

y 20

12 a

t pr

imar

y fr

om 1

15 in

200

5

-- E

xpan

d an

d im

prov

e ex

istin

g in

fras

truct

ure

and

max

imiz

e its

use

(inc

ludi

ng o

verla

ppin

g sh

ifts

-- R

educ

e pr

imar

y sc

hool

cyc

le to

7 y

ears

from

8 y

ears

--

Und

erta

ke so

cial

aw

aren

ess c

ampa

igns

and

who

le sc

hool

dev

elop

men

t --

Intro

duce

scho

ol fe

edin

g Pr

ogra

mm

e (S

choo

l hea

lth a

nd n

utrit

ion)

Im

prov

ed le

arni

ng o

utco

mes

--

Mas

tery

leve

ls (p

rofic

ient

read

ing

and

prof

icie

nt

writ

ing

skill

s at h

ighe

r lev

el)

ii. Im

prov

ed th

e qu

ality

of p

rimar

y ed

ucat

ion

-- re

duce

pup

il to

qua

lifie

d te

ache

r rat

io fr

om

73%

in 2

004

-- T

rain

teac

hers

, pro

vide

attr

activ

e te

rms /

con

ditio

ns, e

spec

ially

to g

o to

rura

l are

a, &

pro

fess

iona

l de

velo

pmen

t --

Pro

vide

ade

quat

e su

pply

of

teac

her l

earn

ing

mat

eria

ls a

nd a

chi

ld fr

iend

ly e

nviro

nmen

t --

Impr

ove

over

all m

anag

emen

t and

mon

itorin

g of

insp

ectio

n, su

perv

isio

n an

d ad

viso

ry

-- M

obili

ze c

omm

unity

par

ticip

atio

n in

prim

ary

scho

ol m

anag

emen

t --

Prim

ary

scho

ol c

ompl

etio

n ra

tes f

or g

irls (

41%

in

2004

), re

petit

ion

rate

for g

irls (

18.8

% in

200

4)

-- R

educ

e gi

rls a

bsen

teei

sm, r

epet

ition

and

dro

p ou

t rat

es

in o

rder

to im

prov

e gi

rls l

earn

ing

outc

omes

iii. P

rimar

y ed

ucat

ion

equi

tabl

e to

girl

s --

pro

porti

on o

f girl

s in

scho

ol (5

0% in

200

5)

-- R

evie

w p

olic

ies r

elat

ed to

girl

s and

spec

ial n

eeds

--

Pro

vide

blo

ck g

rant

s to

scho

ols t

o ad

dres

s equ

ity is

sues

iv

. In

crea

sed

acce

ss to

qua

lity

prim

ary

educ

atio

n by

sp

ecia

l nee

ds st

uden

ts

-- R

evie

w p

olic

ies r

elat

ed to

orp

hans

, oth

er v

ulne

rabl

e ch

ildre

n an

d SN

Edu

catio

n --

Est

ablis

h a

colle

ge fo

r spe

cial

nee

ds te

ache

r edu

catio

n --

Pro

vide

dire

ct a

ssis

tanc

e to

scho

ols t

o ad

dres

s equ

ity is

sues

(rel

evan

t tex

tboo

ks a

nd b

rail)

--

Des

ign

and

stan

dard

ized

sign

lang

uage

for t

he d

eaf a

nd d

umb

v.

Inc

reas

ed re

leva

nce

of sc

hool

cur

ricul

um

--

Con

tinua

lly re

vise

and

impr

ove

the

rele

vanc

e of

the

curr

icul

um to

incl

ude

acad

emic

and

non

ac

adem

ic n

eeds

of p

upils

and

the

effe

ctiv

e or

ient

atio

n of

teac

hers

– in

trodu

ce P

CA

R c

urric

ulum

vi.

Impr

oved

man

agem

ent a

nd p

lann

ing

of p

rimar

y ed

ucat

ion

-- P

rovi

de in

serv

ice

train

ing

and

ince

ntiv

es to

scho

ol m

anag

ers,

insp

ecto

rs a

nd se

nior

teac

hers

--

Equ

ip sc

hool

pla

nner

s with

app

ropr

iate

kno

wle

dge

and

skill

s in

mic

ro-p

lann

ing,

mon

itorin

g an

d da

ta m

anag

emen

t

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HE

ME

2.

B. E

duca

tion

- Se

cond

ary

Out

com

e –

Med

ium

Ter

m E

xpec

ted

Out

put

Cor

resp

onds

to th

e st

rate

gies

to m

ove

to

outc

omes

Key

Act

ions

Dir

ect m

easu

res o

f th

e m

ediu

m te

rm e

xpec

ted

outc

omes

L

ower

leve

l out

puts

and

indi

cato

rs to

mea

sure

pr

ogre

ss

(incl

udes

pol

icy

chan

ge/s

tate

men

t and

key

act

iviti

es d

eriv

ed fr

om fo

cus a

ctio

ns)

-- R

educ

ed a

bsen

teei

sm b

y 50

% b

y 20

12 in

seco

ndar

y --

Incr

ease

d ne

t enr

olm

ent f

rom

30%

to 5

0% b

y 20

12 in

se

cond

ary

--

Red

uced

dro

pout

to 5

% in

seco

ndar

y

i. In

crea

sed

acce

ss to

seco

ndar

y ed

ucat

ion

-- Id

entif

y an

d re

habi

litat

e al

l exi

stin

g di

lapi

date

d sc

hool

faci

litie

s, co

nstru

ct n

ew sc

hool

s --

Intro

duce

dou

ble

shift

ing

in u

rban

scho

ols –

eac

h di

visi

on id

entif

y sc

hool

s for

dou

ble

shift

ing.

--

Incr

ease

acc

ess t

o se

cond

ary

dist

ance

edu

catio

n an

d op

en le

arni

ng a

t sec

onda

ry le

vel

-- D

raw

and

sign

a m

emor

andu

m o

f und

erst

andi

ng w

ith p

rivat

e sc

hool

ass

ocia

tion

of M

alaw

i to

prov

ide

high

qua

lity

educ

atio

n.

Impr

oved

lear

ning

out

com

es in

seco

ndar

y

-- M

aste

ry le

vels

(rea

ding

and

writ

ing

skills

at h

ighe

r le

vel)

ii. Im

prov

ed q

ualit

y of

seco

ndar

y ed

ucat

ion

-- S

tude

nt-q

ualif

ied

teac

her r

atio

to b

e at

x:1

in a

ll se

cond

ary

scho

ols a

nd C

DSS

(fro

m 1

:20

in

2004

)

-- T

rain

and

supp

ly a

dequ

ate

num

ber o

f qua

lifie

d te

ache

rs a

nd im

prov

e te

rms a

nd c

ondi

tions

--

Up-

grad

e un

der-

qual

ified

teac

hers

thro

ugh

in se

rvic

e ed

ucat

ion

-- Im

prov

e ef

fect

ive

regu

latio

n, in

spec

tion

and

supe

rvis

ion

of p

ublic

and

priv

ate

scho

ols.

-- U

pgra

de C

DSS

to c

onve

ntio

nal s

econ

dary

scho

ols.

-- R

educ

e gi

rl dr

opou

t rat

e to

5%

--

Red

uce

repe

titio

n ra

te b

y 5%

--

Red

uce

girls

abs

ente

eism

by

50%

iii. I

mpr

oved

equ

ity in

seco

ndar

y ed

ucat

ion

-- P

rovi

de g

irls f

riend

ly e

nviro

nmen

t in

parti

cula

r, ac

com

mod

atio

n in

all

seco

ndar

y sc

hool

s. --

Incr

ease

bur

sarie

s for

the

need

y se

cond

ary

stud

ents

--

Pro

vide

fem

ale

seco

ndar

y sc

hool

teac

hers

as m

odel

s --

Impr

oved

girl

s le

arni

ng o

utco

mes

vi

Incr

ease

d ac

cess

to q

ualit

y se

cond

ary

educ

atio

n by

spec

ial n

eeds

stud

ents

-- Im

prov

e an

d in

crea

se S

peci

al N

eeds

Edu

catio

n fa

cilit

ies i

n ex

istin

g co

llege

s. --

Rev

iew

pol

icie

s rel

ated

to o

rpha

ns, o

ther

vul

nera

ble

child

ren

and

SN E

duca

tion

-- P

rovi

de b

lock

gra

nts t

o sc

hool

s rel

evan

t to

spec

ial n

eeds

v.

Impr

ove

rele

vanc

e of

seco

ndar

y ed

ucat

ion

-- P

ost p

rimar

y ed

ucat

ion

revi

site

d an

d cu

rric

ulum

revi

sed

by 2

010

-- In

trodu

ce a

nd im

plem

ent c

urric

ulum

resp

onsi

ve to

nee

ds o

f ind

ivid

uals

and

the

natio

n by

incl

udin

g ac

adem

ic a

nd n

on-a

cade

mic

subj

ects

. --

Pro

vide

trai

ned

guid

ance

cou

nsel

lors

to a

ll se

cond

ary

scho

ols.

-- In

trodu

ce sc

ienc

e an

d te

chno

logy

into

the

curr

icul

um

vi

. Im

prov

ed m

anag

emen

t of s

econ

dary

edu

catio

n

-- T

rain

scho

ol m

anag

ers i

n pl

anni

ng, m

onito

ring

and

supe

rvis

ion.

--

Impr

ove

the

proc

urem

ent a

nd d

istri

butio

n of

teac

hing

and

lear

ning

mat

eria

ls.

--Im

prov

e D

istri

ct E

duca

tiona

l Man

agem

ent I

nfor

mat

ion

Syst

em (D

EMIS

) --

Impr

ove

educ

atio

n pl

anni

ng a

nd e

quip

pla

nner

s with

kno

wle

dge

and

skill

s in

plan

ning

, mon

itorin

g an

d da

ta m

anag

emen

t, in

clud

ing

mon

itor t

he d

eliv

ery

of su

pplie

s in

the

scho

ols

vi

i. Im

prov

ed fi

nanc

ing

mec

hani

sm o

f sec

onda

ry

educ

atio

n --

All

Scho

ols f

unct

ioni

ng a

s cos

t cen

tres

--Ef

ficie

nt a

nd tr

ansp

aren

t fin

anci

al sy

stem

s in

plac

e

-- Im

prov

e flo

w o

f fun

ds a

nd tr

ain

man

ager

s in

finan

cial

man

agem

ent i

n pu

blic

scho

ols.

--Es

tabl

ish

Scho

ol d

evel

opm

ent f

unds

in a

ll sc

hool

s --

Cons

iste

nt fl

ow o

f fun

ding

to p

ublic

scho

ols

--Im

plem

ent c

ost s

harin

g at

scho

ols

--Tr

ain

scho

ol m

anag

ers i

n fin

anci

al m

anag

emen

t

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C. E

duca

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- T

ertia

ry

Out

com

e –

Med

ium

Ter

m E

xpec

ted

Out

put

Cor

resp

onds

to th

e st

rate

gies

to m

ove

to

outc

omes

Key

Act

ions

Dir

ect m

easu

res o

f th

e m

ediu

m te

rm e

xpec

ted

outc

omes

L

ower

leve

l out

puts

and

indi

cato

rs to

mea

sure

pr

ogre

ss

(incl

udes

pol

icy

chan

ge/s

tate

men

t and

key

act

iviti

es d

eriv

ed fr

om fo

cus a

ctio

ns)

Incr

ease

d un

derg

radu

ate

enro

lmen

t by

40%

--

Incr

ease

pos

t gra

duat

e en

rolm

ent r

atio

n to

10%

of t

he

unde

rgra

duat

e st

uden

t pop

ulat

ion

(in ta

ke 7

,400

in

2005

)

i. In

crea

sed

unde

rgra

duat

e an

d po

stgr

adua

te in

take

-- R

ecru

it an

d tra

in m

ore

adeq

uate

staf

f (50

% a

t cur

rent

leve

ls, 7

0% a

t Mas

ter’

s lev

el, 3

0% a

t PhD

le

vel)

-- D

evel

op n

ew, p

aral

lel p

rogr

amm

es (e

.g. t

riple

shift

s), d

ista

nce/

virtu

al le

arni

ng, a

nd sh

ort c

ours

es.

-- D

evel

op a

stud

ent f

inan

cing

pol

icy

incl

udin

g a

stud

ent l

oan

sche

me.

--

Pro

mot

e lo

cal p

rodu

ctio

n of

teac

hing

and

lear

ning

mat

eria

ls.

-- E

xpan

d pr

ovis

ion

of in

tern

et se

rvic

es b

road

ban

d in

tern

et a

cces

s est

ablis

hed

cam

pus w

ide.

In

crea

sed

by 5

% fe

mal

e en

rolm

ent b

y 20

10 (g

irl

parti

cipa

tion

31%

in 2

005)

ii. Im

prov

ed e

quity

edu

catio

n fo

r girl

s --

30%

bed

spac

e on

cam

pus f

or fe

mal

es b

y 20

10

-- 4

0% re

crui

ted

staf

f ass

ocia

tes a

re fe

mal

e by

20

08

-- C

reat

e an

ena

blin

g en

viro

nmen

t to

acco

mm

odat

e fe

mal

e st

uden

ts.

-- Im

plem

ent a

ffirm

ativ

e ac

tion

for s

tude

nt se

lect

ion

-- E

ncou

rage

girl

s to

com

plet

e se

cond

ary

scho

ols b

y pr

ovid

ing

impr

ovem

ent i

n th

e se

cond

ary

--

Dev

elop

a st

rate

gy fo

r reg

iona

l app

roac

h to

supp

lyin

g te

rtiar

y ed

ucat

ion

to s

peci

al n

eeds

stud

ents

iii

. Im

prov

ed q

ualit

y of

hig

her e

duca

tion

--

Pro

vide

trai

ning

PhD

leve

l to

exis

ting

staf

f, pr

ovid

e tra

inin

g to

new

staf

f and

est

ablis

h ex

tern

al

qual

ity c

ontro

l and

acc

redi

tatio

n --

Dev

elop

com

preh

ensi

ve p

olic

ies o

n re

sear

ch a

nd d

evel

opm

ent.

-- P

rovi

de a

dequ

ate

teac

hing

and

lear

ning

mat

eria

ls.

Impr

oved

cur

ricul

um to

resp

ond

to n

atio

nal n

eeds

iv

. Rel

evan

t aca

dem

ic m

ater

ials

-- P

rovi

de re

leva

nt sk

ills t

o ac

adem

ic st

aff t

hrou

gh re

gula

r tra

inin

g of

staf

f. --

Con

duct

regu

lar c

urric

ulum

revi

ews t

o m

atch

nat

iona

l nee

ds a

nd m

odul

ise

cour

ses

-- P

rovi

de la

bs w

ith a

dequ

ate

mod

ern

equi

pmen

t

v. Im

prov

ed m

anag

emen

t of h

ighe

r edu

catio

n --

edu

catio

n co

unci

l for

hig

her e

duca

tion

deve

lope

d

-- P

rovi

de tr

aine

d pe

rson

nel i

n m

anag

emen

t. --

Dec

entra

lize

deci

sion

mak

ing

proc

esse

s --

Impl

emen

t eff

ectiv

e st

aff d

eplo

ymen

t pol

icy

--

Impr

ove

proc

urem

ent a

nd d

istri

butio

n sy

stem

and

mon

itor d

eliv

ery

of su

pplie

s --

Est

ablis

h pl

anni

ng u

nits

and

equ

ip p

lann

ers w

ith a

ppro

pria

te k

now

ledg

e an

d sk

ills i

n pl

anni

ng,

mon

itorin

g an

d da

ta m

anag

emen

t --

Stre

ngth

en fi

nanc

ial m

anag

emen

t

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Gen

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Out

com

e –

Med

ium

Ter

m E

xpec

ted

Out

put

Cor

resp

onds

to th

e st

rate

gies

to m

ove

to

outc

omes

Key

Act

ions

Dir

ect m

easu

res o

f th

e m

ediu

m te

rm e

xpec

ted

outc

omes

L

ower

leve

l out

puts

and

indi

cato

rs to

mea

sure

pr

ogre

ss

(incl

udes

pol

icy

chan

ge/s

tate

men

t and

key

act

iviti

es d

eriv

ed fr

om fo

cus a

ctio

ns)

-- E

nhan

ced

parti

cipa

tion

of w

omen

and

men

, girl

s and

bo

ys d

ecis

ion

mak

ing

and

econ

omic

act

iviti

es.

-- R

educ

e ge

nder

ineq

ualit

ies (

as m

easu

red

by

disa

ggre

gate

d ac

cess

to se

rvic

es in

clud

ed in

oth

er

parts

of t

he S

trate

gy).

-- p

ropo

rtion

of s

eats

hel

d by

wom

en in

Par

liam

ent (

15%

20

05),

in d

ecis

ion

mak

ing

posi

tions

(12.

9% 2

005)

, G

ende

r Dev

elop

men

t Ind

ex (.

396

in 2

003)

-- M

ains

tream

gen

der i

n na

tiona

l dev

elop

men

t pr

oces

s --

Stre

ngth

en in

stitu

tiona

l cap

acity

for e

ffec

tive

co-o

rdin

atio

n of

gen

der p

olic

y im

plem

enta

tion.

--

Und

erta

ke a

ffirm

ativ

e ac

tion

to in

crea

se w

omen

dec

isio

n m

aker

s in

high

leve

ls o

f the

pub

lic a

nd

priv

ate

sect

ors.

--In

clud

e ge

nder

equ

ality

pro

visi

ons i

n th

e M

alaw

i Con

stitu

tion.

--

Brea

k th

e cu

ltura

l/tra

ditio

nal f

acto

rs th

at c

reat

e an

d pe

rpet

uate

gen

der i

nequ

aliti

es

--Sp

ecifi

c st

rate

gies

to in

crea

se w

omen

’s a

cces

s to

serv

ices

, and

par

ticip

atio

n in

eco

nom

ic a

ctiv

ities

ar

e in

clud

ed in

the

rela

ted

area

s of t

he m

atri

x (T

hem

e 1

sub-

them

e 5;

The

me

3 su

b-th

eme

4, T

hem

e 1,

sub-

them

e 2)

. Th

ese

incl

ude

: edu

catio

n, a

cces

s to

finan

ce a

nd b

usin

ess t

rain

ing,

wom

en o

wne

d bu

sine

sses

) Im

prov

ed so

cio-

econ

omic

indi

cato

rs fo

r wom

en a

nd g

irls.

Enhe

nced

par

ticip

atio

n of

wom

en a

nd g

irls

Enhe

nce

the

parti

cipa

tion

of w

omen

and

girl

s in

econ

omic

dev

elop

men

t act

iviti

es

SU

MM

AR

Y T

AB

LE

: T

HE

ME

FO

UR

- IN

FRA

STR

UC

TU

RE

DE

VE

LO

PMEN

T 4.

1 S

UB

TH

EM

E 1

. A

ir a

nd R

ail T

rans

port

O

utco

me

– M

ediu

m T

erm

Exp

ecte

d O

utpu

t C

orre

spon

ds to

the

stra

tegi

es to

mov

e to

ou

tcom

es

Key

Act

ions

Dir

ect m

easu

res o

f th

e m

ediu

m te

rm e

xpec

ted

outc

omes

L

ower

leve

l out

puts

and

indi

cato

rs to

mea

sure

pr

ogre

ss

(incl

udes

pol

icy

chan

ge/s

tate

men

t and

key

act

iviti

es d

eriv

ed fr

om fo

cus a

ctio

ns)

1. O

btai

n sm

ooth

car

riage

of c

argo

in o

ne tr

ansp

ort c

hain

i.

Impr

oved

coo

rdin

atio

n of

all

mod

es o

f tra

nspo

rt --

Initi

ate

dial

ogue

with

nei

ghbo

urin

g st

ates

to a

cced

e to

the

Mul

timod

al T

rans

port

Conv

entio

n;

-- H

arm

oniz

e al

l leg

isla

tion

and

docu

men

t on

trans

port

and

cust

oms w

ith S

AD

C/C

OM

ESA

--

Pub

licis

e M

ultim

odal

Tra

nspo

rt an

d IN

CO

TER

MS

by m

ount

ing

a se

ries o

f sem

inar

s --

Est

ablis

h an

d m

aint

ain

a na

tiona

l tra

nspo

rt fo

rum

ii. U

pdat

ed In

land

Wat

ers S

hipp

ing

Act

and

st

reng

then

ed le

gal

inst

rum

ents

. --

Rev

iew

and

upd

ate

all l

egis

latio

n on

a re

gula

r bas

is

2.

Atta

in a

nd m

aint

ain

a co

mpe

titiv

e, s

elf

suff

icie

nt a

nd

sust

aina

ble

civi

l av

iatio

n en

viro

nmen

t th

at

ensu

res

safe

ty i

n ac

cord

ance

with

nat

iona

l an

d in

tern

atio

nal

stan

dard

s an

d en

able

s th

e pr

ovis

ion

of s

ervi

ces

in a

re

liabl

e an

d ef

ficie

nt m

anne

r

i. Co

mpe

titiv

e, su

stai

nabl

e an

d ef

ficie

nt a

ir tra

nspo

rt in

dust

ry w

ith a

vie

w o

f st

imul

atin

g ec

onom

ic

grow

th

-- Im

plem

ent t

he Y

amou

ssou

kro

Dec

lara

tion

2000

on

Afr

ican

Air

Tran

spor

t Pol

icy

and

othe

r co

nven

tions

that

may

be

deem

ed o

f ben

efit

to M

alaw

i; --

Enc

oura

ge te

chni

cal a

nd c

omm

erci

al jo

int v

entu

res a

nd m

arke

ting

effo

rts in

airl

ine

indu

stry

--

Ens

ure

loca

l par

ticip

atio

n in

equ

ity a

nd te

chni

cal p

artn

ersh

ips o

f airl

ines

; and

--

Est

ablis

h w

here

feas

ible

aut

onom

ous a

irpor

t or C

ivil

Avi

atio

n au

thor

ities

.

ii. S

afe,

eff

icie

nt a

nd re

liabl

e a

viat

ion

in

fras

truct

ure

-- C

onst

ruct

targ

eted

land

ing

strip

s for

tour

ism

rela

ted

area

s --

Inst

itute

and

mon

itor m

aint

enan

ce p

rogr

amm

es fo

r bot

h ae

rodr

omes

and

avi

atio

n eq

uipm

ent;

and

-- P

rom

ote

parti

cipa

tion

of P

rivat

e Se

ctor

in th

e m

aint

enan

ce/ p

rovi

sion

of s

afe

avia

tion

infr

astru

ctur

e

iii

. Im

prov

ed in

fras

truct

ure

for s

ecur

ity fo

r pa

ssen

gers

and

car

go.

-- S

treng

then

safe

ty a

nd se

curit

y m

easu

res a

t all

airp

orts;

--

Stre

ngth

en se

curit

y en

forc

emen

t pro

visi

ons i

n th

e A

viat

ion

Act

. --

Ens

ure

infr

astru

ctur

e an

d op

erat

ions

do

not n

egat

ivel

y im

pact

the

envi

ronm

ent

3.

Prov

ide

wel

l-man

aged

, vi

able

and

sus

tain

able

rai

lway

sy

stem

tha

t pr

omot

es a

cces

sibi

lity

and

safe

, aff

orda

ble,

re

liabl

e m

ovem

ent

of g

oods

and

peo

ple

incl

udin

g th

e

disa

bled

)

i. Im

prov

ed o

pera

tiona

l eff

icie

ncy

and

com

mer

cial

vi

abili

ty o

f rai

lway

com

pani

es

-- Id

entif

y th

e br

idge

that

nee

d to

repl

aced

on

the

rail

line

(priv

ate

sect

or)

-- P

rovi

de re

liabl

e lo

com

otiv

es (G

over

nmen

t and

con

cess

iona

ire)

-- R

evie

w th

e ra

ilway

s act

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4.1

SU

B T

HE

ME

1.

Air

and

Rai

l Tra

nspo

rt

Out

com

e –

Med

ium

Ter

m E

xpec

ted

Out

put

Cor

resp

onds

to th

e st

rate

gies

to m

ove

to

outc

omes

Key

Act

ions

ii.

Im

prov

ed le

vels

of

serv

ice

to a

ll us

ers

incl

udin

g pe

ople

with

dis

abili

ties a

t an

affo

rdab

le c

ost;

iii

. Im

prov

ed

railw

ay

safe

ty

and

envi

ronm

enta

l pr

otec

tion

-- P

reve

nt a

dver

se e

nviro

nmen

tal e

ffec

ts o

f rai

l con

stru

ctio

n an

d en

surin

g th

at th

e in

fras

truct

ure

is

envi

ronm

enta

lly fr

iend

ly

4.2

SU

B T

HE

ME

2: I

nfor

mat

ion,

Com

mun

icat

ion

Tec

hnol

ogy

Out

com

e –

Med

ium

Ter

m E

xpec

ted

Out

put

Cor

resp

onds

to th

e st

rate

gies

to m

ove

to

outc

omes

Key

Act

ions

Dir

ect m

easu

res o

f th

e m

ediu

m te

rm e

xpec

ted

outc

omes

L

ower

leve

l out

puts

and

indi

cato

rs to

mea

sure

pr

ogre

ss

(incl

udes

pol

icy

chan

ge/s

tate

men

t and

key

act

iviti

es d

eriv

ed fr

om fo

cus a

ctio

ns)

1 In

crea

sed

tech

nica

l ski

lls a

nd u

pdat

ed k

now

ledg

e ar

e us

ed

by p

ublic

and

priv

ate

sect

or in

stitu

tions

--

im

prov

e ac

cess

to th

e na

tion’

s lim

ited

heal

th fa

cilit

ies

and

reso

urce

s.

i. A

relia

ble,

fast

ada

ptiv

e an

d ro

bust

nat

iona

l IC

T in

fras

truct

ure.

-- M

oder

nize

the

oper

atio

ns o

f the

hea

lth d

eliv

ery

syst

em (t

hem

e th

ree

sub

them

e on

e)

-- S

uppo

rt th

e pr

ovis

ion

of u

p-to

-dat

e gl

obal

and

loca

l tou

rism

info

rmat

ion

(them

e on

e su

b th

eme

one)

--

Pro

mot

e th

e de

ploy

men

t and

exp

loita

tion

of IC

Ts to

supp

ort t

he a

ctiv

ities

of t

he a

gric

ultu

ral s

ecto

r --

Equ

ip th

e D

epar

tmen

t of M

eteo

rolo

gica

l Ser

vice

s with

mod

ern

wea

ther

mon

itorin

g, fo

reca

stin

g eq

uip.

--

Equ

ip th

e M

inis

try o

f Wat

er D

evel

opm

ent w

ith m

oder

n w

ater

leve

l mon

itorin

g eq

uipm

ent.

-- E

quip

DA

s with

ICT

serv

ices

for c

olle

ctio

n an

d di

ssem

inat

ion

of e

nviro

nmen

tal,

disa

ster

war

ning

in

fo

-- E

stab

lish

a w

ide

area

net

wor

k fo

r all

orga

niza

tions

invo

lved

in d

isas

ter m

anag

emen

t. --

Pro

vide

radi

os to

com

mun

ities

to b

e us

ed fo

r tra

nsm

ittin

g ea

rly w

arni

ng m

essa

ges.

-- E

stab

lish

com

mun

icat

ion

link

betw

een

DA

and

the

Dep

artm

ent o

f Pov

erty

and

Dis

aste

r M

anag

emen

t

iii.

Dev

elop

ed a

nd e

nhan

ced

ICT

indu

stry

. --

Ena

ct a

ppro

pria

te le

gisl

atio

n th

at p

rom

otes

and

par

ticip

atio

n in

the

info

rmat

ion

age

and

econ

omy.

--

Cre

ate

a w

orki

ng a

nd e

ffic

ient

Gov

ernm

ent w

ide

area

net

wor

k (G

WA

N).

-- D

evel

op IC

T in

fras

truct

ure

in ru

ral c

omm

uniti

es

-- E

ncou

rage

col

labo

ratio

n be

twee

n lo

cal a

nd in

tern

atio

nal e

duca

tiona

l ins

titut

ions

to fa

cilit

ate

educ

atio

nal e

xcha

nge

and

the

prom

otio

n of

ICT

educ

atio

n an

d tra

inin

g.

v.

Impr

oved

acc

ess t

o IC

Ts to

all

com

mun

ities

. --

Pro

mot

e lo

cal a

nd fo

reig

n in

vest

men

t, in

nova

tive

prod

uctio

n, R

&D

and

diff

usio

n of

ICTs

– p

rivat

e se

ctor

. --

Pro

mot

e de

velo

pmen

t of a

Com

petit

ive

Val

ue-A

dded

Ser

vice

s Sec

tor t

hrou

gh IC

T --

Sup

port

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f an

inno

vativ

e lo

cal i

ndus

try fo

r the

man

ufac

ture

, ass

embl

ing,

repa

ir an

d m

aint

enan

ce o

f ICT

pro

duct

s for

dom

estic

and

exp

ort m

arke

ts.

-- A

chie

ve u

nive

rsal

bas

ic IC

T lit

erac

y an

d im

prov

e th

e le

vel o

f IC

T lit

erac

y in

the

coun

try.

-- Im

prov

e pu

blic

acc

ess t

o in

form

atio

n an

d se

rvic

es to

faci

litat

e bu

sine

ss a

nd a

dmin

istra

tive

proc

esse

s to

incr

ease

pro

duct

ivity

and

eco

nom

ic g

row

th.

-- P

rom

ote

activ

e pa

rtici

patio

n of

all

Mal

awia

ns in

clud

ing

wom

en, y

outh

and

per

sons

with

dis

abili

ties

in d

evel

opin

g th

e in

form

atio

n so

ciet

y.

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SU

B T

HE

ME

2: I

nfor

mat

ion,

Com

mun

icat

ion

Tec

hnol

ogy

Out

com

e –

Med

ium

Ter

m E

xpec

ted

Out

put

Cor

resp

onds

to th

e st

rate

gies

to m

ove

to

outc

omes

Key

Act

ions

2 In

crea

sed

acce

ss to

com

mun

icat

ions

i. Ex

pand

ed c

over

age/

netw

ork

ii.

Ex

pand

ed a

nd d

istri

butio

n of

radi

o an

d TV

com

mun

icat

ion

-- in

crea

sed

wor

king

line

s (78

,000

in 2

005)

--Co

ntin

ue li

bera

lizat

ion

of te

leco

mm

unic

atio

ns se

ctor

--

prom

ote

a pr

ivat

e se

ctor

driv

en ra

dio

and

com

mun

icat

ion

sub-

sect

or.

--Ex

pand

the

cove

rage

and

dis

tribu

tion

of a

ccur

ate

and

timel

y in

form

atio

n an

d ne

ws.

--D

evel

op ra

dio

and

TV b

road

cast

infr

astru

ctur

e.

4.

3 S

UB

TH

EM

E 3

. R

esea

rch,

Sci

ence

and

Tec

hnol

ogy

Out

com

e –

Med

ium

Ter

m E

xpec

ted

Out

put

Cor

resp

onds

to th

e st

rate

gies

to m

ove

to

outc

omes

Key

Act

ions

Dir

ect m

easu

res o

f th

e m

ediu

m te

rm e

xpec

ted

outc

omes

L

ower

leve

l out

puts

and

indi

cato

rs to

mea

sure

pr

ogre

ss

(incl

udes

pol

icy

chan

ge/s

tate

men

t and

key

act

iviti

es d

eriv

ed fr

om fo

cus a

ctio

ns)

Enha

nced

eco

nom

ic g

row

th a

nd d

evel

opm

ent

thro

ugh

the

appl

icat

ion

of sc

ienc

e an

d te

chno

logy

.

--W

ell

coor

dina

ted

scie

nce

and

tech

nolo

gy

gene

ratio

n an

d di

ssem

inat

ion;

--

Effe

ctiv

e an

d ef

ficie

nt o

pera

tion

of th

e sc

ienc

e an

d te

chno

logy

inst

itutio

ns;

--In

crea

sed

upta

ke o

n pr

oduc

tivity

and

enh

ance

men

t of

tech

nolo

gies

; and

--

Prio

ritis

ed a

nd fo

cuse

d re

sear

ch a

nd d

evel

opm

ent.

--Es

tabl

ish

a N

atio

nal S

cien

ce a

nd T

echn

olog

y C

omm

issi

on.

--St

reng

then

the

capa

city

of r

esea

rch,

scie

nce

and

tech

nolo

gy in

stitu

tions

. --

Gen

erat

e an

d di

ssem

inat

e ap

prop

riate

tech

nolo

gy th

roug

h pu

blic

-priv

ate

partn

ersh

ips.

--D

evel

op a

nd c

omm

erci

alis

e sc

ienc

e an

d te

chno

logy

--

Prom

ote

the

deve

lopm

ent a

nd u

tiliz

atio

n of

indi

geno

us te

chno

logy

. --E

stab

lishe

rese

arch

fund

ing

mec

hani

sms t

o pr

omot

e re

sear

ch b

y in

divi

dual

s and

inst

itutio

ns

SU

MM

AR

Y T

AB

LE

: T

HE

ME

FIV

E -

IMPR

OV

ED

GO

VE

RN

AN

CE

5.

1 S

UB

TH

EM

E 1

. M

acro

-eco

nom

ic G

row

th

Out

com

e –

Med

ium

Ter

m E

xpec

ted

Out

put

Cor

resp

onds

to th

e st

rate

gies

to m

ove

to

outc

omes

Key

Act

ions

Dir

ect m

easu

res o

f th

e m

ediu

m te

rm e

xpec

ted

outc

omes

L

ower

leve

l out

puts

and

indi

cato

rs to

mea

sure

pr

ogre

ss

(incl

udes

pol

icy

chan

ge/s

tate

men

t and

key

act

iviti

es d

eriv

ed fr

om fo

cus a

ctio

ns)

Stab

le m

acro

econ

omic

env

ironm

ent c

hara

cter

ized

by

-- lo

wer

infla

tion,

--

inte

rest

rate

, --

sust

aina

ble

debt

serv

ice

and

--

stab

le re

al e

xcha

nge

rate

i. Im

prov

ed p

ublic

exp

endi

ture

man

agem

ent.

-- S

tatu

s of 2

5 in

dica

tors

on

Publ

ic E

xpen

ditu

re

and

Fina

ncia

l Man

agem

ent (

incl

udes

HIP

C

indi

cato

rs)

-- E

nfor

ce a

dher

ence

of l

ine

min

istri

es a

nd p

aras

tata

ls to

Pub

lic a

nd F

inan

ce M

anag

emen

t Act

– n

o pr

ovis

ion

of e

xtra

bud

geta

ry fu

ndin

g fo

r the

min

istri

es.

-- N

egot

iate

mul

tilat

eral

deb

t writ

e-do

wns

. --

Stre

ngth

en th

e ca

paci

ty o

f Tre

asur

y’s P

ublic

Exp

endi

ture

Mon

itorin

g U

nit.

-- Im

prov

e fin

anci

al m

anag

emen

t sys

tem

s and

skill

s to

oper

ate

them

(MO

F, A

ccou

ntan

t Gen

eral

)

ii.

Im

prov

ed p

redi

ctab

ility

of d

onor

fina

ncin

g.

-- a

id fl

ows

-- R

ecei

ve b

ette

r don

or a

id a

ssis

tanc

e pr

ojec

tions

and

impr

ove

fund

ing

flow

s. --

Stre

ngth

en th

e ca

paci

ty o

f Deb

t and

Aid

Man

agem

ent D

ivis

ion

to b

ette

r co-

ordi

nate

don

ors a

nd

man

age

aid

inflo

ws.

-- N

egot

iate

with

don

ors a

n ac

tion

plan

for h

arm

oniz

atio

n, a

lignm

ent a

nd b

ette

r aid

coo

rdin

atio

n (p

ossi

ble

mec

hani

sm th

roug

h th

e Pa

ris D

ecla

ratio

n).

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tegy

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5.1

SU

B T

HE

ME

1.

Mac

ro-e

cono

mic

Gro

wth

O

utco

me

– M

ediu

m T

erm

Exp

ecte

d O

utpu

t C

orre

spon

ds to

the

stra

tegi

es to

mov

e to

ou

tcom

es

Key

Act

ions

iii

. Im

prov

ed e

cono

mic

env

ironm

ent f

or p

rivat

e se

ctor

bor

row

ing

and

inve

stm

ent.

-- se

e Th

eme

One

– S

ub th

eme

2

-- U

nder

take

tax

refo

rms t

o im

prov

e th

e in

cent

ives

for h

ouse

hold

savi

ng a

nd in

vest

men

t and

the

equi

ty o

f tax

adm

inis

tratio

n.

-- E

nfor

ce a

dher

ence

of l

ine

min

istri

es a

nd p

aras

tata

ls to

Pub

lic F

inan

ce a

nd m

anag

emen

t Act

– n

o pr

ovis

ion

of e

xtra

bud

geta

ry fu

ndin

g fo

r the

min

istri

es.

iii

. Val

ue-a

dditi

on a

nd re

duce

d im

port

cont

ent i

n ex

istin

g ex

port

prod

ucts

, dev

elop

new

exp

ort

prod

ucts

with

hig

h po

tent

ial f

or d

omes

tic v

alue

ad

ditio

n.

-- S

ee st

rate

gies

for e

cono

mic

gro

wth

, spe

cific

ally

regi

onal

inte

grat

ion

and

enab

ling

envi

ronm

ent f

or

priv

ate

sect

or le

d

iv

. Red

uced

risk

s of s

hock

s on

the

econ

omy

(e.g

. tra

nspo

rt co

sts,

food

shor

tage

s, in

crea

ses i

n im

port

pric

es).

v. In

crea

se p

rivat

e se

ctor

inve

stm

ent.

-- S

ee th

eme

one

– an

d th

eme

four

5.

2 S

UB

TH

EM

E 2

. Pu

blic

Pol

icy

Form

ulat

ion,

Fis

cal M

anag

emen

t, Pu

blic

Sec

tor

Man

agem

ent a

nd C

orru

ptio

n O

utco

me

– M

ediu

m T

erm

Exp

ecte

d O

utpu

t C

orre

spon

ds to

the

stra

tegi

es to

mov

e to

ou

tcom

es

Key

Act

ions

Dir

ect m

easu

res o

f th

e m

ediu

m te

rm e

xpec

ted

outc

omes

L

ower

leve

l out

puts

and

indi

cato

rs to

mea

sure

pr

ogre

ss

(incl

udes

pol

icy

chan

ge/s

tate

men

t and

key

act

iviti

es d

eriv

ed fr

om fo

cus a

ctio

ns)

1. T

he p

erfo

rman

ce o

f the

civ

il se

rvic

e is

mor

e tra

nspa

rent

--

man

agem

ent d

ecis

ions

bas

ed o

n ev

iden

ce

-- re

spon

sive

to n

atio

nal a

spira

tions

--

faci

litat

es e

cono

mic

gro

wth

and

pro

-poo

r app

roac

h to

se

rvic

e de

liver

y

i. C

apac

ity o

f pub

lic se

ctor

to fo

rmul

ate,

impl

emen

t an

d m

onito

r the

pub

lic p

olic

y an

d m

anag

e th

e M

alaw

i Gro

wth

and

Dev

elop

men

t Stra

tegy

-- st

atis

tical

cap

acity

scor

e

-- T

rans

pare

nt a

ppoi

ntm

ent a

nd p

rom

otio

n of

per

sonn

el b

ased

on

mer

it an

d pe

rfor

man

ce.

-- Im

plem

ent p

ay re

form

s, ad

dres

s rec

ruitm

ent a

nd re

tent

ion

prob

lem

s, im

plem

entin

g pe

rfor

man

ce

man

agem

ent s

yste

ms,

and

non-

sala

ry in

cent

ives

. --

Con

trol s

ize

and

cost

of p

ublic

sect

or a

nd fo

cuse

s the

m o

n its

prio

rity

area

s, in

clud

ing

dono

r fu

ndin

g fo

r the

pub

lic se

ctor

. --

Enf

orce

hum

an re

sour

ce p

olic

ies a

nd sy

stem

s. --

Arti

cula

tes v

isio

n of

its p

riorit

ies f

or th

e pu

blic

sect

or, i

nclu

ding

rela

tions

hip

with

dec

entra

lisat

ion,

an

d im

plem

ents

them

thro

ugh

annu

al b

udge

t.

-- Im

plem

ent t

he M

onito

ring

and

Eval

uatio

n Ro

adm

ap (i

nclu

des c

oord

inat

ion

of d

onor

s and

nat

iona

l st

atis

tical

pla

n)

2. R

educ

ed c

orru

ptio

n an

d fr

aud

ii. T

rans

pare

ncy

and

acco

unta

bilit

y fo

r ser

vice

de

liver

y --

cor

rupt

ion

case

s pro

secu

ted

-- In

crea

se th

e nu

mbe

r of s

peci

aliz

ed la

wye

rs (f

raud

) for

cor

rupt

ion

case

s. --

Impr

ove

the

AC

B’s

and

Aud

itor G

ener

al’s

repo

rting

and

acc

ount

abili

ty to

Par

liam

ent.

--

Enf

orci

ng g

reat

er c

larit

y on

sepa

ratio

n of

role

s bet

wee

n M

inis

ters

and

PSs

. --

Dev

elop

and

impl

emen

t nat

iona

l ant

i-cor

rupt

ion

stra

tegy

add

ress

ing

root

cau

ses o

f cor

rupt

ion

and

invo

lvin

g pu

blic

and

priv

ate

sect

ors.

-- S

treng

then

the

med

ia c

apac

ity th

roug

h tra

inin

g an

d ac

cess

to a

nd d

istri

butio

n of

pub

lic in

form

. Al

so se

e #3

on

publ

ic a

ware

ness

iii. E

ffec

tive

and

wel

l man

aged

div

isio

n of

re

spon

sibi

lity

betw

een

cent

ral a

nd lo

cal

Gov

ernm

ent,

the

priv

ate

sect

or a

nd N

GO

s for

th

e pr

ovis

ion

of se

rvic

es to

the

publ

ic

-- Im

plem

ent r

ealis

tic d

ecen

traliz

atio

n pl

ans –

see

that

sect

ion

See

stra

tegy

them

e gi

ve su

bthe

me

thre

e

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B T

HE

ME

2.

Publ

ic P

olic

y Fo

rmul

atio

n, F

isca

l Man

agem

ent,

Publ

ic S

ecto

r M

anag

emen

t and

Cor

rupt

ion

Out

com

e –

Med

ium

Ter

m E

xpec

ted

Out

put

Cor

resp

onds

to th

e st

rate

gies

to m

ove

to

outc

omes

Key

Act

ions

3. P

ublic

is w

ell i

nfor

med

to p

artic

ipat

e in

nat

iona

l de

velo

pmen

t and

has

an

enha

nced

par

ticip

atio

n in

soci

o-ec

onom

ic a

ctiv

ities

i. Ci

tizen

acc

ess t

o tim

ely

and

accu

rate

info

rmat

ion

that

is e

asy

to u

nder

stan

d

-- E

stab

lish

an e

ffec

tive

e-G

over

nmen

t inf

orm

atio

n sy

stem

. (se

e th

eme

four

sub-

them

e fo

ur)

-- E

stab

lish

com

mun

ity in

form

atio

n ce

ntre

s. --

Pro

mot

e pr

ofes

sion

alis

m o

f med

ia th

at d

eliv

ers p

oliti

cally

impa

rtial

new

s cov

erag

e --

Ena

ct a

cces

s to

info

rmat

ion

legi

slat

ion

to a

llow

med

ia a

cces

s to

publ

ic in

form

atio

n.

-- E

nact

pub

lic se

rvic

e br

oadc

ast l

egis

latio

n

4. P

arlia

men

t con

stru

ctiv

ely

enga

ges i

n th

e na

tiona

l de

velo

pmen

t pro

cess

, as o

utlin

ed in

the

cons

titut

ion

(pub

lic se

ctor

is h

eld

acco

unta

ble

for h

ow fu

nds a

re

spen

t)

i. S

treng

then

par

liam

enta

ry c

omm

ittee

s and

pa

rliam

ent

-- S

elec

t leg

isla

tors

with

rele

vant

skill

s and

kno

wle

dge

into

Com

mitt

ees.

-- P

rovi

de a

dequ

ate

finan

cial

reso

urce

s for

func

tioni

ng o

f the

Com

mitt

ees.

5. F

ree

and

fair

elec

tions

-- P

rovi

de n

atio

nal r

egis

trat

ion

and

iden

tific

atio

n to

vot

ing

age

pers

ons.

-- P

rovi

de e

qual

acc

ess t

o pu

blic

med

ia fa

cilit

ies.

5.

3 S

UB

TH

EM

E 3

. D

ecen

tral

izat

ion

Out

com

e –

Med

ium

Ter

m E

xpec

ted

Out

put

Cor

resp

onds

to th

e st

rate

gies

to m

ove

to

outc

omes

Key

Act

ions

Dir

ect m

easu

res o

f th

e m

ediu

m te

rm e

xpec

ted

outc

omes

L

ower

leve

l out

puts

and

indi

cato

rs to

mea

sure

pr

ogre

ss

(incl

udes

pol

icy

chan

ge/s

tate

men

t and

key

act

iviti

es d

eriv

ed fr

om fo

cus a

ctio

ns)

1. M

ore

trans

pare

nt, a

ccou

ntab

le a

nd e

ffec

tive

loca

l G

over

nmen

t an

d be

tter p

lann

ing

i. D

evol

utio

n of

reso

urce

s and

aut

horit

y to

loca

l G

over

nmen

ts d

eepe

ned

-- C

ompl

ete

sect

or d

evol

utio

n to

dis

trict

s. --

Exp

and

loca

l rev

enue

gen

erat

ing

capa

city

--

Bui

ld in

stitu

tiona

l cap

acity

at t

he d

istri

cts.

-- S

treng

then

ope

ratio

nal l

inks

bet

wee

n de

cent

raliz

atio

n po

licy

and

natio

nal p

olic

y fr

amew

orks

and

th

e ro

le in

pol

icy

mak

ing

2.

Impr

oved

com

mun

ity p

artic

ipat

ion

in lo

cal G

over

nmen

t

ii.Em

pow

erm

ent o

f loc

al c

omm

uniti

es

-- T

rain

com

mun

ities

for a

ctiv

e pa

rtici

patio

n in

dev

elop

men

t act

iviti

es a

t the

dis

trict

. --

Def

ine

clea

r rol

es o

f all

grou

ps o

f sta

keho

lder

s at t

he d

istri

ct.

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4 S

UB

TH

EM

E 4

. Ju

stic

e an

d R

ule

of L

aw

Out

com

e –

Med

ium

Ter

m E

xpec

ted

Out

put

Cor

resp

onds

to th

e st

rate

gies

to m

ove

to

outc

omes

Key

Act

ions

Dir

ect m

easu

res o

f th

e m

ediu

m te

rm e

xpec

ted

outc

omes

L

ower

leve

l out

puts

and

indi

cato

rs to

mea

sure

pr

ogre

ss

(incl

udes

pol

icy

chan

ge/s

tate

men

t and

key

act

iviti

es d

eriv

ed fr

om fo

cus a

ctio

ns)

1. M

ore

resp

onsi

ve a

nd e

ffec

tive

judi

cial

aut

horit

y w

hich

en

able

s all

peop

le to

obt

ain

effe

ctiv

e pr

otec

tion

and

redr

ess,

disp

ense

s jus

tices

equ

itabl

y, sp

eedi

ly a

nd

affo

rdab

ly to

all

-- R

educ

e th

e co

sts o

f brin

ging

cas

es to

cou

rt. S

peed

up

proc

edur

es in

the

cour

ts

-- D

ecre

ase

back

log

-- R

educ

e de

lays

in p

assi

ng c

ourt

judg

men

ts

i. C

onte

mpo

rary

, app

licab

le a

nd re

leva

nt la

ws

conf

orm

ing

to th

e C

onst

itutio

n an

d in

tern

atio

nal

appl

icab

le la

w a

nd m

eetin

g na

tiona

l nee

ds.

-- T

imel

y dr

aftin

g an

d en

actm

ent o

f new

le

gisl

atio

n.

-- T

imel

y en

actm

ent o

f rev

iew

ed la

ws.

-- U

nder

take

per

iodi

c re

view

and

refo

rm o

f law

s and

pro

cedu

res i

n lig

ht o

f con

stitu

tiona

l pro

visi

ons

and

appl

icab

le in

tern

atio

nal l

aw;

-- A

ckno

wle

dge

cust

omar

y la

ws a

nd p

ract

ices

that

are

not

in c

onfli

ct w

ith p

rinci

ples

of h

uman

righ

ts

and

the

cons

titut

ion;

--

Rev

iew

and

sim

plify

lega

l lan

guag

e to

ens

ure

a co

mpr

ehen

sibl

e ju

stic

e sy

stem

; --

Stre

ngth

en a

nd st

ream

line

the

legi

slat

ive

draf

ting

proc

ess.

ii.

Hig

h le

vel o

f pro

fess

iona

l con

duct

acr

oss t

he

SSA

J sec

tor.

-- E

nact

and

impl

emen

t leg

isla

tion

to e

nsur

e du

ty b

eare

rs e

nfor

ce th

eir f

unct

ions

and

pow

ers

prof

essi

onal

ly.

-- In

crea

se th

e in

take

and

trai

ning

for v

ario

us le

gal p

rofe

ssio

nal g

roup

s inc

ludi

ng sp

ecia

lized

fiel

d;

-- A

ppoi

nt ju

dges

bas

ed o

n m

erit.

--

Con

tinue

the

Civ

il Se

rvic

e R

efor

m P

rogr

amm

e to

reta

in le

gal p

rofe

ssio

nals

in th

e ci

vil s

ervi

ce.

-- In

crea

se n

umbe

r of c

ourt

cent

res c

lose

to p

olic

e st

atio

ns a

nd m

ain

tradi

ng c

entre

s.

iii. E

ffec

tive

info

rmal

just

ice

syst

em e

qual

ly

acce

ssed

and

pro

tect

ing

peop

le.

-- R

evie

w p

rimar

y an

d in

form

al ju

stic

e in

itiat

ives

; --

Des

ign

polic

ies a

nd m

echa

nism

s for

con

sulta

tion

and

coop

erat

ion

betw

een

form

al a

nd in

form

al

just

ice

sect

or p

laye

rs a

nd to

impr

ove

enha

nced

acc

ount

abili

ty o

f prim

ary

just

ice

agen

cies

to th

e pu

blic

; --

Fac

ilita

te th

e de

velo

pmen

t of r

ecor

d-ke

epin

g sy

stem

s --

Pro

vide

prim

ary

just

ice

and

disp

ute

reso

lutio

n tra

inin

g fo

r tra

ditio

nal l

eade

rs

iv

. C

onsi

sten

t, ac

cept

able

and

equ

itabl

e ap

plic

atio

n of

cus

tom

ary

law

in tr

aditi

onal

cou

rts.

-- D

evel

op a

nd d

isse

min

ate

clea

r pol

icie

s on

the

judi

cial

role

of t

radi

tiona

l cou

rts a

nd th

e st

atus

and

en

forc

emen

t of t

heir

rulin

gs.

-- D

esig

n a

prog

ram

me

for r

eviv

ing

tradi

tiona

l cou

rts in

clud

ing

an a

ppro

pria

te tr

aini

ng e

lem

ent.

v.

Mec

hani

sms f

or se

ttlem

ent o

f dis

pute

s thr

ough

m

edia

tion,

con

cilia

tion,

arb

itrat

ion,

and

ne

gotia

tion.

-- R

evie

w fo

rms o

f alte

rnat

ive

disp

ute

reso

lutio

n an

d id

entif

y th

e m

ost a

ppro

pria

te fo

rms

-- E

stab

lish

info

rmat

ion

linka

ges b

etw

een

the

polic

e, c

ourts

, pris

ons.

(pilo

ted

at o

ne p

oint

- pen

al

refo

rm w

as c

oord

inat

ing)

to im

prov

e ca

se fl

ow

-- P

rom

ote

dial

ogue

thro

ugh

cour

t use

r com

mitt

ees

vi

. SS

AJ s

ecto

r’s a

bilit

y to

man

age

and

obta

in

reso

urce

s. --

Gen

erat

e fu

ndin

g su

ppor

t fro

m G

over

nmen

t and

dev

elop

men

t par

tner

s. --

Dev

elop

a h

arm

oniz

ed a

ppro

ach

to b

udge

t for

mul

atio

n, p

rese

ntat

ion,

allo

catio

n, d

istri

butio

n an

d ac

coun

tabi

lity.

--

Allo

cate

reso

urce

s bet

wee

n se

ctor

inst

itutio

ns e

ffec

tivel

y to

ach

ieve

the

sect

or m

issi

on.

3. T

he se

ctor

is su

ppor

tive

of th

e pr

iorit

ies o

f Gov

ernm

ent

in M

GD

S

i. Ef

ficie

nt a

nd b

usin

ess-

frie

ndly

lega

l and

re

gula

tory

fram

ewor

k an

d co

mm

erci

al c

ourt

syst

em

-- R

evie

w, a

nd w

here

app

ropr

iate

refo

rm, b

usin

ess a

nd c

omm

erci

al-r

elat

ed la

ws.

-- C

reat

e a

fully

func

tioni

ng c

omm

erci

al d

ivis

ion

of th

e H

igh

Cou

rt.--

--

Rev

iew

rule

s of p

roce

dure

as t

hey

appl

y to

com

mer

cial

cas

es a

nd e

nhan

ce th

e ro

le o

f the

Sm

all

Cla

ims C

ourts

. --

Des

ign

and

impl

emen

t a st

rate

gy to

add

ress

the

adm

inis

tratio

n an

d di

strib

utio

n of

dec

ease

d es

tate

s.

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SU

B T

HE

ME

4.

Just

ice

and

Rul

e of

Law

O

utco

me

– M

ediu

m T

erm

Exp

ecte

d O

utpu

t C

orre

spon

ds to

the

stra

tegi

es to

mov

e to

ou

tcom

es

Key

Act

ions

5.5

SU

B T

HE

ME

5. S

ecur

ity

Out

com

e –

Med

ium

Ter

m E

xpec

ted

Out

put

Cor

resp

onds

to th

e st

rate

gies

to m

ove

to

outc

omes

Key

Act

ions

Dir

ect m

easu

res o

f th

e m

ediu

m te

rm e

xpec

ted

outc

omes

L

ower

leve

l out

puts

and

indi

cato

rs to

mea

sure

pr

ogre

ss

(incl

udes

pol

icy

chan

ge/s

tate

men

t and

key

act

iviti

es d

eriv

ed fr

om fo

cus a

ctio

ns)

1. A

ll pe

ople

are

safe

from

vio

lenc

e in

thei

r hom

es a

nd

com

mun

ities

and

thei

r pro

perty

secu

re

-- R

educ

ed le

vel o

f crim

e an

d fe

ar o

f crim

e --

Fai

r, hu

man

e, re

spec

ts h

uman

righ

ts, e

qual

acc

ess t

o ju

stic

e, n

on d

iscr

imin

ator

y

i. E

ffec

tive

and

harm

oniz

ed a

ppro

ach

to c

rime

dete

ctio

n, in

vest

igat

ion

and

prev

entio

n;

-- ti

mel

ines

s to

scen

e of

crim

e

-- D

esig

n in

ter-

agen

cy a

ppro

ache

s to

prev

entio

n of

crim

e.

-- R

ecru

it an

d tra

in m

ore

polic

e to

redu

ce h

igh

polic

e-po

pula

tion

ratio

. --

Rec

ruit

and

train

pol

ice

pers

onne

l – b

oth

in tr

aditi

onal

trai

ning

and

spec

ializ

ed a

reas

incl

udin

g fo

rens

ic su

ppor

t. --

Dev

elop

par

tner

ship

s bet

wee

n th

e po

lice

and

the

loca

l com

mun

ities

and

loca

l acc

ount

abili

ty o

f the

po

lice

to th

e co

mm

unity

, inc

ludi

ng c

ivic

edu

catio

n.

ii.

Phy

sica

l stru

ctur

es a

nd in

fras

truct

ure

that

fa

cilit

ate

safe

and

acc

essi

ble

serv

ice

deliv

ery

and

prov

isio

n th

roug

hout

the

SSA

J sec

tor i

n ac

cord

ance

with

inte

rnat

iona

l nor

ms.

-- P

rovi

de sa

fe, s

ecur

e an

d ap

prop

riate

ly d

esig

ned

build

ing

stoc

k.

-- R

ehab

ilita

te su

b-st

anda

rd st

ruct

ures

(inc

ludi

ng a

ddre

ssin

g ut

ility

pro

visi

on) t

o an

acc

epta

ble

stan

dard

. --

Enc

oura

ge c

omm

unity

ow

ners

hip

of in

stal

latio

ns a

nd c

omm

unity

par

ticip

atio

n in

mai

nten

ance

.

iii.

Stra

tegi

es fo

r the

reha

bilit

atio

n an

d re

inte

grat

ion

of o

ffen

ders

;

-- M

odify

trai

ning

pro

gram

s to

dire

ct to

war

d re

habi

litat

ion

of p

rison

ers

-- Im

prov

e ca

se m

anag

emen

t (le

gal)

-- D

evel

op li

nkag

es w

ith o

ther

pro

gram

s for

ex-

con

vict

s to

be p

art o

f the

pro

duct

ive

sect

or

iv

. Low

leve

ls o

f crim

e.

-- C

ontro

l pro

lifer

atio

n of

fire

arm

s (w

ith N

GO

s to

set u

p na

tiona

l foc

al p

oint

to d

eal w

ith is

sues

of

illic

it tra

ffic

king

and

fire

arm

s)

-- C

ondu

ct d

rug

cont

rol p

rogr

ams (

awar

enes

s rai

sing

thro

ugh

faith

bas

ed o

rgan

izat

ions

) --

Am

end

the

imm

igra

tion

act.

-- In

trodu

ce n

atio

nal r

egis

tratio

n an

d id

entif

icat

ion

syst

em.

v.

Par

tner

ship

for r

isk

man

agem

ent b

etw

een

priv

ate

sect

or a

nd p

olic

e fo

r pro

tect

ion

of li

fe a

nd

busi

ness

ass

ets.

-- E

stab

lish

join

t pro

gram

s with

com

pani

es a

nd c

omm

uniti

es to

tack

le is

sues

of a

nti-v

anda

lism

. --

Inte

grat

ion

of p

olic

e pr

otec

tion

into

indu

stria

l site

pla

ns.

-- E

duca

te M

alaw

ian

esta

blis

hmen

ts o

n th

e be

nefit

s for

risk

man

agem

ent f

or p

rote

ctio

n of

ass

ets.

-- D

evel

op P

rivat

e Se

curit

y Po

licy

and

Act

that

pro

vide

s sta

ndar

ds fo

r ins

pect

ion

of p

rivat

e se

curit

y fir

ms.

5.

6 S

UB

TH

EM

E 6

. Cor

pora

te G

over

nanc

e O

utco

me

– M

ediu

m T

erm

Exp

ecte

d O

utpu

t C

orre

spon

ds to

the

stra

tegi

es to

mov

e to

ou

tcom

es

Key

Act

ions

Dir

ect m

easu

res o

f th

e m

ediu

m te

rm e

xpec

ted

outc

omes

L

ower

leve

l out

puts

and

indi

cato

rs to

mea

sure

pr

ogre

ss

(incl

udes

pol

icy

chan

ge/s

tate

men

t and

key

act

iviti

es d

eriv

ed fr

om fo

cus a

ctio

ns)

Incr

ease

d do

mes

tic a

nd fo

reig

n in

vest

men

t.

Adh

eren

ce to

goo

d co

rpor

ate

gove

rnan

ce

prac

tices

Prom

otin

g th

e ad

optio

n of

goo

d co

rpor

ate

gove

rnan

ce

code

of

best

pr

actic

es;

• Po

pula

risin

g th

e ro

le o

f th

e In

stitu

te o

f D

irect

ors

to f

acili

tate

the

adop

tion

of g

ood

corp

orat

e go

vern

ance

cod

e of

bes

t pra

ctic

es; a

nd

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HE

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4.

Just

ice

and

Rul

e of

Law

O

utco

me

– M

ediu

m T

erm

Exp

ecte

d O

utpu

t C

orre

spon

ds to

the

stra

tegi

es to

mov

e to

ou

tcom

es

Key

Act

ions

• M

obili

zing

the

supp

ort o

f the

priv

ate

sect

or to

faci

litat

e th

e su

stai

nabl

e op

erat

ions

of t

he n

ew in

stitu

tion.

5.7

SU

B T

HE

ME

7. H

uman

Rig

hts

Out

com

e –

Med

ium

Ter

m E

xpec

ted

Out

put

Cor

resp

onds

to th

e st

rate

gies

to m

ove

to

outc

omes

Key

Act

ions

Dir

ect m

easu

res o

f th

e m

ediu

m te

rm e

xpec

ted

outc

omes

L

ower

leve

l out

puts

and

indi

cato

rs to

mea

sure

pr

ogre

ss

(incl

udes

pol

icy

chan

ge/s

tate

men

t and

key

act

iviti

es d

eriv

ed fr

om fo

cus a

ctio

ns)

Impr

oved

resp

ect o

f hu

man

righ

ts

A

war

enes

s of h

uman

righ

ts

• C

ondu

ct c

ivic

edu

catio

n in

pla

ces p

rone

to h

uman

righ

ts a

buse

s •

Ensu

re h

uman

righ

ts a

re in

clud

ed in

nat

iona

l sch

ool c

urric

ulum

and

oth

er e

duca

tion

prov

ider

s •

Und

erta

ke tr

aini

ng in

adv

ocac

y fo

r CSO

s wor

king

with

vul

nera

ble

grou

ps