Poverty, AIDS and Hunger: Breaking the Poverty Trap in Malawi [Hardcover]

Using the experiences of Malawi, one of the poorest countries on the African continent, to illustrate both the challenges that poverty creates, and the opportunities for change that exist. Poverty, AIDS and Hunger outlines an easily-replicable model, at modest cost, that could lift people quickly out of poverty, with sustainable benefits.List of Figures List of Tables Foreword by Stephen Lewis Preface by Bono Introduction; A.Conroy & J.Sachs PART 1: THE PERFECT STORM The History of Development and Crisis in Malawi; A.Conroy & J.Sachs Health and Disease in Malawi; A.Conroy & J.Malewezi The AIDS Pandemic; A.Conroy & A.Whiteside The Impact of the AIDS Pandemic on the National Economy and Development; A.Whiteside & A.Conroy The Collapse of Agriculture; M.Blackie & A.Conroy Economic Isolation; J.Sachs Malawi and the Poverty Trap - First Person Account; A.Conroy PART 2: THE SOLUTIONS Introduction; J.Sachs Breaking Out of the Health and Disease Crisis; A.Conroy, J.Malewezi & J.Sachs Breaking Out of the Food Crisis; M.Blackie & A.Conroy Breaking Out of Economic Isolation; J.Sachs Changing Mindsets; A.Conroy & M.Blackie Ending Extreme Poverty in Malawi; J.Sachs Afterword; Tom ArnoldANNE C. CONROY went to Malawi in 1987 with Voluntary Services Overseas where she worked as Evaluation Officer in Lilongwe Agricultural Development Division. Completing her PhD on constraints to access of hybrid seed and fertilizer she then worked as Food Security Advisor to Malawi's Minister of Finance (1994-98) and thereafter as Advisor to the Vice President on food security, health and HIV/AIDS. She currently advises the Irish government on their aid programme to Malawi.

MALCOLM J. BLACKIE has worked with African smallholders most of his professional life. He was founding professor of agricultural economics at the University of Zimbabwe and was there responsible for the development of the new Faculty of Agriculture. He set up the RockefellelãÉ