State and the Legacies of British Colonial Development in Malawi - Confronting Poverty, 19391983

This book examines the discourse of development in Malawi and how it unfolded through a milliard of experts and institutions that expressed interest in the plight of the poor and yet did little to achieve their goals between the 1930s and 1983.

List of contents

List of Figures, Tables, and Maps
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter One: The Poor and British Development Discourse in Africa, 1909-1970s
Chapter Two: The Land-poverty Nexus in Colonial Malawi, 1930s-1965
Chapter Three: Whose Interests? The State, Industry, and Rural Development, 1930s-1953
Chapter Four: Confronting Poverty: The State, ODM and World Bank Triad, 1960s-1970s
Chapter Five: Experts, Planners, and the Tampered Rural Development, 1960s-1981
Chapter Six: Malawi's Foreign Policy and the Fruitless Search for Investment Capital, 1960s-1980
Conclusion: Some Reflections on the State and the War on Poverty
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

About the author

Gift Wasambo Kayira is senior lecturer of history at the University of Malawi.

Summary

This book examines the discourse of development in Malawi and how it unfolded through a milliard of experts and institutions that expressed interest in the plight of the poor and yet did little to achieve their goals between the 1930s and 1983.

Product details

• Authors: Gift Kayira, Gift Wasambo Kayira
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2023
• EAN: 9781666921656
• ISBN: 978-1-66692-165-6
• No. of pages: 290
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, Social & cultural history, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, Malawi, HISTORY / Africa / East, Colonialism & imperialism, Economic history, Social and cultural history, Colonialism and imperialism, African History, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, National liberation and independence, Decolonisation and postcolonial studies