Status:

Completed

Date:

2015-2017

Overview:

The project on Gender, Governance and Representation was a collaborative effort between the Governance and Local Development Institue at the University of Gothenburg, Ragnhild Muriaas and Lise Rakner from the Department of Comparative Politics in Bergen, Norway, Vibeke Wang from the Christian Michelsen Institute in Bergen, Norway, and Boniface Dulani from the Chancellor College, University of Malawi. The study sought to understand the drivers of governance and service provision at the local level, paying particular attention to the attitudes toward and experiences of women. It drew on qualitative case study research, a public opinion survey that includes core components of the Local Governance Process Indicators (LGPI), and elite interviews at the municipal level. It is part of a larger cross-national project led by the Chr. Michelsen Institute on the impact of gender-based aid on representation, as well as the efforts to measure local governance cross-nationally through the LGPI. This study was particularly important in Malawi, as elected local councils were only reintroduced in 2014, and debates over decentralization ongoing.

Publications:

Benstead, Lindsay J.; Muriaas, Ragnhild L.; and Wang, Vibeke. (2018). "Donor Endorsements Help or Hurt?" Governance and Local Development Institue Working Paper Series, No. 16, University of Gothenburg, Available At: http://gld.gu.se/media/1399/wp16final.pdf 

Dulani, Boniface; Harris, Adam S.; Horowitz, Jeremy; Kayuni, Happy. (2020). "Electoral Preferences Among Multiethnic Voters in Africa. Comparative Political Studies, https://doi.org/10.1177/0010414020926196.

Dulani, Boniface; Rakner, Lisa; Benstead, Lindsay and Wang, Vibeke. (2020). “Do women face a different standard? The gender and corruption factors in the 2014 presidential elections in Malawi,” Governance and Local Development Institue Working Paper Series, No. 27, University of Gothenburg, Available At: http://gld.gu.se/media/1634/gld-working-paper-27-final.pdf 

Dulani, Boniface; Rakner, Lisa; Benstead, Lindsay and Wang, Vibeke. (2021). "Do women face a different standard? The interplay of gender and corruption in the 2014 presidential elections in Malawi". Women's Studies International Forum, Vol.88. doi: 10.1016/j.wsif.2021.102501. 

Muriaas, Ragnhild; Wang, Vibeke; Benstead, Lindsay J.; Dulani, Boniface; and Rakner, Lise. (2017). "It Takes a Female Chief: Gender and Effective Policy Advocacy in Malawi." Governance and Local Development Institue Working Paper Series, No. 11, University of Gothenburg, Available At: http://gld.gu.se/media/1271/wp11-final.pdf 

Muriaas, Ragnhild L.; Wang, Vibeke; Benstead, Lindsay; Dulani, Boniface; and Rakner, Lise. (2018) "Why the gender of traditional authorities matters: Intersectionality and women’s rights advocacy in Malawi." Comparative Political Studies. Pre-print available online.

Governance and Local Development Institute; IPOR (2016) The LGPI in Malawi: Selected Findings on Livelihood, Series 2016:5, University of Gothenburg, Available At: http://gld.gu.se/media/1287/livelihood-report-malawi-final.pdf

Governance and Local Development Institute; IPOR (2016) The LGPI in Malawi: Selected Findings on Land, Series 2016:4, University of Gothenburg, Available At: http://gld.gu.se/media/1256/report-lgpi-land-malawi.pdf

Governance and Local Development Institute; IPOR (2016) The LGPI in Malawi: Selected Findings on Education, Series 2016:6, University of Gothenburg, Available At: http://gld.gu.se/media/1171/education-report-malawi.pdf

Governance and Local Development Institute; IPOR (2016) The LGPI in Malawi: Selected Findings on Health, Series 2016:7, University of Gothenburg, Available At: http://gld.gu.se/media/1170/health-report-malawi.pdf

Governance and Local Development Institute; IPOR (2017) The LGPI in Malawi: Selected Findings from 15 Districts, Series 2017:1, University of Gothenburg, Available At: http://gld.gu.se/media/1288/malawidistrictsbriefs-fina.pdf

Governance and Local Development Institute; IPOR (2017) The LGPI in Malawi: Selected Findings on Gender, Series 2017:2, University of Gothenburg, Available At: http://gld.gu.se/media/1219/malawigenderreport-full-final.pdf

Dataset: 

How to Cite: Ellen Lust; Kristen Kao; Pierre F. Landry; Adam Harris; Boniface Dulani; Atusaye Zgambo; Asiyati Chiweza; Happy Kayuni; Ragnhild L. Muriaas; Lise Rakner; Vibeke Wang; Lindsey Benstead; Felix Hartmann; Sebastian Nickel, 2023, "The Local Governance Performance Index (LGPI) Household Survey 2016: Malawi", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/IURPRI, Harvard Dataverse, V1

Bibtex citation format: 

@data{DVN/IURPRI_2023,
author = {Ellen Lust and Kristen Kao and Pierre F. Landry and Adam Harris and Boniface Dulani and Atusaye Zgambo and Asiyati Chiweza and Happy Kayuni and Ragnhild L. Muriaas and Lise Rakner and Vibeke Wang and Lindsey Benstead and Felix Hartmann and Sebastian Nickel},
publisher = {Harvard Dataverse},
title = {{The Local Governance Performance Index (LGPI) Household Survey 2016: Malawi}},
UNF = {UNF:6:uGU0St19AK1/ZTZjAStQeg==},
year = {2023},
version = {V1},
doi = {10.7910/DVN/IURPRI},
url = {https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/IURPRI}
}

Access the full dataset via Harvard Database: https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/IURPRI

News:

Mtewa, Andrew 2016. "Some findings are surprising." The Nation Malawi, Malawi, 21 November. Read Article.

Sangala, Tom 2016. "Malawians' unmet health needs high." The Times Malawi, Malawi, 18 November. Read Article.

Sangala, Tom 2018. "Gender Issues in Malawi: Selected findings from the 2016 Malawi Local Government Perception Index." The Times Malawi, Malawi, 13 March. Read Article.

Acknowledgements:

This data collection was supported by the Research Council of Norway, Chr Michelsen Institute, and Swedish Research Council Recruitment Grant (Swedish Research Council – E0003801), PI: Pam Fredman. We thank IPOR Malawi for implementing the survey and Maria Thorson for administrative support.