The Centre for Social Research is one of the world's leading organisations for research, teaching and communications on international development. Founded in 1979, the Institute enjoys an international reputation based on the quality of its work and the rigour with which it applies academic skills to real world challenges. Its purpose is to understand and explain the world, and to try to change it – to influence as well as to inform.

Poverty and sustainable livelihoods – focussing on in-depth exploration of the scale, characteristics, causes and dynamics of poverty. The centre also plays important roles in policy dialogue with regard to poverty analysis issues in Malawi. HIV/AIDS, gender and food security issues are core to the analysis of poverty dynamics and transitions in and out of poverty.

Environmental management and access to natural resources – focussing on the understanding of the causal relationships between the various dimensions of environmental issues, poverty and development, and the socio-economic impact of alternative policy options and regimes for management of natural resources and the environment.

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Nsanje PLACE study Gets Underway – The Centre for Social Research together with the National AIDS Commission (NAC) and the...

CSR to recruit new Research Fellows and a Systems Analyst – Advertisements for these positions have been put in the local newspapers

CSR holds a Research Dissemination Workshop on Urban Health – CSR has been implementing a research project on the health conditions

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