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Middle Figures, Student Pregnancy Policy, and the Malawian State

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ID2098415
AuthorsRachel Silver (0000-0002-7789-0713, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume62
Issue4
Pages110-133
Publication date2019-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAfrican Studies Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-0206 • E-ISSN: 1555-2462
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/asr.2019.2
OpenAlexW2938931488
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited34

This article explores state/NGO/funder relations in Africa through an ethnographic case study of Malawi's Readmission Policy. The Policy, which banned the permanent expulsion of pregnant girls from school in 1993, underwent a formal, government-led review in 2016. By focusing attention on the daily work of "middle figures"-the mid-level civil servants, NGO representatives, and consultants who participated in the policy reform process-this article shows how state disempowerment in Malawi was not wholesale, even as aid funding for development policymaking bypassed government. Rather, government actors deployed key strategies, including time (mis)management, to reclaim moral authority over Malawian schools

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