malawi: 'technical' and 'political' issues created famine

A new paper "State of disaster: Causes, consequences & policy lessons from Malawi" finds that, as with other famines, a combination of 'technical' issues and 'political' problems has conspired to create a humanitarian crisis. The paper is available at www.eldis.org, where a wide range of links on the current crisis in Malawi can also be found.