CoST Malawi has been catapulted to the forefront of public attention following a presentation at this year’s National Anti-Corruption Day. The theme of the event was ‘Break the Silence: Stop Corruption’ and included a specific focus on infrastructure. The event demonstrated the crippling effects of corruption on infrastructure projects and service delivery and the effects

Right on the heels of the recent Launch of the CoST International Programme in South Africa, the African Development Bank, Malawi Office walked the extra yard by approving a twelve month grant of USD 125,150 for the CoST Malawi programme. The grant will go a long way in strengthening the Malawi Multi stakeholder Group to

The Malawi Economic Justice Network (MEJN) has demanded that the Government addresses the apparent mismanagement of a road, in Southern Malawi. Construction of the 102km road has stalled since 2008 with its initial cost of $57million expected to exceed $100million. The demand follows a series of Civil Society Regional Workshops in Blantyre, Lilongwe and Mzuzu

The Malawi Parliamentary Committee for Transport and Public Infrastructure has agreed to throw its weight behind the CoST Malawi programme. The CoST Malawi MSG requested the Parliamentary Committee back the Initiative by supporting the inclusion of the CoST disclosure requirements in the Public Procurement Act. The 3 year CoST pilot identified that current disclosure requirements