Abstract
AbstractThis chapter examines the political, policy and institutional background to the decision to implement the Starter Pack programme in Malawi in 1998, and looks at how the subsequent evolution of the policy and political context affected the programme. It suggests that the favourable initial conditions for translating the concept into reality was later eroded. Policy changes in the donor community and lack of institutionalization within government meant that the programme was vulnerable when key individuals who had supported implementation of Starter Pack were no longer in post. It is argued that the Malawi experience is relevant to other countries interested in free inputs distributions, as it indicates that political, policy and institutional factors should not be neglected if a successful outcome is to be achieved.
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