IPOR worked with  FHI 360 and the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) on the 2019 CSO Sustainability Index report for  Malawi. Released in September, the report highlights the legal environment, organizational capacity, financial capacity, advocacy, and other factors affecting the work of CSOs in Malawi. 

The report shows a slight improvement in the following areas of Malawi CSO sustainability from the 2018 report: 

• Advocacy
• Service provision, and 
• Public image

Sustainability was impeded in two areas: 

• Legal environment
• Financial viability

There were no changes in the following areas

• Organizational capacity 
• Sectoral infrastructure

The full report can be downloaded here.