L6 - Malawi (Barriers to Development)

Question 1

Which ocean is Malawi connected to?

Answer 1

None, it is landlocked

Question 2

What is the capital city of Malawi?

Answer 2

Lilongwe

Question 3

What is the population of Malawi?

Answer 3

16.8 million

Question 4

Which country colonised Malawi and in what year?

Answer 4

Britain colonised Nyasaland, Malawi in 1891

Question 5

What is the life expectancy and mortality rate like?

Answer 5

Low life expectancy and high infant mortality - higher prevalence of HIV

Question 6

Who owns Malawi’s plantations now?

Answer 6

British TNCs e.g. PG Tips

Question 7

What was the impact of the disaster in 2015?

Answer 7

Floods displaced 336,000 people and washed away 64,000ha of agricultural land

Question 8

What hazard results from Malawi’s equatorial tropical climate?

Answer 8

Flooding during wet season of November to April

Question 9

What is the best way to export out of Malawi?

Answer 9

Only exports via Mozambique (Navala) via a 200km single track railway

Question 10

How many people live in rural areas?

Answer 10

85%

Question 11

What is the infrastructure like?

Answer 11

Poor infrastructure in isolated dirt roads 20km to market

Question 12

How do Malawi’s farmers survive?

Answer 12

They’re subsistence farmers (don’t own land)- just growing enough to surface, paid 1p/kg of tea leaves/ coffee cherries

Question 13

What do TNCs provide Malawi’s farmers with?

Answer 13

Housing, water, firewood and lunch

Question 14

What does Malawi export and why?

Answer 14

Tea and coffee plantations because of favourable climate and soil which is exported back to Britain

Agricultural produce brings in more than 80% of the country’s export earnings

Question 15

What are some of Malawi’s international relations?

Answer 15

WTO- helps trade, but low-value exports and high-value imports

EU- tariffs on high-value roasted beans not low-value beans

Question 16

How do we know Malawi’s government might be corrupt?

Answer 16

The president bought a private presidential jet using money that was supposed to be used for the fuel infrastructure (people don’t have much access to fuel)

Commodity trading- export prices depend on cash crop market prices

Question 17

What are cash crops?

Answer 17

A crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower.

Malawi’s economic products - tobacco, tea, sugar and coffee are among the main cash crops for the last century

Question 18

How do commodity prices make a difference?

Answer 18

Commodities include agricultural products.

A commodity price increases due to supply, demand, money etc.
A commodity’s future price is determined particularly by the supply and demand for the commodity in the market

Question 19

What is the difference between colonialism and neo-colonialism?

Answer 19

Colonialism- where one stronger nation acquires power/authority over a weaker nation

Neo-colonialism- is developed and stronger countries involve in the economic, social and cultural aspects in former colonised and underdeveloped countries