Malawi - aid + corruption

Question 1

What is Malawi’s HDI?

Answer 1

169/191

Question 2

What is LE in Malawi?

Answer 2

64 - due to AIDS

Question 3

What type of aid is Malawi dependant on?

Answer 3

Multilateral aid - aid provided by a group of countries, typically through international organisations

-World Bank: $407.9mil
-Global Fund: $390mil

Question 4

What has the aid money mainly been used for?

Answer 4

Antiretroviral therapies (for AIDS)

Hospitals (but providers supplied unaffordable drugs)

Question 5

How much of Malawi’s devp budget comes from aid?

Answer 5

71% - severe aid dependency

Question 6

How much of Malawi’s population needs aid?

Answer 6

17mil people

Question 7

Why was aid stopped?

Answer 7

2014 Cashgate Scandal - aid money being used by corrupt govt officials

Investigator shot

IMF delayed $20mil loan payment multilateral aid

HOWEVER still got $930mil in 2014

Question 8

Other issues in Malawi

Answer 8

-Climate change impacting maize production, droughts + floods