Malawi Facts Flashcards
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Definition of development….
The economic, social and political progress a country or people make. For it to be beneficial it must also be sustainable.
What physical factors prevent Malawi from developing?
Malawi is landlocked, meaning that there’s no sea surrounding the country and this makes trading extremely difficult.
85% of Malawi is land locked, meaning that they can’t develop economically very easily.
Due to climate change there’s rising temperatures and little/unpredictable rainfall, so food shortage often occur, and the majority of farming is subsistent.
How does polution effect Malawi?
Lilongwe, the capital, has contiaminated water and many squatter settlements, this causes a lower life expextency and a higher death rate.
Why does Malawi always lose money from its trading?
Exports cheap raw materials, imports more expensive good e.g manufactoring equipment. Also unfair trade, Malawi sells 1kg of coffee beans on the global markets for £2, but supermarkets sell 1kg for £8 and make all the profit.
Why can’t rural areas reach towns easily?
Poor quality of roads, little basic communication systems with rural areas.
How’s Malawi being a british colony prevented development?
Britain made use of Malawi’s cheap raw materials, but didn’t do anything to develop Malawi’s infrastructure of economy.
How’s corruption held back Malawi?
Corruption index of 3.8/10 (121st in the world), little money goes into health and education, preventing Malawi from developing.
How has a high fertility rate held back Malawi?
5.7 children per women, kids are an economic asset to poor families working on a farm, so women have more kids.
How does low salary prevent Malawi from developing?
Malawi has 80% of the population working in farming, who get paid just 1p per 1kg of tea of coffee beans farmed. With such low payment, developing econimcally but also socially is ver difficult.
What’s Malawi’s dependency ratio?
93%
Literacy rate in Malawi?
61%
Life expectancy in Malawi?
60 years old
