Development Case Study:Malawi
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- Created on: 29-04-21 20:02
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- Development Case study:Malawi
- Development Case Study-Malawi
- Economic development factors
- GDP-In 2011, Gdp was only US$900 per person. In comparison, the UK's GDP in 2011 was US$36,600
- Poverty line-half the population is below the poverty line
- Overseas debt-In 2012, Malawi owed US$1.3b overseas (36%) of its GDP was used for debt repayments
- Malawi's barriers-Why can't it get richer?
- Trade
- Landlocked country so no sea exports. If they want to do sea exports, they have one, slow, 800km single track railway line.
- Losing money due to transport costs
- They export coffee beans and could roast them but tariffs add 7.5% to price of roasted beans because they want extra profit
- Landlocked country so no sea exports. If they want to do sea exports, they have one, slow, 800km single track railway line.
- Government don't have enough money for infrstructure
- unreliable power supply
- water shortages
- poor telecommunications
- Impact of HIV/AIDS
- 1 in 5 adults get infected
- expensive drugs-only a third can afford it
- need fresh water to have drugs-only 86% have access to it
- Poverty
- Expensive funerals
- Weak, unable to work
- orphans lve with grandparents who are also unable to work
- Trade
- What else is holding them back?
- Climate Change
- Water shortages
- food shortages caused by variable rainfall+increased drought
- rain washes off pesticides
- profits go down due to flood damge
- flash floods cause roots to rot
- Increased pollution
- rapid economic growth has led to rapid urban growth
- water supplies contaminated during rainy season
- squatter settlements growing with no santitation or waste management
- rivers+local dams contaminated with waste+bacteria causing bad human health
- air pollution increasing, reduced air quality
- car and lorry fumes increase carbon monoxide+dioxide pollution
- bush fires+tyre burning cause smoke and haze
- Climate Change
- Economic development factors
- Development Case Study-Malawi
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