Malawi case study
- Created by: Amwangi
- Created on: 05-03-17 18:51
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- Wealth
- one of the poorest countries in the world
- 2006 - HDI = 2005
- GDP around $170 per head taking into account purchasing power - one of the lowest in the world
- Ranked 165th out of 177 countries
- Economy
- High import costs - all fuel apart from fuelwood has to be imported
- Dependant on agricultural exports
- vulnerable to external factors - drought
- Malawi
- Population
- Now one of sub-saharan Africa's most populated countries - 115 people per square kilometre
- Population growth 2.6% per year start of 21st century
- Birth rate start 21st century 5.7 births per woman
- population increased from 9.93 m 1998 census - 13 million 2007
- Population
- Ratio of debt to export value is over 300%
- Eligible for the HIPC initiative but failed to meet IMF conditions- higher than expected government expenditure famine - need to import food
- By paying back £440 million by 2006 - country became eligible for debt relief under MDRI - £2 bn + debts cancelled
- More to spend on public investments rather than debt.
- Classified as a low income country by world bank
- Social
- Life expectancy fallen below 40 years old
- HIV/AIDS big problem in Malawi - 1million + are HIV positive = 90,000 deaths per year
- thought to be 1 million orphans in the country - half which are direct result of deaths from AIDS
- Malawi
- Population
- Now one of sub-saharan Africa's most populated countries - 115 people per square kilometre
- Population growth 2.6% per year start of 21st century
- Birth rate start 21st century 5.7 births per woman
- population increased from 9.93 m 1998 census - 13 million 2007
- Population
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