CONNECT - What does this table reveal about the 50 LDCs?

CONNECT - What does this graph

show you about the LDCs?

Exports greater than Imports

Imports greater

than exports

OBJECTIVES

LDCs – consequences and examples

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ACTIVITY - Look at pages 198 to 201

1. What is happening to the numbers and % of people living on less than;

$1 a day$2 a day2. What consequences does this have for service

delivery and Aid?3. How did the debt crisis come into being?4. What has been done to alleviate the debt crisis?5. What has been set in motion to try and meet the

MDGs?

The HDI for Malawi is 0.437, which gives the country a rank of 164th out of 177 countries with data (Table 1).

Table 1: Malawi’s human development index 2005

HDI valueLife expectancy at birth (years)

Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older)

Combined primary, secondary and tertiary gross enrolment ratio (%)

GDP per capita(PPP US$)

1. Iceland (0.968) 1. Japan (82.3) 1. Georgia (100.0) 1. Australia (113.0)

1. Luxembourg (60,228)

162. Angola (0.446)

164. Côte d'Ivoire (47.4)

111. Uganda (66.8) 122. India (63.8)

172. Congo (Democratic Republic of the) (714)

163. Benin (0.437) 165. Nigeria (46.5)

112. Rwanda (64.9)

123. Vanuatu (63.4)

173. Burundi (699)

164. Malawi (0.437)

166. Malawi (46.3)

113. Malawi (64.1)

124. Malawi (63.1)

174. Malawi (667)

165. Zambia (0.434)

167. Guinea-Bissau (45.8) 114. India (61.0) 125. Uganda

(63.0) . ()

166. Côte d'Ivoire (0.432)

168. Congo (Democratic Republic of the) (45.8)

115. Sudan (60.9) 126. Sri Lanka (62.7) . ()

177. Sierra Leone (0.336)

177. Zambia (40.5)

139. Burkina Faso (23.6) 172. Niger (22.7) . ()

Table 2: Selected indicators of human poverty for Malawi

Human Poverty Index (HPI-1) 2004

Probability of not surviving past age 40 (%) 2004

Adult illiteracy rate (%ages 15 and older) 2004

People without access to an improved water source (%)2004

Children underweight for age (% ages 0-5) 2004

1. Barbados (3.0) 1. Iceland (1.4) 1. Estonia (0.2) 1. Thailand (1) 1. Czech

Republic (1)

77. Pakistan (36.2)

162. Congo (Democratic Republic of the) (41.1)

136. Uganda (33.2) 83. Rwanda (26) 90. Solomon

Islands (21)

78. Rwanda (36.5)

163. Botswana (44.0)

137. Rwanda (35.1) 84. Djibouti (27)

91. Tanzania (United Republic of) (22)

79. Malawi (36.7)

164. Malawi (44.4)

138. Malawi (35.9) 85. Malawi (27) 92. Malawi (22)

80. Nigeria (37.3)

165. Rwanda (44.6) 139. India (39.0)

86. Turkmenistan (28)

93. Ghana (22)

81. Burundi (37.6)

166. Mozambique (45.0)

140. Sudan (39.1) 87. Sudan (30) 94. Guatemala

(23)

108. Chad (56.9) 173. Zimbabwe (57.4)

164. Burkina Faso (76.4)

125. Ethiopia (78)

134. Bangladesh (48)

DEMONSTRATE - Malawi Case study

1. Locate Malawi in the alas and draw a simple sketch map. Fully annotate the sketch map with items that will offer opportunities and challenges to development

2. Take notes from the book pages 201 to 203 based upon the challenges and opportunities Malawi ha for development

Malawi case study

Research these sites to find out what is being done to meet Malawi’s development needs;

http://www.undp.org.mw/

http://uk.oneworld.net/guides/malawi/development

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