MALAWI Flashcards
1
Q
malawi’s population:
A
youthful
- less elderly (healthcare)
- more births (women don’t have jobs)
2
Q
malawi’s fertility rate =
A
high
3
Q
landlocked
A
- no port to trade
- track railway (slow and expensive)
4
Q
rural isolation
A
- 8% of malawi population is rural
- isolated, poor infrastructure
5
Q
change in climate
A
- water shortage as temp rise (evaporation)
- food shortages (variable rainfall, increase drought)
6
Q
increase pollution
A
- economic growth = rapid
- contaminated water
- no sanitation or waste management
- air pollution increase
7
Q
malawi exports
A
tobacco, tea, sugar, cotton, peanuts
cheap
8
Q
malawi imports
A
food, consumer goods, transport equipment, petroleum products
9
Q
malawi’s trade:
A
imports > exports
earns less then it spends
10
Q
globalisation
A
countries becoming increasingly connected to eachother
11
Q
clark fisher model
A
primary
secondary
tertiary
quaternary
