Sub-Saharan Africa Flashcards
1
Q
What are their biggest challenges?
A
Poverty, hunger, disease + high BR
2
Q
What do they lack?
A
Roads, HC, teaching provision + power courses = unable to provide basic needs for most of pop
3
Q
Which areas have the lowest HDI?
A
Mali, Sierra Leone and Niger (all with an average of 0.33)
4
Q
What holds back development?
A
War, disease, famine, debt
5
Q
What does the area need to develop?
A
Foreign Investment
Investment in preventative rather curative medicine = ↑ health prospects for millions
6
Q
Which area in sub-Saharan Africa have the highest HDI?
A
South Africa
7
Q
HDI
A
A statistic of LE, education, and income per capita indicators, which are used to rank countries into four tiers of human development