U2 Social, economic, political causes

Question 1

Political- incompetent government

Answer 1

Senegal has very high rates of poverty 47%, despite this they built the monument of African Renaissance which cosr $27 milli to build

Question 2

Political- Civil war

Answer 2

The ongoing civil war in South Sudan has led to 4 million people being forced to flee and 6.3 million struggling to find food

Question 3

Political- Corruption

Answer 3

The World Bank, $4 trillion is lost each year around the world due to corruption

Question 4

Social- Education

Answer 4

Pakistan has a literacy rate of 58% and a poverty rate of 39.4%

Question 5

Social- Gender inequality

Answer 5

World Bank, not educating women costs developing countries $15-30 trillion each year

Question 6

Social- Health, Malaria

Answer 6

WHO, there are 216 million deaths caused by malaria each year, with 90% of these cases being located within Africa. Malaria costs £9.5 billion a year to tackle

Question 7

Economic- Poor infrastructure

Answer 7

Out of all the continents, Africa has the worst overall infrastructure which many suffer from

Question 8

Economic- Debt

Answer 8

In 2019 Zimbabwe has £5.5 million debt and experienced 18 hour long power cuts

Question 9

Economic-Poverty

Answer 9

Sub Saharan Africa has 40% of its population living on less than $1.90 a day