World Issues: Africa

Question 1

In 2015, 70% of the population of Africa lived on less than:

Answer 1

$2 per day

Question 2

What fraction of global disease burden does Africa hold?

Answer 2

1/4

Question 3

What % of the worlds doctors does Africa have?

Answer 3

2%

Question 4

Life expectancy in Malawi:

Answer 4

59, compared to 80 in the UK

Question 5

How many working hours are lost in Africa each year due to the need to carry water?

Answer 5

40 billion

Question 6

What % of Ethiopians have no piped or well water?

Answer 6

32%

Question 7

What % of hospital admissions world wide are due to water?

Answer 7

> 50%

Question 8

What fraction of people in Malawi have HIV or AIDS?

Answer 8

1/4

Question 9

3 SOCIAL factors affecting development in Africa:

Answer 9

• health
• water
• education

Question 10

3 ECONOMIC factors affecting development in Africa:

Answer 10

• debt
• terms of trade
• land tenure

Question 11

3 POLITICAL factors affecting development in Africa:

Answer 11

• conflict
• kleptocracy
• bad governance

Question 12

Economic cost of malaria:

Answer 12

$12 billion in lost GDP, could be controlled for a fraction of the price (life saving treatment £1)

Question 13

% adult literacy in Ethiopia:

Answer 13

42%, compared to 99% in UK

Question 14

One extra year of education can increase an individuals earnings by

Answer 14

10%

Question 15

How many children < 5 suffer malnutrition?

Answer 15

55 million

Question 16

How many people died in DRC civil war?

Answer 16

4 million

Question 17

How much do civil wars cost Africa each year?

Answer 17

$18 billion

Question 18

During a conflict what % less food per person can there be?

Answer 18

12.4%

Question 19

In Zimbabwe, under Mugabe what was the unemployment rate in 2009?

Answer 19

95%

Question 20

In Zimbabwe, under Mugabe what % people live below the poverty line?

Answer 20

70%

Question 21

Africa has what % of world trade?

Answer 21

3%

Question 22

If Africa could get 1% greater share of world trade what sum would that equate to?

Answer 22

$70 billion, several times more than it receives in aid.

Question 23

How much did sub-Saharan Africa owe in debt in 2016?

Answer 23

$210 billion

Question 24

Zambia is now poorer than it was in what year due to debt?

Answer 24

1975

Question 25

How many out of the 38 poorest countries in the world are in Africa?

Answer 25

33

Question 26

How many patients per doctor in:
Africa
Scotland

Answer 26

• 80 000

- 2000-2500

Question 27

Primary education in Tanzania is free, when water was available within 15 mins how much did school attendance rise by?

Answer 27

12%

Question 28

UN says what % more girls would attend school if there was a private toilet?

Answer 28

11%

Question 29

Zimbabwe average income:
1980 -
2003 -

Answer 29

• $950

- $400

Question 30

Mugabe’s 2 greatest policies:

Answer 30

• ‘Land Reform Programme’

- ‘Clear Out Trash’, left 300,000 homeless

Question 31

Drop the debt campaign:

Answer 31

in 2005 the 14 poorest African countries had all their debt written off

Question 32

Debt relief allowed countries to spend how much more on:
Education -
Healthcare -

Answer 32

• 70%

- 40%

Question 33

What % schools in Tanzania don’t have adequate water or sanitation?

Answer 33

89%

- UNICEF provided 25 rural schools with good water, toilets and sanitation which benefitted 25,000 kids

Question 34

Why was the AU set up?

Answer 34

In 2002 due to genocide in Rwanda, 800,000 murdered in 100 days.

Question 35

2004 conflict in Darfur, Sudan:

Answer 35

• 2.7 million fled homes
• 300,000 died due to war and famine
• ceasefire signed in 2004 but fighting continued
• peace agreement signed in 2005
  since then:
• 2 million people returned to their homes
• AU and UN working to maintain peace
• first election in 2010

Question 36

Mary’s Meals:

Answer 36

• in 16 countries

- feeds 1 million children per day (18,000 African children die of hunger each day)