Pages 208/209 of NEW green textbook for this lesson Pages 208/209 of NEW green textbook for this lesson. Plus factsheet, data sheet and worksheet.

Guess the country!

It has a Lake 365 miles long and 52 miles wide (also called Lake Calendar)

It produces the world’s best and finest Cannabis (according to the World Bank)

Its GDP per Capita is $901.76 (in 2012)

Population: 15.91

Its GDP is $901.76 (in 2012)

It’s in sub-Saharan Africa

Motto: Unity and Freedom

Tanzania Zambia Mozambique

Its name begins with a M

MALAWI

Barriers to Development: Malawi Learning Objectives: For one developing country in Sub-Saharan Africa, to be able to; Describe recent social, political and economic development Explain possible barriers to further progress.

Life expectancy Drop of about 1 year Lack of agricultural subsidy due to World Bank loan conditions Less money spent on health care due to debt repayments Change of government

Literacy Rate

GDP per Capita

Location How might it’s location hinder development?

Landlocked! The single tracked railway through Mozambique is the best trade route – it’s slow and expensive! In 2002 Britain and Canada donated $5.6m (£3.6m) for repairs to the railway, to allow faster transport of emergency aid to the Malawi which was facing a major food shortage. Damage to the track during Mozambique's civil war means trains are forced to slow to 10km (6 miles) an hour on a 77km section of the line, delaying the arrival of vital supplies.

How might levels of HIV hinder development means giving a positive result in blood test How might levels of HIV hinder development

HIV The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) attacks the immune system, and weakens the body's ability to fight infections and disease. The final stage, when the body can no longer fight life-threatening infections, is AIDS. There's currently no cure for HIV but there are treatments that enable most people with the virus to live a long and healthy life

HIV/AIDS 20% of adults infected 10,000s deaths per year – low life expectancy Most deaths in 20-30 year olds (economically most active!) Why is HIV/AIDS a barrier for development? As people become weaker they are unable to work High costs of drugs Death of wage earner pushes families into poverty Orphans often live with economically inactive grandparents.

Trade Look at the diagram on the next slide which shows Malawi’s exports: What type of product does Malawi mostly export? Why does this create problems?

Highly dependent on one product (61%) = vulnerable to price fluctuations Raw materials = not as high value as processed materials

Identify Malawi, neighbouring countries, its capital city and Lake Malawi on the map. (atlas Page 99) Describe the location of Malawi, use terms like; land locked, Sub-Saharan. (box next to map) Use the information from the graphs to describe recent social and economic development in Malawi Use the BBC fact sheet to add further details and to outline political development Use pages 208/209 to explain why transport, HIV/AIDs and trade acts as barriers for development. Use the BBC fact sheet to add notes on other barriers to development. Remember you will need to prove to the examiner that you know stuff – think about trends, statistics and facts! Highlight these if you have time.