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CAUTION: The following links and
accompanying text have been culled from the web to illuminate the situation
in Malawi in the early years of the 21st Century. Some of these links
may lead to websites that present allegations that are unsubstantiated,
misleading or even false. No attempt has been made to validate
their authenticity or to verify their content. HOW TO USE THIS WEBPAGE Students If you are looking
for material to use in a term-paper, you are advised to scan the postings on
this page and others to see which aspects of poverty are of particular
interest to you. You might be
interested in exploring the relationship between distribution of labor and
per-capita GDP, for example. Perhaps
your paper could focus on life expectancy or infant mortality. Other factors of interest might be
unemployment, literacy, access to basic services, etc. On the other hand, you might choose to
include some of the possible outgrowths of poverty such as Human Trafficking,
Street Children,
or even Prostitution. There is a lot to the subject of
Poverty. Scan other countries as well
as this one. Draw comparisons between
activity in adjacent countries and/or regions. Meanwhile, check out some of the Term-Paper resources
that are available on-line. Teachers Check out some of
the Resources
for Teachers attached to this website. *** Extreme Weather *** Malawi has recently
experienced an intense heatwave, with temperatures soaring nearly 20°C above
the seasonal average. Some school buildings in the southern part of the
country were evacuated. By Saturday, parts of Malawi saw a maximum
temperature of 43°C (109°F), compared to an average of nearly 25°C (77°F) for
this time of year. The extreme heat persisted, leading to a prolonged period
of hot and uncomfortable weather throughout October.
– adapted from Microsoft
BING Copilot *** ARCHIVES *** The World Factbook - Malawi U.S. Central Intelligence Agency CIA www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mi.html [accessed 3 January
2020] World Factbook
website has moved to ---> www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/malawi/ [accessed 6 January 2021] Landlocked Malawi
ranks among the world's least developed countries. The country’s economic
performance has historically been constrained by policy inconsistency,
macroeconomic instability, poor infrastructure, rampant corruption, high
population growth, and poor health and education outcomes that limit labor
productivity. The economy is predominately agricultural with about 80% of the
population living in rural areas. Agriculture accounts for about one-third of
GDP and 80% of export revenues. The performance of the tobacco sector is key to short-term growth as tobacco accounts for more than
half of exports, although Malawi is looking to diversify away from tobacco to
other cash crops. GDP - per capita (PPP): $1,200 (2017 est.) Labor force - by
occupation: agriculture: 76.9% industry: 4.1% services: 19% (2013 est.) Unemployment rate: 20.4% (2013 est.) Population below
poverty line: 50.7% (2010 est.) Maternal mortality
rate: 349 deaths/100,000 live births (2017
est.) Infant mortality
rate: total: 39.5 deaths/1,000 live births Life expectancy at
birth: total population: 63.2 years Drinking water
source: improved: total: 88.7% of population Physicians
density: 0.02 physicians/1,000 population (2016) Sanitation facility
access: improved: total: 39.6% of population Electricity access:
electrification - total population: 11% (2016)
The
Borgen Project - Malawi borgenproject.org/category/malawi/ [accessed 16 February 2021] The Borgen Project works with U.S. leaders to utilize the United
States’ platform behind efforts toward improving living conditions for the
world’s poor. It is an innovative,
national campaign that is working to make poverty a focus of U.S. foreign
policy. It believes that leaders of
the most powerful nation on earth should be doing more to address global
poverty. From ending segregation to providing women with the right to vote,
nearly every wrong ever righted in history was achieved through advocacy. The
Borgen Project addresses the big picture, operating
at the political level advancing policies and programs that improve living
conditions for those living on less than $1 per day. ~
3 Countries Supported Through Iceland’s Foreign Aid borgenproject.org/icelands-foreign-aid-2/ ~
5 Innovations In Poverty Eradication In Malawi borgenproject.org/poverty-eradication-in-malawi/ ~
Preventing Harmful Practices In Malawi borgenproject.org/harmful-practices-in-malawi/ ~
How Villagereach Is Improving Healthcare borgenproject.org/villagereach-is-improving-healthcare/ ~
Addressing Healthcare Worker Emigration borgenproject.org/healthcare-worker-emigration/ ~
10 Facts About Sanitation In Malawi borgenproject.org/10-facts-about-sanitation-in-malawi/ ~
Severe Land Degradation In Malawi borgenproject.org/land-degradation-in-malawi/ Malawi
is on course to miss its targets for 2030 under the UN Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) Raphael Mweninguwe, D+C Newsletter, 10 May 2021 www.dandc.eu/en/article/un-allocating-fresh-funds-small-firms-help-malawi-meet-sdg-goals [accessed 10 May 2021] In a televised
address earlier this year, however, President Chakwera
said those goals – which track goals of the SDGs – are increasingly out of
reach. Statistics bear out this pessimistic forecast. For example, SDG 6 aims
for universal access to safe and affordable drinking water. However, only
about five percent of Malawians use water from protected wells, according to
the country’s most recent census. Similarly,
SDG 1 sets a goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030. Yet 51 % of the
population is poor and 20 % extremely poor, according to the National
Statistics Office. According
to President Chakwera, the main reason for slow
progress is corruption. He accused the previous administration of stealing 1.3 trillion Malawian Kwacha (€ 1.4 billion). Government intensifies campaign against child labour UN Integrated
Regional Information Networks IRIN, Blantyre, 30 November 2007 www.irinnews.org/report/75626/malawi-government-intensifies-campaign-against-child-labour [accessed 3 January 2021] The New Humanitarian, Blantyre, 30 November 2007 www.thenewhumanitarian.org/report/75626/malawi-government-intensifies-campaign-against-child-labour [accessed 3 January 2021] POVERTY - Billy Banda, executive director of Malawi Watch, a
non-governmental organisation advocating human
rights and good economic governance, said it was difficult to rely on
legislation to combat trafficking without tackling poverty, the root cause of
child exploitation, in a country where more than 70 percent of the 12 million
population live on US$2 a day or less. While recognising the efforts by government and its development
partners to combat human trafficking and child labour,
Banda said, "Increasing the number of child protection officers without
dealing with what drives thousands of our children into exploitative labour will not solve the problem. These children are
compelled to work in estates because of poverty and, to a large extent,
because they either have one or no parent at all." The
World Bank in Malawi www.worldbank.org/en/country/malawi/overview [accessed 21 April 2021] The
World Bank aims to support Malawi's efforts toward more diversified,
competitive, shock-resilient socio-economic growth. Looking back a few years … Advameg, Inc., Encyclopedia of the Nations www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Africa/Malawi-ECONOMY.html [accessed 3 January 2020] Malawi's
is an agricultural economy which, in recent years, has been troubled by
drought and financial instability. It is dependent for most of its income on
the export sales of tobacco (60%), and tea and sugar (20%). Other
agricultural products include peanuts, coffee, and wood products. Manufacturing
is small-scale, directed mainly to the processing of export crops. In 2000,
the agricultural sector employed an estimated 86% of Malawi's population and
accounted for about 40% of GDP. Over 90% of the population lives in rural
areas. The sector experienced severe droughts in 1979–81, 1992, 1994, and
2001–02. Periods of flooding also plague Malawi, as happened in 2003.
Production of maize, the main food staple, during the 2001/02 growing season
was 1.6 million metric tons, approximately 600,000 short of estimated
domestic demand. All
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