Inequality response?

Question 1

What is the UN?

Answer 1

• United nations
• 192 different countries
• Aim to assist human development

Question 2

UN 2030 goals examples?

built of Millennium development Goals

Answer 2

1) End poverty
2) Food security
3)Gender equality
4)Sustainable producton and consumption

Question 3

How has poverty been helped?

Answer 3

-2015:
-10% extreme poverty
-2024
-8.5% extreme poverty

globally

Question 4

How poverty decreased?

Answer 4

-International aid
-Developement aid (voluntary and government)
-Fairer trade

Question 5

What is bilateral aid?

Answer 5

-Gov gives money to gov

Question 6

Bilateral aid example?

Answer 6

-Australia gave $42 million to Pacific Island of Vantuata annually
-Spent:
-Reduce malaria
-Improve rurla roads

Question 7

What is multilateral aid?

Answer 7

-Gov gives money to large organisation (UN, World bank, UNICEF)
-Fund developement projects
-$3.5 Billion annually

Question 8

Where is Malawi?

Answer 8

-South East Africa
-South Tanzania
-North Mozambique

Question 9

Why malawi poor?

Answer 9

-Landlocked (higher transport cost- through diff countries + taxed)
-High disease deaths (HIV/AIDS)

Question 10

Malawi GNI 2000 vs 2024

Answer 10

2000:
-$490

2024:
-$1,820

Question 11

Malawi population below poverty line 2000 vs 2024

Answer 11

2000s:
-54%

2024:
-51%

Question 12

Why river shire so important to Middle shire district?

Malawi

Answer 12

-Provides most hydropower
-Agricultural region
-Most families subsistence farmers
-Sugar cane plantations

Question 13

Middle shire problem?

Malawi, shire river

Answer 13

-Soil erosion due to intense rainy season
-1990 to 2005
-Lost 13% forest due to land clearence for farming

Question 14

Why Malawi so many trees cut?

13%

Answer 14

-Rapid population rise (need more food)
-Tobacco (major export) prices drop due to over supply and falling consumption in HIC’s

Question 15

What international aid supports Malawi, Middle shire?

Answer 15

-COVAMS (saving soil)
-10 year aid project
-Funded by Japan ($880 million)

Question 16

What COVAM do?

Answer 16

-Educate communities on causes of soil erosion
-Build rock, wood and bamboo barries (rainy seasons)
-Train villigers conserve soil and plants
-Train farmers plough around hill not up n down (decrease surface runoff)
-Build terrace in hillside (increase surface run-off)
-Supply fast growing trees

uses intermediate technology

Question 17

COVAM success?

Answer 17

-2011- 75% housholds took part
-Crop yelds improved drastically
-Water quality improves in dams (less soil contaminating it)

Question 18

Why countries give aid?

Answer 18

-Diplomacy and good relations (influence politics)
-Tactics (Japan wants to be member of UN security council, needs African support)
-Economics (Sell more products to Africa)

Question 19

Why does Ghana export cocoa beans not chocolate?

Answer 19

• Tariffs from EU
  -0% Cocoa beans
  -7% on processed cocoa
  -8-18% on chocolate

Question 20

When faitrade foundation?

Answer 20

1992

Question 21

How does fair trade work?

Answer 21

-Farmers recieve agreed and stable payment
-Locals recieve Fairtrade premium payment (for local projects)

Question 22

Fairtrade items?

Answer 22

-Bananas, coffee, tea, sugar and flowers.

Question 23

Cocoa farms in Ghana called?

Answer 23

-Kuapa Kokoo co-operative of cocoa farms

fairtrade chocolate products in UK

Question 24

How chocolate fair trade Ghana?

Answer 24

1) Farmers get $2,000 per tonne for cocoa (10% more than usual price)

2) Farmers recieve training help deal with pests and disease (black pod)

3) Members borrow tiny bit of money from micro-credit bank to invest in farms

4)Farmers elect member of village to weigh and record brans (trading more official + raises womens status if elected)

5)Kuapa Kokoo are shareholders in Divine Chovolate Ltd. (invest back in Ghana)

6) Given extra $200 per tonne to fund community projects