Uganda

Question 1

why should Uganda not be a poor country

Answer 1

it is green and fertile + has plenty of resources such as copper and cobalt

Question 2

4 reductions to development in Uganda

Answer 2

• civil war
• corruption
• HIV/AIDS
• colonial past - british empire

Question 3

what fraction of the population is below the national poverty line

Answer 3

1/3

Question 4

life expectancy

Answer 4

59

Question 5

what is ugandas most profitable export today?

Answer 5

fish from Lake Victoria

Question 6

why is the fish export unsustainable?

Answer 6

over fishing and the predatory Nile Perch (introduced by the British) have resulted in stocks being reduced to extinction levels

Question 7

what has unsustainable fishing led to

Answer 7

caused fish factories to close and an associated knock-on effect to the local economy