CS Malawi vs India

• Malawi Location: southern hemisphere, SE of Africa, S of Tanzania, W of Zambia and N of Mozambique
• India Location: northern hemisphere, S of Asia, S of Nepal, E of Pakistan and NW of Sri Lanka
• Malawi (LIC)

  • Capital: Lilongwe
  • Area: 110km2
  • Pop.: 20.3m
  • Pop. Change: 2.4% per year
  • Births per thousand: 29
  • Deaths per thoursand: 5
  • Life expectancy: 72yrs
  • Income: 1080 US$ per person
• India (NIC)

  Area: 3288km2

  Birth rate - 23

  Death rate -  7

  Life expectancy - 641188.8million population (2010)HDI - 0.5196 doctors per 10 000 people

  $2960 USD GDP

  Higher urban percentage
• Malawi

  • agriculture makes up 85% of Malawi‘s exports
  • Tea industry employed 50k seasonal workers (they lose their job when season ends)
  • 90% Malawi’s tea is exported to the UK and relies on it, making them vulnerable in world trade, tariffs and quotas
  • reliant on aid from IMF and world bank
  • vulnerable as it relies on exporting primary products
• India

  • invested heavily in education - highly skilled workforce
  • world’s largest democracy - stability is good for economic growth
  • low wages compared to other developing nations - attractive place to invest in
  • economy has been transformed by telecoms, IT and other technology