causes if underdevelopment examples

social lack of education

In malawi, there are 130 children per classroom in grade 1 on average

lack of education 2

30-40% of doctors are trained and qualified in kenya, leave the country and work elsewhere

lack of education 3

Madagascar has a brain drain of 5.9 which is low compared to many african countries, and has a high employability rate of 84% in 2022

political poor governance

despite 47% of the population in senegal living below the poverty line, it recently built the tallest statue in africa, costing around 27 million dollars

poor governance 2

also demonstrated in Angola, where over 15.1 million people lived in extreme poverty in 2022, with the poverty threshold at $1.90 a day due to corruption.

poor gov 3

Ex-president daughter Isabel Dos Santos made profitable deals involving oil, land, diamonds and telecoms, which allowed her to exploit natural resources and accumulate a private fortune of $2 billion. She was declared Africas richest women in 2013, due to this however at the expense of her country’s economic development.

poverty 1

according to a Unicef report published in 2023 seven out of ten of the words extremely poor children live in africa