Observation

 

This question was not popular among the candidates. Many of the candidates  could not correctly define population explosion and death rate. Population explosion is the rapid increase of population of a place over a short period of time while death rate is the number of deaths per 1,000 in a population   in a given year.
Many of the candidates who answered the question knew the factors which influence death rate in Tropical Africa but were unable to explain their points properly. The effects of growing population in Tropical Africa was misunderstood by some candidates. The expected answer include:

• increase in productivity
• increase in tax revenue
• high demand for goods
• large markets
• quick spread of information
• ease of planning
• traffic congestion
• rapid urbanization
• high rate of savings
• overcrowding
• increase in government expenditure
• development of slums and ghettos
• high investment
• easy spread of diseases
• social unrest
• large labour supply
• high cost of living
• availability of people for defence

The reasons for which industries should be located in rural areas include:

• improvement in standard of living
• development of rural areas
• implementation of government policy
• reduction of rural-urban migration
• encouragement of urban-rural migration
• employment opportunities
• provision of income
• skill acquisition/manpower development/transfer of technology
• increased provision of goods/GDP
• stimulation of other sectors of the economy
• encouraging the processing of agricultural raw materials
• reduced dependence on importation
• boosts internal trade/commercial activities
• diversification of the economy
• conservation of foreign exchange
• even distribution of industries
• development of infrastructure
• international migration
• increased demand for supply of resources and space
• high dependency ratio
• pollution
• increased rate of poverty
• increased incidences of crime e.g. armed robbery, kidnapping, assassination, etc
• increased social vices e.g.  prostitution, drug abuse, etc
• unemployment/underemployment
• waste management challenges
• pressure on social amenities