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The Invest in Knowledge Initiative (IKI) is an United States 501(c)3 nonprofit organization operating in Malawi, Africa. We build libraries, provide research support to universities and organizations, and teach social science courses for Malawians with the goal to develop educational resources and increase local research capacity.
Malawi is a small beautiful country of 12 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa. In 2008, the United Nations Human Development Index (HDI) ranked Malawi 164th out of 177 countries. The HDI is a composite measure of three dimensions of human development: living a long and healthy life (measured by life expectancy), being educated (measured by adult literacy and enrolment at the primary, secondary and tertiary level) and having a decent standard of living (measured by purchasing power parity, PPP, income).
Malawi's HDI Statistics (link):
- an average Malawian has a life expectancy of 46 years
- 64% of adult are literate
- 63% of children are enrolled in school
- the average Malawian makes $667 per year
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