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CAUTION: The following links
and accompanying text have been culled from the web to illuminate the situation
in Argentina in the early years of the 21st Century. Some of these
links may lead to websites that present allegations that are unsubstantiated,
misleading or even false. No attempt has been made to validate
their authenticity or to verify their content. HOW TO USE THIS WEBPAGE Students If you are looking
for material to use in a term-paper, you are advised to scan the postings on
this page and others to see which aspects of poverty are of particular
interest to you. You might be interested
in exploring the relationship between distribution of labor and per-capita
GDP, for example. Perhaps your paper
could focus on life expectancy or infant mortality. Other factors of interest might be
unemployment, literacy, access to basic services, etc. On the other hand, you might choose to
include some of the possible outgrowths of poverty such as Human Trafficking,
Street Children,
or even Prostitution. There is a lot to the subject of
Poverty. Scan other countries as well
as this one. Draw comparisons between activity
in adjacent countries and/or regions.
Meanwhile, check out some of the Term-Paper resources
that are available on-line. Teachers Check out some of
the Resources
for Teachers attached to this website. *** Weather *** Argentina’s
climate varies from region to region, with a wide range of climate types due
to the vast size of the country and wide variation in altitude. The northern
parts of the country are characterized by hot, humid, rainy summers and mild
winters with periodic droughts. The center of the country, which includes the
Pampas to the east and the drier Cuyo region to the
west has hot summers with frequent tornadoes and
thunderstorms, and cool, dry winters. Patagonia, in the southern parts of the
country has a dry climate with warm summers and cold winters characterized by
strong winds throughout the year and one of the strongest precipitation
gradients in the world. – Microsoft BING Copilot *** ARCHIVES *** The World Factbook - Argentina U.S. Central Intelligence Agency CIA www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ar.html [accessed 9 November
2020] World Factbook
website has moved to ---> www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/argentina/ [accessed 5 January 2021] With
the election of President Mauricio MACRI in November 2015, Argentina began a
historic political and economic transformation, as his administration took
steps to liberalize the Argentine economy, lifting capital controls, floating
the peso, removing export controls on some commodities, cutting some energy
subsidies, and reforming the country’s official statistics. Argentina
negotiated debt payments with holdout bond creditors, continued working with
the IMF to shore up its finances, and returned to international capital
markets in April 2016. In
2017, Argentina’s economy emerged from recession with GDP growth of nearly
3.0%. The government passed important pension, tax, and fiscal reforms. And
after years of international isolation. GDP -
per capita (PPP): $20,900 (2017
est.) Labor
force - by occupation: agriculture:
5.3% industry:
28.6% services: 66.1% (2017 est.) Unemployment
rate: 8.4% (2017
est.) Population
below poverty line: 25.7% (2017
est.) Maternal
mortality rate: 39 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) Infant
mortality rate: total: 9 deaths/1,000 live births Life
expectancy at birth: total population: 77.8 years Drinking
water source: improved: total: 99.1% of
population Physicians
density: 3.99 physicians/1,000 population (2017) Sanitation
facility access: improved: total: 98.3% of
population Electricity
access: electrification - total population: 100% (2016) The
Borgen Project - Argentina borgenproject.org/category/argentina/ [accessed 19 January 2021] The
Borgen Project works with U.S. leaders to utilize the United States’ platform
behind efforts toward improving living conditions for the world’s poor. It is an innovative, national campaign that
is working to make poverty a focus of U.S. foreign policy. It believes that leaders of the most
powerful nation on earth should be doing more to address global poverty. From
ending segregation to providing women with the right to vote, nearly every
wrong ever righted in history was achieved through advocacy. The Borgen Project addresses the big picture, operating at
the political level advancing policies and programs that improve living
conditions for those living on less than $1 per day. ~
CHILD POVERTY IN ARGENTINA: A CRISIS That NEEDS ACTION borgenproject.org/child-poverty-in-argentina-a-crisis-that-needs-action/ ~
The Malbec Miracle: Wine Defeats Depression borgenproject.org/the-malbec-miracle/ ~
Addressing Disability And Poverty In Argentina borgenproject.org/disability-and-poverty-in-argentina/ ~
The Max Foundation In Argentina borgenproject.org/the-max-foundation-in-argentina/ ~
5 Fifa Soccer Players Practicing Philanthropy borgenproject.org/soccer-players-practicing-philanthropy/ ~
The State Of Poverty In Argentina borgenproject.org/poverty-in-argentina/ ~
Job Guarantees And Fighting Poverty borgenproject.org/job-guarantees/ ~
3 Powerful Social Movements In Argentina borgenproject.org/social-movements-in-argentina/ ~
7 Facts About Child Labor In Argentina borgenproject.org/child-labor-in-argentina/ ~
Renewable Energy In Argentina borgenproject.org/renewable-energy-in-argentina/ The
World Bank in Argentina www.worldbank.org/en/country/argentina/overview [accessed 15 April 2021] The
World Bank is swiftly supporting the efforts of Argentina to address
COVID-19-related impacts, through new operations and by redirecting funds
from existing projects. Looking
back a few years … Advameg, Inc., Encyclopedia of the Nations www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Americas/Argentina-ECONOMY.html [accessed 13 December 2020] Argentina
has one of the most highly developed economies and most advantageous natural
resource bases of Latin America, but political instability and conflicts among
various sectors of the economy have delayed the realization of this
potential. The
country has to a large degree overcome its dependence on imported machinery
and finished products, but in their place there has grown a great external
demand for parts and raw materials that are assembled or finished within the
country. All
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