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CAUTION: The following links
and accompanying text have been culled from the web to illuminate the
situation in Belarus 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. *** Extreme Weather *** The
Guardian reports Belarus experienced a record high temperature of 16.4°C in
January 2023, beating the country’s previous record by 4.5°C. The article
also mentions that the warmest January day ever was recorded in at least
eight European countries including Poland, Denmark, the Czech Republic, the
Netherlands, Belarus, Lithuania and Latvia.
– Microsoft BING Copilot *** ARCHIVES *** The
World Factbook - Belarus U.S. Central Intelligence Agency CIA www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/bo.html [accessed 10
November 2020] World Factbook
website has moved to ---> www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/belarus/ [accessed 5 January 2021] As part
of the former Soviet Union, Belarus had a relatively well-developed
industrial base, but it is now outdated, inefficient, and dependent on
subsidized Russian energy and preferential access to Russian markets. The
country’s agricultural base is largely dependent on government subsidies.
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, an initial burst of economic
reforms included privatization of state enterprises, creation of private
property rights, and the acceptance of private entrepreneurship, but by 1994
the reform effort dissipated. About 80% of industry remains in state hands,
and foreign investment has virtually disappeared. Several businesses have
been renationalized. State-owned entities account for 70-75% of GDP, and
state banks make up 75% of the banking sector. GDP -
per capita (PPP): $18,900 (2017
est.) Labor
force - by occupation: agriculture:
9.7% industry:
23.4% services: 66.8% (2015 est.) Unemployment
rate: 0.8% (2017
est.) Population
below poverty line: 5.7% (2016
est.) Maternal
mortality rate: 2 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) Infant
mortality rate: total: 3.5 deaths/1,000 live births Life
expectancy at birth: total population: 73.8 years Drinking
water source: improved: total: 99.8% of
population Physicians
density: 5.19 physicians/1,000 population (2015) Sanitation
facility access: improved: total: 99.4% of
population Electricity
access: electrification - total population: 100% (2016) The
Borgen Project - Belarus borgenproject.org/category/belarus/ [accessed 20 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. ~
Understanding Poverty In Belarus borgenproject.org/poverty-belarus/ ~
5 Facts About Healthcare In Belarus borgenproject.org/healthcare-in-belarus/ ~
Hunger In Belarus borgenproject.org/hunger-in-belarus-2/ ~
Homelessness In Belarus: Citizens Are Taking Action borgenproject.org/homelessness-in-belarus/ ~
5 Facts About Sanitation In Belarus borgenproject.org/sanitation-in-belarus/ ~
5 Facts About Orphans In Belarus borgenproject.org/five-facts-about-orphans-in-belarus/ The
World Bank in Belarus www.worldbank.org/en/country/belarus/overview [accessed 16 April 2021] In
2020, the economy of Belarus contracted by 0.9% year-on-year.
Amidst the limited space for fiscal or monetary expansion, the outlook is for
deepening of the recession in 2021 and a slow recovery thereafter. Looking
back a few years … Advameg, Inc., Encyclopedia of the Nations www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Europe/Belarus-ECONOMY.html [accessed 14 December 2020] The business
climate remains poor in Belarus: as of 2000, production had increased, but
products were uncompetitive on the world market and many were placed in
warehouses for storage. Losses from state-owned businesses are largely
written off, which prevents those businesses from going bankrupt and keeps
unemployment artificially low. All
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