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CAUTION: The following links
and accompanying text have been culled from the web to illuminate the
situation in Bosnia & Herzegovina 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 *** According
to a report by the United Nations, Bosnia and Herzegovina is experiencing
extreme weather events that are increasingly becoming the norm. These events
include severe fluctuations in rainfall and temperature across and within
seasons, which are disrupting many areas of economic and social activity. In
February 2021, Bosnia and Herzegovina experienced an unseasonably warm month.
In July 2021, Sarajevo experienced its hottest ever recorded July day on 28th
July. In July
2023, a powerful storm battered much of the Balkans, including Bosnia,
resulting in six deaths and dozens of injuries. – Microsoft BING Copilot *** ARCHIVES *** The World Factbook – Bosnia and Herzegovina U.S. Central Intelligence Agency CIA www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/bk.html [accessed 10
November 2020] World Factbook website
has moved to ---> www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/bosnia-and-herzegovina/ [accessed 5 January 2021] Bosnia
and Herzegovina's private sector is growing slowly, but foreign investment
dropped sharply after 2007 and remains low. High unemployment remains the
most serious macroeconomic problem. GDP -
per capita (PPP): $12,800 (2017
est.) Labor
force - by occupation: agriculture:
18% industry:
30.4% services: 51.7% (2017 est.) Unemployment
rate: 20.5% (2017
est.) Population
below poverty line: 16.9% (2017
est.) Maternal
mortality rate: 10 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) Infant
mortality rate: total: 5.2 deaths/1,000 live births Life
expectancy at birth: total population: 77.5 years Drinking
water source: improved: total: 99.9% of
population Physicians
density: 2.16 physicians/1,000 population (2017) Sanitation
facility access: improved: total: 95.4% of
population Electricity
access: electrification - total population: 100% (2016) The
Borgen Project – Bosnia & Herzegovina borgenproject.org/category/bosnia/ [accessed 21 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. ~
A Fragile System: Hunger In Bosnia And Herzegovina borgenproject.org/hunger-in-bosnia-and-herzegovina/ ~
Girls’ Education In Bosnia And Herzegovina borgenproject.org/girls-education-in-bosnia-and-herzegovina/ ~
Top 10 Facts About Poverty In Bosnia And Herzegovina borgenproject.org/facts-about-poverty-in-bosnia-and-herzegovina/ ~
Picking Up The Pieces: Addressing Poverty In Bosnia And Herzegovina borgenproject.org/addressing-poverty-in-bosnia-and-herzegovina/ ~
How The Us Benefits From Foreign Aid To Bosnia And Herzegovina borgenproject.org/u-s-benefits-from-foreign-aid-to-bosnia-and-herzegovina/ ~
How Credit Access In Bosnia And Herzegovina Impacts The Economy borgenproject.org/credit-access-in-bosnia-and-herzegovina/ The
World Bank in Bosnia and Herzegovina www.worldbank.org/en/country/bosniaandherzegovina/overview [accessed 16 April 2021] Bosnia
and Herzegovina is an upper middle-income country which has accomplished a
great deal since the mid-1990s. Today, it is an EU potential candidate
country and is now embarking on a new growth model amid a period of slow
growth and the global financial crisis. Looking
back a few years … Advameg, Inc., Encyclopedia of the Nations www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Europe/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina-ECONOMY.html [accessed 21 January 2021] Before
the war, Bosnia and Herzegovina ranked next to Macedonia as the poorest
republic of the former Yugoslav SFR. Although industry accounted for over 50%
of GDP, Bosnia and Herzegovina was primarily agricultural. Farms were small
and inefficient, thus necessitating food imports. In
2002, the government adopted a poverty reduction strategy designed to create
more jobs and increase exports. Some
progress was made in this area in 2001 with exports of clothing, furniture,
and leather goods. All
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