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CAUTION: The following links and
accompanying text have been culled from the web to illuminate the situation
in The Republic of the Congo 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. *** ARCHIVES *** The
World Factbook – Republic of the Congo U.S. Central Intelligence Agency CIA www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cf.html [accessed 23
December 2020] World Factbook
website has moved to ---> www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/congo-republic-of-the/ [accessed 5 January 2021] The
Republic of the Congo’s economy is a mixture of subsistence farming, an
industrial sector based largely on oil and support services, and government
spending. GDP -
per capita (PPP): $6,800 (2017
est.) Labor
force - by occupation: agriculture:
35.4% industry:
20.6% services: 44% (2005 est.) Unemployment
rate: 36% (2014
est.) Population
below poverty line: 46.5% (2011
est.) Maternal
mortality rate: 378
deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) Infant
mortality rate: total: 50.7
deaths/1,000 live births Life
expectancy at birth: total population: 61.3 years Drinking
water source: improved: total: 83.7% of
population Physicians
density: 0.16 physicians/1,000 population (2017) Sanitation
facility access: improved: total: 53.9% of
population Electricity
access: electrification - total population: 56.6% (2016) The
Borgen Project – Republic of the Congo ROC borgenproject.org/category/congo/ [accessed 25 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. ~
Poverty In Congo And What Is Being Done About It borgenproject.org/poverty-in-congo/ ~
3 Things To Know About Hunger In The Congo Region borgenproject.org/hunger-in-the-congo-region/ ~
Healthcare In The Republic Of Congo: Steps Forward borgenproject.org/healthcare-in-the-republic-of-congo/ ~
How Distrust Is Breeding Ebola borgenproject.org/how-distrust-is-breeding-ebola/ ~
Top 10 Facts About Hunger In The Congo borgenproject.org/top-10-facts-about-hunger-in-the-congo/ The
World Bank in Republic of Congo www.worldbank.org/en/country/congo/overview [accessed 18 April 2021] The
World Bank supports the following sectors in the Republic of Congo:
infrastructure, human development, agriculture, and governance and private
sector development. Looking
back a few years … Advameg, Inc., Encyclopedia of the Nations www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Africa/Congo-Republic-of-the-ROC-ECONOMY.html [accessed 23 December 2020] The Congo's
economy is built on its petroleum resources, lumber, transport services, and
agriculture. After several prosperous years in the early 1980s, the price of
oil declined and cast the Congolese economy into financial turmoil. The
country long flirted with state socialist approaches to its economy before
embarking on market-style reforms in 1989. Early efforts at state-farm
production of staple foods failed. The devaluation of Franc Zone currencies
in 1994 resulted in inflation of 61%, but this subsided rather quickly. All
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