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CAUTION: The following links and
accompanying text have been culled from the web to illuminate the situation
in Croatia 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 - Croatia U.S. Central Intelligence Agency CIA www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/hr.html [accessed 23
December 2020] World Factbook
website has moved to ---> www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/croatia/ [accessed 5 January 2021] Croatia
experienced an abrupt slowdown in the economy in 2008; economic growth was
stagnant or negative in each year between 2009 and 2014, but has picked up
since the third quarter of 2014, ending 2017 with an average of 2.8% growth.
Challenges remain including uneven regional development, a difficult
investment climate, an inefficient judiciary, and loss of educated young
professionals seeking higher salaries elsewhere in the EU. GDP -
per capita (PPP): $24,700 (2017
est.) Labor
force - by occupation: agriculture:
1.9% industry:
27.3% services: 70.8% (2017 est.) Unemployment
rate: 12.4% (2017
est.) Population
below poverty line: 19.5% (2015
est.) Maternal
mortality rate: 8 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) Infant
mortality rate: total: 8.6 deaths/1,000 live births Life
expectancy at birth: total population: 76.7 years Drinking
water source: improved: total: 100% of population Physicians
density: 3 physicians/1,000 population (2017) Sanitation
facility access: improved: total: 99% of population Electricity
access: electrification - total population: 100% (2016) The
Borgen Project - Croatia borgenproject.org/category/croatia/ [accessed 26 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. ~
Facing Energy Poverty In Croatia borgenproject.org/facing-energy-poverty-in-croatia/ ~
5 Reasons Healthcare In Croatia Is Commendable borgenproject.org/healthcare-in-croatia/ ~
HUNGER IN CROATIA borgenproject.org/hunger-in-croatia/ ~
How Health Tourism In Croatia Benefits The Economy borgenproject.org/how-health-tourism-in-croatia-benefits-the-economy/ ~
Homelessness In Croatia borgenproject.org/homelessness-in-croatia/ ~
10 Facts About Sanitation In Croatia borgenproject.org/sanitation-in-croatia/ ~
10 Facts About Life Expectancy In Croatia borgenproject.org/life-expectancy-in-croatia/ ~
10 Facts About Poverty In Croatia borgenproject.org/10-facts-about-poverty-in-croatia/ ~
Top 10 Facts About Living Conditions In Croatia borgenproject.org/top-10-facts-about-living-conditions-in-croatia/ The
World Bank in Croatia www.worldbank.org/en/country/croatia/overview [accessed 18 April 2021] Croatia
became a member of the European Union in July 2013, in the midst of the
six-year long recession. Joining the single market and having been able to
absorb the EU grant funds has helped the recovery that started in 2015. Looking
back a few years … Advameg, Inc., Encyclopedia of the Nations www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Europe/Croatia-ECONOMY.html [accessed 23 December 2020] Although
unemployment remains high and the country has a growing trade deficit, Croatia
in the early 2000s experienced a growth in tourism and an increase in
remittances and investment from expatriate Croats. Many small and
medium-sized businesses have been privatized, and even larger state-owned
industries were in the process of being restructured in 2002, such as
shipbuilding. All
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