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CAUTION: The following links
and accompanying text have been culled from the web to illuminate the situation
in The Czech Republic 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 – Czech Republic U.S. Central Intelligence Agency CIA www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ez.html [accessed 23 November 2020] World Factbook
website has moved to ---> www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/czechia/ [accessed 5 January 2021] Czechia is a prosperous market economy that boasts
one of the highest GDP growth rates and lowest unemployment levels in the EU,
but its dependence on exports makes economic growth vulnerable to
contractions in external demand. Czechia’s exports
comprise some 80% of GDP and largely consist of automobiles, the country’s
single largest industry. Long-term
challenges include dealing with a rapidly aging population, a shortage of
skilled workers, a lagging education system, funding an unsustainable pension
and health care system, and diversifying away from manufacturing and toward a
more high-tech, services-based, knowledge economy GDP -
per capita (PPP): $35,500 (2017
est.) Labor
force - by occupation: agriculture:
2.8% industry:
38% services: 59.2% (2015 est.) Unemployment
rate: 2.9% (2017
est.) Population
below poverty line: 9.7% (2015
est.) Maternal
mortality rate: 3 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) Infant
mortality rate: total: 2.6 deaths/1,000 live births Life
expectancy at birth: total population: 79.3 years Drinking
water source: improved: total: 100% of population Physicians
density: 4.07 physicians/1,000 population (2017) Sanitation
facility access: improved: total: 100% of population Electricity
access: electrification - total population: 100% (2016) The
Borgen Project – Czech Republic borgenproject.org/category/czech-republic/ [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. ~
The Czech Republic: Drought And Covid-19 borgenproject.org/the-czech-republic-drought-and-covid-19/ ~
Healthcare In Czechia Finds Success borgenproject.org/healthcare-in-czechia/ ~
Personal Debt In The Czech Republic borgenproject.org/personal-debt-in-the-czech-republic/ ~
9 Facts About Sanitation In The Czech Republic borgenproject.org/sanitation-in-the-czech-republic/ ~
5 Facts About Poverty In The Czech Republic borgenproject.org/poverty-in-the-czech-republic/ ~
10 Facts About Life Expectancy In The Czech Republic borgenproject.org/10-facts-about-life-expectancy-in-the-czech-republic/ ~
Czechia Poverty Rate Remains Low borgenproject.org/czechia-poverty-rate-remains-low/ ~
Causes Of Poverty In The Czech Republic borgenproject.org/causes-of-poverty-in-the-czech-republic/ Looking
back a few years … Advameg, Inc., Encyclopedia of the Nations www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Europe/Czech-Republic-ECONOMY.html [accessed 23 December 2020] In
1993, the Czech Republic emerged from 40 years of centralized economic planning
in the communist era (including the more balanced economic development of the
1960s) with a more prosperous and less debt-ridden economy than most other
post-communist countries. It enjoys an extensive industrial sector strong in
both heavy and precision engineering, self-sufficiency in a variety of
agricultural crops as well as an exportable surplus of meat, extensive timber
resources, and adequate coal and lignite to supply two-thirds of its total
energy needs. All material
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