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CAUTION: The following links
and accompanying text have been culled from the web to illuminate the
situation in Timor Leste (East Timor) 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 *** Timor-Leste
is a country that is highly vulnerable to natural disasters, including
droughts, floods, landslides, and soil erosion. The country has experienced
extreme weather events such as flash floods in 2021 that killed more than 30
people and destroyed over 4,000 homes. In addition, Timor-Leste is one of the
most vulnerable countries to slow-onset climatic events like sea level rise.–
Microsoft BING Copilot *** ARCHIVES *** The
World Factbook – Timor Leste U.S. Central Intelligence Agency CIA www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/tt.html [accessed 11
November 2020] World Factbook
website has moved to ---> www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/timor-leste/ [accessed 5 January 2021] The
government has focused significant resources on basic infrastructure,
including electricity and roads, but limited experience in procurement and
infrastructure building has hampered these projects. The underlying economic
policy challenge the country faces remains how best to use oil-and-gas wealth
to lift the non-oil economy onto a higher growth path and to reduce poverty GDP -
per capita (PPP): $6,000 (2017
est.) Labor
force - by occupation: agriculture:
41% industry:
13% services: 45.1% (2013 est.) Unemployment
rate: 4.4% (2017
est.) Population
below poverty line: 41.8% (2017
est.) Maternal
mortality rate: 142
deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) Infant
mortality rate: total: 31.7 deaths/1,000
live births Life
expectancy at birth: total population: 69.3 years Drinking
water source: improved: total: 80.7% of
population Physicians
density: 0.75 physicians/1,000 population (2017) Sanitation
facility access: improved: total: 62.6% of population Electricity
access: electrification - total population: 63.4% (2016) The
Borgen Project – Timor Leste borgenproject.org/category/timor-leste/ [accessed 28 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. ~
10 Facts About Life Expectancy In Timor-Leste borgenproject.org/life-expectancy-in-timor-leste/ ~
8 Facts About Education In Timor-Leste borgenproject.org/8-facts-about-education-in-timor-leste/ ~
The Growing Importance Of The Tourism Sector In Timor-Leste borgenproject.org/tourism-sector-in-timor-leste/ ~
Top 10 Facts About Living Conditions In Timor-Leste borgenproject.org/top-10-facts-about-living-conditions-in-timor-leste/ ~
Combating Hunger And Malnutrition In Timor-Leste borgenproject.org/combating-hunger-and-malnutrition-in-timor-leste/ ~
How The Media Misrepresents Timor-Leste borgenproject.org/how-the-media-misrepresents-timor-leste/ The World Bank in Timor-Leste www.worldbank.org/en/country/timor-leste/overview [accessed 19 April
2021] Timor-Leste
has made great strides in securing lasting peace and stability. The nation
continues to face challenges, with economic growth reliant on government
spending and revenues from natural resources. The country’s key challenge is
to translate this financial wealth into sustained prosperity. Looking back a few years … Advameg, Inc., Encyclopedia of the Nations www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Asia-and-Oceania/East-Timor-ECONOMY.html [accessed 28 January 2021] Agriculture
remains the main source of income in most of the country's villages, with
only a small percentage of people selling a significant proportion of their
rice or maize harvest. The
East Timorese economy stands to benefit in the long term from the development
of the oil- and gas-rich seabed of the Timor Sea. All
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