|
|||||||||||
|
CAUTION: The following links
and accompanying text have been culled from the web to illuminate the
situation in El Salvador 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 *** El
Salvador is a country that is especially vulnerable to the impacts of climate
change, such as sea level rise, floods and more frequent and intense extreme
weather events. For instance, in 2020, storms Amanda and Cristóbal
caused losses and damages worth over USD 28 million. Last year, storm Julia
damaged over 400 homes, destroyed 7,000 hectares of crops, and left an
estimated 180,000 people without enough access to food. In addition, El
Salvador is located on the shores of the Pacific Ocean, which makes it
susceptible to natural disasters such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. –
Microsoft BING Copilot *** ARCHIVES *** The World Factbook – El Salvador U.S. Central Intelligence Agency CIA www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/es.html [accessed 28
December 2020] World Factbook
website has moved to ---> www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/el-salvador/ [accessed 5 January 2021] In
2006, El Salvador was the first country to ratify the Dominican
Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement, which has bolstered the
export of processed foods, sugar, and ethanol, and supported investment in
the apparel sector amid increased Asian competition. In September 2015, El
Salvador kicked off a five-year $277 million second compact with the
Millennium Challenge Corporation - a US Government agency aimed at
stimulating economic growth and reducing poverty - to improve El Salvador's
competitiveness and productivity in international markets. GDP -
per capita (PPP): $8,000 (2017
est.) Labor
force - by occupation: agriculture:
21% industry:
20% services: 58% (2011 est.) Unemployment
rate: 7% (2017
est.) Population
below poverty line: 32.7% (2016
est.) Maternal
mortality rate: 46 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) Infant
mortality rate: total: 11.8 deaths/1,000 live births Life
expectancy at birth: total population: 74.8 years Drinking
water source: improved: total: 97.4% of
population Physicians
density: 1.57 physicians/1,000 population (2017) Sanitation
facility access: improved: total: 98.3% of
population Electricity
access: electrification - total population: 98.6% (2016) The
Borgen Project – El Salvador borgenproject.org/category/el-salvador/ [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. ~
Sus Hijos:
Improving Life In El Salvador borgenproject.org/improving-life-in-el-salvador/ ~
The Truth About Child Poverty In El Salvador borgenproject.org/child-poverty-in-el-salvador/ ~
Fighting Hunger In El Salvador borgenproject.org/hunger-in-el-salvador/ ~
Combating Disability And Poverty In El Salvador borgenproject.org/disability-and-poverty-in-el-salvador/ ~
4 Facts About Updates On Sdg Goal 3 In El
Salvador borgenproject.org/sdg-3-in-el-salvador/ Uninhabitable:
Central America’s Northern Triangle And Beyond Larry J. Schweiger, Pittsburgh Current, 19 March 2021 www.pittsburghcurrent.com/uninhabitable-central-americas-northern-triangle-and-beyond/ [accessed 20 March 2021] Just as
the Irish did during the potato famine, Central American parents are doing
the hard thing out of fear. Facing systemic corruption, hopelessly struggling
in an increasingly hostile climate with deadly gangs, these parents are
sending offspring on a dangerous journey to America. Homeland Security
Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas summarized
conditions: “Poverty, high levels of violence, and
corruption in Mexico and the Northern Triangle countries have propelled
migration to our southwest border for years. The adverse conditions have
continued to deteriorate. Two damaging hurricanes that hit Honduras and swept
through the region made the living conditions there even worse, causing more
children and families to flee.
The World Bank in El Salvador www.worldbank.org/en/country/elsalvador/overview [accessed 18 April
2021] The smallest
country in Central America, El Salvador suffers from persistent low levels of
growth and poverty reduction in the country has been moderate. However,
inequality has declined during the last two decades and El Salvador is now
one of the most equal countries in Latin America. Looking back a few years … Advameg, Inc., Encyclopedia of the Nations www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Americas/El-Salvador-ECONOMY.html [accessed 28 December 2020] In
1997, GDP growth rose to 4%, led by a 14.3% increase in the financial sector,
as El Salvador's banks expanded their operations, a
8.2% increase in manufacturing, and a 7.2% increase in retailing. Inflation
dipped to the low level of 2%, while unemployment was officially reported as
7.7%. In 1998, the real growth rate moderated to 3.4%, below the 5% average
annual growth for the period 1998 to 1998. In 1999, real growth increased to
4.9% while inflation stayed at 2%. From
1999 to 2003, economic growth has averaged 2.55% a year. All
material used herein reproduced under the fair use exception of 17 USC § 107
for noncommercial, nonprofit, and educational use. PLEASE RESPECT
COPYRIGHTS OF COMPONENT ARTICLES. Cite this webpage as: Prof. Martin
Patt, "Poverty – El Salvador",
http://gvnet.com/poverty/ElSalvador.htm, [accessed <date>] |
