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CAUTION: The following links and
accompanying text have been culled from the web to illuminate the situation
in Equatorial Guinea 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 *** Equatorial
Guinea has an equatorial climate with high temperatures, heavy rainfall, and
much cloud cover most of the year. The wet seasons in the continental region
are from February to June and from September to December. According to the
World Bank, Equatorial Guinea is vulnerable to the impacts of climate change
from rising sea level, increasing temperature and decreasing precipitation,
and extreme weather events. – Microsoft
BING Copilot *** ARCHIVES *** The World Factbook – Equatorial Guinea U.S. Central Intelligence Agency CIA www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ek.html [accessed 28
December 2020] World Factbook
website has moved to ---> www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/equatorial-guinea/ [accessed 5 January 2021] Declining
revenue from hydrocarbon production, high levels of infrastructure expenditures,
lack of economic diversification, and corruption have pushed the economy into
decline in recent years and limited improvements in the general population’s
living conditions. Equatorial Guinea’s real GDP growth has been weak in
recent years, averaging -0.5% per year from 2010 to 2014, because of a
declining hydrocarbon sector. Inflation remained very low in 2016, down from
an average of 4% in 2014. GDP -
per capita (PPP): $37,400 (2017
est.) GDP – composition
by sector of origin agriculture: 2.5% (2017 est.) industry: 54.6% (2017 est.) services: 42.9% (2017 est.) Unemployment
rate: 8.6% (2017
est.) Population
below poverty line: 44% (2011
est.) Maternal
mortality rate: 301
deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) Infant
mortality rate: total: 59.7 deaths/1,000
live births Life
expectancy at birth: total population: 65.7 years Drinking
water source: improved: total: 67.6% of
population Physicians
density: 0.4 physicians/1,000 population (2017) Sanitation
facility access: improved: total: 76.2% of
population Electricity
access: electrification - total population: 67.9% (2016) The
Borgen Project – Equatorial Guinea borgenproject.org/category/equatorial-guinea/ [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. ~
Misguided Priorities: Healthcare In Equatorial Guinea borgenproject.org/healthcare-in-equatorial-guinea/ ~
Poverty And Natural Resources In Equatorial Guinea borgenproject.org/natural-resources-in-equatorial-guinea/ ~
Tackling Hunger In Equatorial Guinea borgenproject.org/hunger-in-equatorial-guinea/ ~
An Overview Of Poverty In Equatorial Guinea borgenproject.org/poverty-in-equatorial-guinea/ ~
7 Facts About Sanitation In Equatorial Guinea borgenproject.org/sanitation-in-equatorial-guinea/ ~
9 Facts About Life Expectancy In Equatorial Guinea borgenproject.org/life-expectancy-in-equatorial-guinea/ ~
Women’s Health In Equatorial Guinea borgenproject.org/womens-health-in-equatorial-guinea/ The World Bank in Equatorial Guinea www.worldbank.org/en/country/equatorialguinea/overview [accessed 18 April
2021] The
World Bank does not have any active projects in Equatorial Guinea. Previous projects
have impacted agriculture, law, health, energy, mining and more. Looking back a few years … Advameg, Inc., Encyclopedia of the Nations www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Africa/Equatorial-Guinea-ECONOMY.html [accessed 28 December 2020] The
agricultural industry employs the majority of the population. The country
exports cocoa, coffee, and timber, and imports large quantities of
foodstuffs. In 1990,
compliance difficulties with the IMF structural adjustment program and the
government's repeated violations of human rights resulted in the suspension
of most foreign economic assistance. All
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