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CAUTION: The following links and
accompanying text have been culled from the web to illuminate the situation
in Fiji 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 *** Fiji is
a tropical island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The country
experiences a tropical climate with warm temperatures throughout the year.
The rainy season runs from November to April, while the dry season is from
May to October. Fiji is
prone to tropical cyclones. In February 2021, Tropical Cyclone Ana caused
severe flooding and widespread damage to buildings, crops, and public
infrastructure. The country experiences an average of 17 cyclones per decade.
– Microsoft BING Copilot *** ARCHIVES *** The World Factbook - Fiji U.S. Central Intelligence Agency CIA www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/fj.html [accessed 29
December 2020] World Factbook
website has moved to ---> www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/fiji/ [accessed 5 January 2021] Fiji,
endowed with forest, mineral, and fish resources, is one of the most
developed and connected of the Pacific island economies. Earnings from the
tourism industry, with an estimated 842,884 tourists visiting in 2017, and
remittances from Fijian’s working abroad are the country’s largest foreign
exchange earners. GDP -
per capita (PPP): $9,800 (2017
est.) Labor force - by
occupation: agriculture:
44.2% industry:
14.3% services: 41.6% (2011 est.) Unemployment
rate: 4.5% (2017
est.) Population
below poverty line: 31% (2009
est.) Maternal
mortality rate: 34 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) Infant mortality
rate: total: 8.8 deaths/1,000 live births Life
expectancy at birth: total population: 73.7 years Drinking
water source: improved: total: 93.8% of
population Physicians
density: 0.86 physicians/1,000 population (2015) Sanitation
facility access: improved: total: 98% of population Electricity
access: electrification - total population: 98.6% (2016) The
Borgen Project - Fiji borgenproject.org/category/fiji/ [accessed 2 February 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 Forgotten Fijians: Elderly Poverty In Fiji borgenproject.org/elderly-poverty-in-fiji/ ~
Food Insecurity On The Islands: Hunger In Fiji borgenproject.org/hunger-in-fiji/ ~
Providing Health Care To Oceania’s Isolated Families borgenproject.org/oceanias-isolated-families/ ~
Hunger In Fiji borgenproject.org/everything-you-need-to-know-about-hunger-in-fiji/ ~
Kava Cultivation In Fiji And Rural Poverty borgenproject.org/kava-cultivation-in-fiji/ ~
5 Facts About Healthcare In Fiji borgenproject.org/5-facts-about-healthcare-in-fiji/ Looking back a few years … Advameg, Inc., Encyclopedia of the Nations www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Asia-and-Oceania/Fiji-ECONOMY.html [accessed 29 December 2020] Agriculture,
mining and fishing have dominated the economy in the past, but manufacturing
and tourism are becoming progressively more important in Fiji. The first five
years after independence (1970–75) were years of high growth for Fiji, when
growth averaged 5.9%, driven by primary commodities. All
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