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CAUTION: The following links and
accompanying text have been culled from the web to illuminate the situation
in Greece 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 *** In July
2023, Greece had been experiencing extreme weather conditions, including
scorching heatwaves and wildfires. Heatwave
Record: The heatwave engulfing Greece may have been the longest in the country’s
history. Temperatures were forecast to
reach a 50-year high with Greece bracing for its hottest July in 50 years. Wildfires
and Forest Fires: Authorities reported 79 forest fires across Greece. .– adapted from Microsoft BING Copilot *** ARCHIVES *** The World Factbook - Greece U.S. Central Intelligence Agency CIA www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/gr.html [accessed 29
December 2020] World Factbook
website has moved to ---> www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/greece/ [accessed 5 January 2021] Greece
has a capitalist economy with a public sector accounting for about 40% of GDP
and with per capita GDP about two-thirds that of the leading euro-zone
economies. Tourism provides 18% of GDP. Immigrants make up nearly one-fifth
of the work force, mainly in agricultural and unskilled jobs. Greece is a
major beneficiary of EU aid, equal to about 3.3% of annual GDP. In
2017, Greece saw improvements in GDP and unemployment. Unfinished economic
reforms, a massive non-performing loan problem, and ongoing uncertainty
regarding the political direction of the country hold the economy back. Some
estimates put Greece’s black market at 20- to 25% of GDP, as more people have
stopped reporting their income to avoid paying taxes that, in some cases,
have risen to 70% of an individual’s gross income. GDP -
per capita (PPP): $27,800 (2017
est.) Labor
force - by occupation: agriculture:
12.6% industry:
15% services: 72.4% (30
October 2015
est.) Unemployment
rate: 21.5% (2017
est.) Population
below poverty line: 36% (2014
est.) Maternal
mortality rate: 3 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) Infant
mortality rate: total: 3.7 deaths/1,000 live births Life
expectancy at birth: total population: 81.1 years Drinking
water source: improved: total: 100% of population Physicians
density: 5.48 physicians/1,000 population (2017) Sanitation
facility access: improved: total: 100% of population Electricity
access: electrification - total population: 100% (2016) The
Borgen Project - Greece borgenproject.org/category/greece/ [accessed 4 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 Good News: Greek Startups Are Helping The Economy borgenproject.org/greek-startups-are-helping/ ~
Microsoft’s Gr For Growth Initiative In Greece borgenproject.org/gr-for-growth-initiative-in-greece/ ~
Improving Healthcare For Greek Children borgenproject.org/healthcare-for-greek-children/ ~
Greek Teachers Are Making A Difference borgenproject.org/greek-teachers-are-making-a-difference/ ~
Making A Difference: Philanthropic Organizations In Greece borgenproject.org/philanthropic-organizations-in-greece/ ~
Torch Tile Addresses Housing For Morian Refugees borgenproject.org/torch-tile-addresses-housing-for-morian-refugees/ The World Bank in Greece www.worldbank.org/en/country/greece/overview [accessed 19 April 2021] Greece supports
international efforts to promote human and economic development, reduce
poverty, and boost shared prosperity around the world. Looking back a few years … Advameg, Inc., Encyclopedia of the Nations www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Europe/Greece-ECONOMY.html [accessed 4 February 2021] The
Greek economy suffers from a paucity of exploitable natural resources and a low
level of industrial development relative to the rest of Western Europe. By
1992, it had fallen behind Portugal to become the poorest EC (now EU) member.
However, there is an unrecorded underground economy whose size is estimated
at 30–50% of the official one. As
Greece pursued an economic austerity program aimed at meeting the criteria
for European economic and monetary union (EMU), inflation continued to fall,
reaching less than 4% at the end of 1998. Greece entered into the EMU in
2001. All
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