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CAUTION: The following links and
accompanying text have been culled from the web to illuminate the situation
in Iceland 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 *** There has been an unusual number of extreme weather events in
Iceland this winter. Severe storms with heavy snowfall have hit almost every
week for the last two months. The
heat record for February in Iceland was almost smashed on Sunday (Feb 8th)
when the temperature reached 17.4 C (63.3 F) at Dalatangi
cape, Iceland’s easternmost point. The record is 18.1 C (64.6 F) from
February 1998, also at Dalatangi. Tomorrow, however,
the temperature at Dalatangi is expected to drop to
-5 C (23 F). That is a swing of more than 22 C (72 F) in three days. – Iceland Magazine, 10 Feb 2015 *** ARCHIVES *** The World Factbook - Iceland U.S. Central Intelligence Agency CIA www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ic.html
[accessed 29
December 2020] World Factbook
website has moved to ---> www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/iceland/ [accessed 5 January 2021] Iceland's
economy combines a capitalist structure and free-market principles with an
extensive welfare system. Except for a brief period during the 2008 crisis,
Iceland has in recent years achieved high growth, low unemployment, and a
remarkably even distribution of income. GDP -
per capita (PPP): $52,200 (2017
est.) Labor
force - by occupation: agriculture:
4.8% industry:
22.2% services: 73% (2008 est.) Unemployment
rate: 2.8% (2017
est.) Population
below poverty line: N/A Maternal
mortality rate: 4 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) Infant
mortality rate: total: 2.1 deaths/1,000 live births Life
expectancy at birth: total population: 83.3 years Drinking
water source: improved: total: 100% of population Physicians
density: 3.98 physicians/1,000 population (2017) Sanitation
facility access: improved: total: 100% of population Electricity
access: electrification - total population: 100% (2016) The
Borgen Project - Iceland borgenproject.org/category/iceland/ [accessed 7 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. ~
Combating Child Poverty In Iceland borgenproject.org/combating-child-poverty-in-iceland/ ~
Innovations In Poverty Eradication In Iceland borgenproject.org/poverty-eradication-in-iceland/ ~
Housing To Reduce Homelessness In Iceland borgenproject.org/homelessness-in-iceland/ ~
10 Facts About Life Expectancy In Iceland Https://Borgenproject.Org/10-Facts-About-Life-Expectancy-In-Iceland/ ~
Top Ten Facts About Quality Of Life In Iceland borgenproject.org/top-ten-facts-about-quality-of-life-in-iceland/ ~
World Leader: Poverty Rate In Iceland Continuously Lowers borgenproject.org/poverty-rate-in-iceland/ The
World Bank in Iceland www.worldbank.org/en/country/iceland/overview [accessed 22 April
2021] Iceland
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/Iceland-ECONOMY.html [accessed 29 December 2020] Iceland's
economy, once primarily agricultural, is now based overwhelmingly on fishing.
Crop raising plays a small role, since most of the
land is unsuitable for cultivation and the growing season is short. Sheep raising and dairying are the chief agricultural
activities, with horse breeding also substantial. Iceland is generally
self-sufficient in meat, eggs, and dairy products, but sugar and cereal
products must be imported. Since Iceland has almost no known mineral
resources and has had no concentrations of population until recent decades,
industry is small-scale and local, depends heavily on imported raw and semimanufactured materials, and cannot compete favorably
with foreign industry, especially with imports from low-income countries. All
material used herein reproduced under the fair use exception of 17 USC § 107
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COPYRIGHTS OF COMPONENT ARTICLES. Cite this webpage as: Prof. Martin
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