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CAUTION: The following links and
accompanying text have been culled from the web to illuminate the situation
in Mauritania 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 *** More than 29
million people in Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Djibouti, Mauritania, and Niger
continue to face unrelenting drought conditions. These prolonged dry spells
pose significant challenges to agriculture, water availability, and food
security. – adapted from Microsoft BING Copilot *** ARCHIVES *** The World Factbook - Mauritania U.S. Central Intelligence Agency CIA www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mr.html [accessed 3 January
2020] World Factbook
website has moved to ---> www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/mauritania/ [accessed 6 January 2021] Mauritania's
economy is dominated by extractive industries (oil and mines), fisheries,
livestock, agriculture, and services. Half the population still depends on
farming and raising livestock, even though many nomads and subsistence
farmers were forced into the cities by recurrent droughts in the 1970s,
1980s, 2000s, and 2017. GDP - per capita (PPP): $4,500 (2017 est.) Labor force - by
occupation: agriculture: 50% industry: 1.9% services: 48.1% (2014 est.) Unemployment rate: 10.2% (2017 est.) Population below
poverty line: 31% (2014 est.) Maternal mortality
rate: 766 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) Infant mortality
rate: total: 47.9 deaths/1,000 live births Life expectancy at
birth: total population: 64.5 years Drinking water
source: improved: total: 84.4% of population Physicians
density: 0.18 physicians/1,000 population (2017) Sanitation facility
access: improved: total: 56% of population Electricity access:
electrification - total population: 41.7%
(2016) The
Borgen Project - Mauritania borgenproject.org/category/mauritania/ [accessed 21 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 Mauritania borgenproject.org/child-poverty-in-mauritania/ ~
Force-Feeding In West Africa: 5 Facts About Leblouh
In Mauritania borgenproject.org/leblouh-in-mauritania/ ~
5 Facts About Healthcare In Mauritania borgenproject.org/healthcare-in-mauritania/ ~
Poverty In Mauritania And How It Is Being Reversed borgenproject.org/reversing-poverty-mauritania/ ~
10 Facts About Sanitation In Mauritania borgenproject.org/sanitation-in-mauritania/ ~
Top 10 Facts About Living Conditions In Mauritania borgenproject.org/top-10-facts-about-living-conditions-in-mauritania/ ~
Sustainable Agriculture In Mauritania borgenproject.org/sustainable-agriculture-in-mauritania/ Conflict, climate change, and COVID-19 drive extreme hunger Oxfam, 9 July 2021 www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/stories/conflict-climate-change-and-covid-19-drive-extreme-hunger/ [accessed 19 July 2021] The effects
of conflict, COVID-19, and climate change have intensified the global hunger
crisis. WEST
AFRICAN SAHEL - DRIVERS OF HUNGER: CONFLICT -- The region encompassing
Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, and Senegal has seen a
67 percent increase in hunger since last year. Continued violence has forced
5.3 million people to flee their homes. Insecurity has cut off farmers from
their agriculture. Last year, along with the economic impact of COVID-19, the
climate crisis disrupted the agricultural season, limiting stocks and
people’s livelihoods. The Sahel struggles with terror, poverty and climate change The Arab Weekly, 18 March 2021 thearabweekly.com/sahel-struggles-terror-poverty-and-climate-change [accessed 18 March 2021] Internal
displacement had increased 20-fold in less than two years while the number of
families facing hunger has tripled. The United
Nations warned in November of a heightened risk of famine in Burkina Faso,
along with northeastern Nigeria and South Sudan and also of a high hunger
risk in both Mali and Niger. Problems
have been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Action
Against Hunger - Mauritania www.actionagainsthunger.org/countries/africa/mauritania [accessed 21 March 2021] Mauritania
is a vast desert—less than one percent of its land is usable for agriculture.
The climate leaves very little opportunity for farmers, and makes the country
more dependent on food imported from other countries, making many
Mauritanians vulnerable to fluctuating food prices and problems of supply.
Beyond high rates of food insecurity and malnutrition, Mauritania ranks
poorly in terms of access to water and sanitation, as the majority of the
country’s population is nomadic and has little regular access to basic
necessities. The
country’s scarce resources are also being stretched thin by the growing
number of refugees entering the country. In 2012, escalating violence in
neighboring Mali forced more than 74,000 Malians to flee for their safety
into Mauritania. Many Malians left their homes and livestock behind, arriving
in Mauritania malnourished and dehydrated. Access to resources like food,
water and land is crucial for the health and safety of both the refugee
populations and host communities. The
World Bank in Mauritania www.worldbank.org/en/country/mauritania/overview [accessed 21 April 2021] The
World Bank is supporting the government improve living standards through the
following areas: mining and energy, rural development, urban development and
more. Looking back a few years … Advameg, Inc., Encyclopedia of the Nations www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Africa/Mauritania-ECONOMY.html [accessed 3 January 2020] While
Mauritania is an agricultural country, historically largely dependent on
livestock production, its significant iron ore deposits have been the
backbone of the export economy in recent years. The droughts of the 1970s and
1980s transformed much of Mauritania, as the herds died off and the
population shifted to urban areas. In 1960, 85% of the population lived as
nomadic herders. By 1999, that percentage had fallen to 5%. All
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