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CAUTION: The following links and
accompanying text have been culled from the web to illuminate the situation
in Papua New 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 *** Papua New Guinea is
home to one of the wettest climates globally, with annual rainfall exceeding
2,500 mm in many areas. It is prone to various natural disasters including
cyclones, droughts, earthquakes, floods, landslides, tsunamis, and volcanic
eruptions. Coastal regions, islands, and low-lying atolls are particularly
vulnerable to extreme weather events, storm surges, sea-level rise, and
coastal inundation. The country ranks #51 on the Global Climate Risk Index
2021, indicating high vulnerability to climate-related disasters and impacts. – adapted
from Microsoft BING Copilot *** ARCHIVES *** The World Factbook – Papua New Guinea U.S. Central Intelligence Agency CIA www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/pp.html [accessed 16
November 2020] World Factbook website
has moved to ---> www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/Papua
New Grinea/ [accessed 7 January 2021] ECONOMIC OVERVIEW - richly endowed
with natural resources, but exploitation has been hampered by rugged terrain,
land tenure issues, and the high cost of developing infrastructure;
agriculture provides a subsistence livelihood for 85% of the people GDP - per capita (PPP): $3,700 (2017 est.) Labor force - by
occupation: agriculture: 85% industry: N/A services: N/A Unemployment rate: 2.5% (2017 est.) Population below
poverty line: 37% (2002 est.) Maternal mortality
rate: 145 deaths/100,000 live births (2017
est.) Infant mortality
rate: total: 33.2 deaths/1,000 live births Life expectancy at
birth: total population: 67.8 years Drinking water
source: improved: total: 43% of population Physicians
density: 0.05 physicians/1,000 population (2010) Sanitation facility
access: improved: total: 15.2% of population Electricity access:
electrification - total population: 22.9% (2016) The
Borgen Project – Papua New Guinea borgenproject.org/category/papua-new-guinea/ [accessed 28 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. ~
5 Facts About Hunger In Papua New Guinea borgenproject.org/hunger-in-papua-new-guinea/ ~
HOMELESSNESS IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA borgenproject.org/homelessness-in-papua-new-guinea/ ~
Poverty In Papua New Guinea borgenproject.org/poverty-in-papua-new-guinea/ ~
Clean Water In Papua New Guinea borgenproject.org/clean-water-in-papua-new-guinea/ ~
Efforts To Improve Life Expectancy In Papua New Guinea borgenproject.org/efforts-to-improve-life-expectancy-in-papua-new-guinea/ PNG:
the hungry country Manoj K. Pandey & Stephen Howes, 20 May 2021 devpolicy.org/png-the-hungry-country-20210520/ [accessed 20 May 2021] For a
long time, however, the data has suggested that in fact hunger is widespread
in PNG. As John Gibson worked out, the 1996 PNG Household Survey showed that
“In both the urban and rural sectors, approximately 42 percent of the population are not meeting food energy requirements of
2000 calories per person per day”. The 2009 Household Income and Expenditure
Survey produced similar results, as did a more recent survey of four lowland
provinces.
The
World Bank in Papua New Guinea www.worldbank.org/en/country/png/overview [accessed 21 April 2021] Papua New
Guinea is undergoing economic and social transformation. It is one of the
most diverse countries in the world; home to eight million people and more
than 800 different languages spoken among a population divided into more than
10,000 ethnic clans across 600 islands. Looking back a few years … Advameg, Inc., Encyclopedia of the Nations www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Asia-and-Oceania/Papua-New-Guinea-ECONOMY.html [accessed 7 January 2021] Economic
activity is concentrated in two sectors, agriculture and mining. The
subsistence sector, which occupies more than two thirds of the working population,
produces livestock, fruit, and vegetables for local consumption; agricultural
products for export include copra, palm oil, coffee, cocoa, and tea. Economic
growth, which averaged 3.7% in the late 1980s, rose to 9% in 1991, 11.8% in
1992, and 16.6% in 1993. The growth was driven by a mineral and petroleum
boom centered in the Highlands region. All
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