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CAUTION: The following links and
accompanying text have been culled from the web to illuminate the situation
in Peru 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,
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Poverty. Scan other countries as well
as this one. Draw comparisons between
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that are available on-line. Teachers Check out some of
the Resources
for Teachers attached to this website. *** Extreme Weather *** Peru observes
torrential, flooding rains during El Niño events when tropical Pacific ocean
waters off the coast are above-average in temperature. Average annual
temperatures have increased by 1°C (1.8°F) from 1960 until 2016 and
predictions indicate an additional rise of 2 to 3°C (3.6 to 5.4°F) by 2065. Projections
suggest a 50 cm (20 in) rise in sea level by 2100, and droughts and floods
are anticipated to become more frequent. – adapted from Microsoft BING Copilot *** ARCHIVES *** The World Factbook - Peru U.S. Central Intelligence Agency CIA www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/pe.html [accessed 16
November 2020] World Factbook
website has moved to ---> www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/peru/ [accessed 7 January 2021] ECONOMIC OVERVIEW - Peru's economy
reflects its varied topography - an arid lowland coastal region, the central high
sierra of the Andes, and the dense rain forest of the Amazon; a wide range of
important mineral resources, including silver and copper, found in the
mountainous regions and coastal waters provide excellent fishing grounds GDP - per capita (PPP): $13,500 (2017 est.) Labor force - by
occupation: agriculture: 25.8%
industry: 17.4% services: 56.8% (2017 est.) Unemployment rate: 6.9% (2017 est.) Population below
poverty line: 22.7% (2014 est.) Maternal mortality
rate: 88 deaths/100,000 live births (2017
est.) Infant mortality
rate: total: 16.7 deaths/1,000 live births Life expectancy at
birth: total population: 74.7 years Drinking water
source: improved: total: 92.1% of population Physicians
density: 1.3 physicians/1,000 population (2016) Sanitation facility
access: improved: total: 85.2% of population Electricity access:
electrification - total population: 95% (2017) The
Borgen Project - Peru borgenproject.org/category/peru/ [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 Ways Quinoa Supports Farmers In Peru borgenproject.org/quinoa-supports-farmers-in-peru/ ~
How The Wawa Laptop Project Is Helping Peru’s Remote Education borgenproject.org/wawa-laptop-project/ ~
Combating Covid-19 In Peru: Integrating Traditional Medicine borgenproject.org/covid-19-in-peru-indigenous-people/ ~
Adapting To Food Insecurity In The Andes borgenproject.org/food-insecurity-in-the-andes/ ~
What To Know About Maternal Health In Peru borgenproject.org/what-to-know-about-maternal-health-in-peru/ ~
Indigenous Women’s Rights In Peru borgenproject.org/womens-rights-in-peru/ ~
Peru’s National Coffee Action Plan Improves Lives borgenproject.org/perus-national-coffee-action-plan-improving-lives-through-coffee/ ~
Ngo Fights Water Shortage In Peru borgenproject.org/water-shortage-in-peru/ Action
Against Hunger - Peru www.actionagainsthunger.org/countries/americas/peru [accessed 21 March 2021] Peru
has experienced significant economic growth over the past decade, but the gap
between rich and the poor has not diminished. The country has laudably
reduced child malnutrition rates, but undernutrition remains a problem in the
rural Andean regions where some 40% of families live in extreme poverty, over
30% of all children under five are chronically malnourished, and six in ten
children are anemic and in need of iron supplements. In
2019, Peru’s social, political and economic context was highly unstable.
Economic growth was reduced to less than 3 percent, and hunger has grown, now
affecting 9.7 percent of the population. Peru also has received a constant
flow of migrants from Venezuela, which is starting to generate xenophobic
reactions. The
World Bank in Peru www.worldbank.org/en/country/peru/overview [accessed 21 April 2021] Following
a robust expansion during the previous decade, the Peruvian economy grew at a
slower pace between 2014 and 2019, in a less favorable external context. In
2020, the COVID-19 crisis will have a significant economic impact although a
strong recovery is expected for the following year. Looking back a few years … Advameg, Inc., Encyclopedia of the Nations www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Americas/Peru-ECONOMY.html [accessed 7 January 2021] Since
1990 and the Fujimori regime, the government has pursued a bold reform
agenda. It has strengthened the authority of the state throughout the country,
defeating terrorism and fighting drug trafficking. Since
the reform program, Peru has enjoyed macroeconomic success, but the reforms
have done little to alleviate poverty. Between 1993 and 1996, Peru's economy
grew by 32%, in part due to the privatization of state companies; but
thousands of Peruvians lost their jobs as a result. All
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