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CAUTION: The following links and
accompanying text have been culled from the web to illuminate the situation
in Romania 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 *** Romania experiences
both freezing winters and scorching summers, making it a land of diverse
weather extremes. Indeed, deadly heatwaves can occur such as in 2012 when
temperatures soared to 42°C. – adapted from Microsoft BING Copilot *** ARCHIVES *** The World Factbook - Romania U.S. Central Intelligence Agency CIA www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ro.html [accessed 17
November 2020] World Factbook
website has moved to ---> www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/romania/ [accessed 8 January 2021] ECONOMIC OVERVIEW - macroeconomic
gains have only recently started to spur creation of a middle class and to
address widespread poverty; corruption and red tape continue to permeate the
business environment GDP -
per capita (PPP): $24,600 (2017
est.) Labor
force - by occupation: agriculture:
28.3% industry:
28.9% services: 42.8% (2014 est.) Unemployment
rate: 4.9% (2017
est.) Population
below poverty line: 22.4% (2012
est.) Maternal
mortality rate: 19 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) Infant
mortality rate: total: 8.7 deaths/1,000 live births Life
expectancy at birth: total population: 76 years Drinking
water source: improved: total: 100% of population Physicians
density: 2.98 physicians/1,000 population (2017) Sanitation
facility access: improved: total: 84.3% of
population Electricity
access: electrification - total population: 100% (2016) The
Borgen Project - Romania borgenproject.org/category/romania/ [accessed 2 March 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. ~
Strategies To Combat Poverty In Romania borgenproject.org/combat-poverty-in-romania/ ~
10 Facts About Hunger In Romania borgenproject.org/hunger-in-romania/ ~
Ending Homelessness In Romania borgenproject.org/homelessness-in-romania/ ~
5 Facts About Healthcare In Romania borgenproject.org/healthcare-in-romania/ ~
The Plan To Reduce Poverty In Romania borgenproject.org/reduce-poverty-in-romania/ ~
6 Facts About Girls’ Education In Romania borgenproject.org/facts-about-girls-education-in-romania/ ~
8 Facts About Poverty Among The Roma Population In Romania borgenproject.org/8-facts-about-poverty-among-the-roma-population-in-romania/ As Romania votes, millions still live in poverty Cristian Stefanescu, Deutsche Welle (DW), 5 December 2020 www.dw.com/en/as-romania-votes-millions-still-live-in-poverty/a-55835510 [accessed 6 December 2020] Roughly 6 million
Romanians — about a third of all citizens who still reside in the country —
live under the constant threat of poverty and social exclusion. A full 10% of
Romania's children go to bed hungry each night, and a quarter of the
country's citizens still use outdoor toilets. Steve and his family,
who live in the capital, Bucharest, have an indoor bathroom but no running
water. Electricity comes from the next-door neighbor. Steve has never had
an official job. "I worked for cash on construction sites, off the
books. I was a roofer, a painter, whatever they needed. I made about 120 leu (€25/$30) a day, which I took home to buy what we
needed to survive the day. When there's no work, we live from what we can
find on the street. We collect paper, bottles, anything." The
World Bank in Romania www.worldbank.org/en/country/romania/overview [accessed 21 April 2021] Romania’s
priorities include investments in infrastructure, health care, education, job
creation, and small and medium enterprise development. The country's economic
growth has been one of the highest in the EU since 2010. Looking back a few years … Advameg, Inc., Encyclopedia of the Nations www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Europe/Romania-ECONOMY.html [accessed 2 March 2021] The basic
organization of economic management in Romania was highly centralized, like its
original Soviet model, with few of the modifications introduced elsewhere in
Eastern Europe. During the late 1970s and in the 1980s, the continued
emphasis on industrial expansion and consequent neglect of agriculture led to
food shortages and rationing. In addition, two
extremely harsh winters (1985 and 1987) resulted in widespread power
shortages and loss of production. The transition to a
market economy also proved extremely painful. By 1992, grain production was
only two-thirds of the 1989 level, GDP had fallen by 30%, industrial
production had fallen 47% and inflation had reached 300%. Unemployment,
virtually non-existent under the Communist system, has persistently stayed in
the range of 9% to 11% since, averaging 10.6% 1999 to 2002. All
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