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CAUTION: The following links and
accompanying text have been culled from the web to illuminate the situation
in Saudi Arabia 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 *** Saudi Arabia faces
a complex weather landscape, from storms in Mecca to broader climate
challenges. Authorities continue to monitor and respond to these extreme conditions – adapted from Microsoft BING Copilot *** ARCHIVES *** The World Factbook – Saudi Arabia U.S. Central Intelligence Agency CIA www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sa.html [accessed 17
November 2020] World Factbook
website has moved to ---> www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/saudi-arabia/ [accessed 9 January 2021] ECONOMIC OVERVIEW - Saudi Arabia has
an oil-based economy with strong government controls over major economic
activities. It has about 16% of the world's proven petroleum reserves. GDP -
per capita (PPP): $54,500 (2017
est.) Labor
force - by occupation: agriculture:
6.7% industry:
21.4% services: 71.9% (2005 est.) Unemployment
rate: 6% (2017
est.) Population
below poverty line: N/A Maternal
mortality rate: 17 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) Infant
mortality rate: total: 11.3 deaths/1,000 live births Life
expectancy at birth: total population: 76.2 years Drinking
water source: improved: total: 100% of population Physicians
density: 2.54 physicians/1,000 population (2017) Sanitation
facility access: improved: total: 100% of population Electricity
access: electrification - total population: 99% (2016) The
Borgen Project – Saudi Arabia borgenproject.org/category/saudi-arabia/ [accessed 3 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. ~
Privatizing Healthcare In Saudi Arabia borgenproject.org/healthcare-in-saudi-arabia/ ~
Updates On SDG Goal 5 In Saudi Arabia borgenproject.org/sdg-goal-5-in-saudi-arabia/ ~
Women’s Rights In Saudi Arabia borgenproject.org/womens-rights-in-saudi-arabia/ ~
Evolution Of Women’s Rights In Saudi Arabia borgenproject.org/womens-rights-saudi-arabia/ ~
Examining Hunger In Saudi Arabia borgenproject.org/hunger-in-saudi-arabia/ ~
The Process Of Improving Farming In Saudi Arabia borgenproject.org/farming-in-saudi-arabia/ Looking back a few years … Advameg, Inc., Encyclopedia of the Nations www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Asia-and-Oceania/Sa-udi-Arabia-ECONOMY.html [accessed 9 January 2021] The economy
is heavily dependent on oil production, which provided over 90% of export
value and 75% of government revenues in 2001. The country has the largest
reserves of petroleum in the world The government
has always made economic diversification a top priority, seeking to develop
industries using petroleum, such as petrochemicals, as well as to finance
industrialization. By 1989 the massive Jubail and Yanbu'al-Bahr industrial complexes, combining
petrochemicals and steel production had been largely completed. There
are, however, mounting pressures for economic reform, including falling per
capita income, attendant social frustrations, the emergence of government
deficits and a sizeable, though still manageable, external debt. All
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