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CAUTION: The following links and
accompanying text have been culled from the web to illuminate the situation
in St. Vincent & the Grenadines 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 *** Over the last
decade, climate-related disasters have caused estimated losses and damages of
over US$1 billion in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The increase in
extreme weather events is expected to result in significant expenditures,
impacting the country’s social and economic growth.
– adapted from Microsoft
BING Copilot *** ARCHIVES *** The World Factbook – Saint Vincent and the Grenadines U.S. Central Intelligence Agency CIA www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/vc.html [accessed 17
November 2020] website moved to
---> www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/saint-vincent-and-the-grenadines/ [accessed 10 January 2021] ECONOMIC OVERVIEW - success of this
lower-middle-income economy hinges upon seasonal variations in agriculture,
tourism, and construction activity, as well as remittances; banana
production, in particular, remains vulnerable to natural shocks. GDP -
per capita (PPP): $11,500 (2017
est.) Labor
force - by occupation: agriculture:
26% industry:
17% services: 57% (1980 est.) Unemployment
rate: 18.8% (2008
est.) Population
below poverty line: N/A Maternal
mortality rate: 98 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) Infant
mortality rate: total: 11 deaths/1,000 live births Life
expectancy at birth: total population: 76.2 years Drinking
water source: improved: total: 95.1% of
population Physicians
density: 0.66 physicians/1,000 population (2010) Sanitation
facility access: improved: total: 90.2% of population Electricity
access: electrification - total population: 100% (2016) The
Borgen Project - St. Vincent and the Grenadines borgenproject.org/category/st-vincent-and-the-grenadines/ [accessed 9 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. ~
Girls’ Education In St. Vincent And The Grenadines borgenproject.org/girls-education-in-st-vincent-and-the-grenadines/ ~
The Success Of Humanitarian Aid To St. Vincent And The Grenadines borgenproject.org/humanitarian-aid-to-st-vincent-and-the-grenadines/ ~
Sustainable Agriculture In St. Vincent And The Grenadines borgenproject.org/sustainable-agriculture-in-st-vincent-and-the-grenadines/ ~
Education A Focus Of Infrastructure In St. Vincent And The Grenadines borgenproject.org/infrastructure-in-st-vincent-and-the-grenadines/ ~
Saint Vincent And The Grenadines Poverty Rate borgenproject.org/saint-vincent-and-the-grenadines-poverty-rate/ ~
Education In St. Vincent And The Grenadines borgenproject.org/education-st-vincent-grenadines/ Looking back a few years … Advameg, Inc., Encyclopedia of the Nations www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Americas/St-Vincent-and-the-Grenadines-ECONOMY.html [accessed 10 January 2021] Agriculture
is the mainstay of the economy of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, with
bananas as the primary cash crop Some
industrial development has begun in St. Vincent, but the government has been
relatively unsuccessful at introducing new industries, and high unemployment
rates of 35–40% continue. All
material used herein reproduced under the fair use exception of 17 USC § 107
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COPYRIGHTS OF COMPONENT ARTICLES. Cite this webpage as: Prof. Martin
Patt, "Poverty - St. Vincent & the Grenadines ",
http://gvnet.com/humantrafficking/StVincent&Grenadines.htm, [accessed
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