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CAUTION: The following links and
accompanying text have been culled from the web to illuminate the situation
in Eswatini 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 *** Eswatini experiences both droughts and floods due
to extreme precipitation events. As
global temperatures rise, the potential for heavier rainfall increases
exponentially. Warmer air can carry more moisture, leading to intense
rainfall events. – adapted
from Microsoft BING Copilot *** ARCHIVES *** The World Factbook – Eswatini (Swaziland) U.S. Central Intelligence Agency CIA www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/wz.html [accessed 17
November 2020] World Factbook
website has moved to ---> www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/eswatini/ [accessed 10 January 2021] ECONOMIC OVERVIEW - depends on South
Africa for a majority of its exports and imports; currency pegged to the
South African rand; world’s highest HIV prevalence rate, a financial strain
and source of economic instability. GDP -
per capita (PPP): $10,100 (2017
est.) Labor
force - by occupation: agriculture:
10.7% industry:
30.4% services: 58.9% (2014 est.) Unemployment
rate: 28% (2014
est.) Population
below poverty line: 63% (2010
est.) Maternal
mortality rate: 437
deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) Infant
mortality rate: total: 42.8
deaths/1,000 live births Life
expectancy at birth: total population: 58.6 years Drinking
water source: improved: total: 78.3% of
population Physicians
density: 0.33 physicians/1,000 population (2016) Sanitation
facility access: improved: total: 85% of population Electricity
access: electrification - total population: 65.8% (2016) The
Borgen Project – Eswatini
(Swazilaand) borgenproject.org/category/swaziland/ [accessed 11 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. ~
Fighting Poverty In Eswatini borgenproject.org/fighting-poverty-in-eswatini/ ~
Homelessness In Eswatini borgenproject.org/homelessness-in-eswatini/ ~
Hunger In Eswatini Remains Severe borgenproject.org/hunger-in-eswatini-remains-severe/ ~
8 Facts About The Fight Against Hiv In Eswatini borgenproject.org/hiv-in-eswatini/ ~
Improving Healthcare In Swaziland borgenproject.org/healthcare-in-swaziland/ ~
Improving Access To Electricity In Eswatini borgenproject.org/access-to-electricity-in-eswatini/ ~
Girls’ Education In Swaziland borgenproject.org/girls-education-in-swaziland/ ~
Top 10 Facts About Hunger In Swaziland borgenproject.org/top-10-facts-about-hunger-in-swaziland/ ~
Top 5 Facts About Living Conditions In Swaziland borgenproject.org/top-10-facts-about-living-conditions-in-swaziland/ ~
Bettering Citizens’ Lives With Infrastructure In Swaziland borgenproject.org/infrastructure-in-swaziland/ The World Bank in Eswatini www.worldbank.org/en/country/eswatini/overview [accessed 18 April
2021] The
World Bank provides support to the government in three key areas: fighting
HIV/AIDS, improving governance, and increasing competitiveness. Looking back a few years … Advameg, Inc., Encyclopedia of the Nations www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Africa/Swaziland-ECONOMY.html [accessed 10 January 2021] The
majority supports itself through subsistence agriculture on rural homesteads.
A relatively diversified industrial sector accounts for the largest component
of the formal economy at 43% of GDP in 1999. Because of its small size,
Swaziland relies heavily on the export sector, composed primarily of large
firms with predominantly foreign ownership. All
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