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CAUTION: The following links
and accompanying text have been culled from the web to illuminate the
situation in Sweden 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 *** Sweden has
experienced some remarkable extreme weather conditions recently. Northern Sweden
witnessed its coldest night in 25 years, with temperatures plummeting to an
astonishing -43.6°C at the Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka
weather station 12, with the cold snap disrupting transportation and led to
canceled flights and disrupting railway services, particularly in the
northern part of the country In summary, Sweden
is grappling with a mix of extreme cold, snowstorms, and disruptions to
transportation and infrastructure.– adapted from Microsoft BING Copilot *** ARCHIVES *** The World Factbook - Sweden U.S. Central Intelligence Agency CIA www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sw.html [accessed 17
November 2020] World Factbook
website has moved to ---> www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/sweden/ [accessed 10 January 2021] ECONOMIC OVERVIEW - small, open, and
competitive economy, which remains outside of the euro zone, has been
thriving; has achieved an enviable standard of living, with its combination
of free-market capitalism and extensive welfare benefits. GDP -
per capita (PPP): $51,200 (2017
est.) Labor
force - by occupation: agriculture:
2% industry:
12% services: 86% (2014 est.) Unemployment
rate: 6.7% (2017
est.) Population
below poverty line: 15% (2014
est.) Maternal
mortality rate: 4 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) Infant
mortality rate: total: 2.6 deaths/1,000 live births Life
expectancy at birth: total population: 82.4 years Drinking
water source: improved: total: 100% of population Physicians
density: 3.98 physicians/1,000 population (2016) Sanitation
facility access: improved: total: 100% of population Electricity
access: electrification - total population: 100% (2016) The
Borgen Project - Sweden borgenproject.org/category/sweden/ [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. ~
What You Need To Know About Women’s Rights In Sweden borgenproject.org/womens-rights-in-sweden/ ~
Sweden’s Long-Standing Commitment To End Poverty borgenproject.org/swedens-long-standing-commitment/ ~
Poverty In Sweden borgenproject.org/poverty-in-sweden/ ~
4 Facts About Hunger In Sweden borgenproject.org/hunger-in-sweden/ ~
Homelessness In Sweden: A Country In A Housing Crisis borgenproject.org/homelessness-in-sweden/ ~
10 Facts About Healthcare In Sweden borgenproject.org/10-facts-about-healthcare-in-sweden/ Sweden’s Success: The Country With No Lockdown Shelby Gruber, The Borgen Project, 25 January 2021 borgenproject.org/swedens-success-the-country-with-no-lockdown/ [accessed 11 March 2021] POVERTY
& COVID-19 -- Unsurprisingly, poverty is correlated with higher Covid-19
mortality. One Swedish study claimed that low-income, low-education,
unmarried and immigrant males have a higher risk of death from COVID-19. Men
in the first and second tertiles of disposable
income are five times as likely to die. They also experience 80% higher
mortality, than those in the top tertile. This
holds true for immigrants from low and middle-income countries, who have a 2.5 times higher mortality among men, and 1.5
times among women, compared to those born in Sweden. Immigrants are more than
twice as likely to die than natives. The
World Bank in Sweden www.worldbank.org/en/country/sweden/overview [accessed 21 April 2021] Sweden
supports international efforts to promote human and economic development,
reduce poverty, and boost shared prosperity around the world. Looking back a few years … Advameg, Inc., Encyclopedia of the Nations www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Europe/Sweden-ECONOMY.html [accessed 10 January 2021] Swedish
living standards and purchasing power are among the highest in the world.
However, inflation was a problem for several year
after the international oil shocks of the 1970s. the
annual rise in consumer prices peaking at 13.7% in 1980 after the second oil
shock. Swedish
industry is outstanding in supplying quality goods and specialized
products—ball bearings, high-grade steel, machine tools, and glassware—that
are in world demand. Intimate contact between trade, industry, and finance is
a feature of the economy, as is the spread of factories to rural districts. All
material used herein reproduced under the fair use exception of 17 USC § 107
for noncommercial, nonprofit, and educational use. PLEASE RESPECT
COPYRIGHTS OF COMPONENT ARTICLES. Cite this webpage as: Prof. Martin
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