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CAUTION: The following links and
accompanying text have been culled from the web to illuminate the situation
in Togo 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 *** Togo experiences
both flooding and drought as extreme precipitation events. – adapted
from Microsoft BING Copilot *** ARCHIVES *** The World Factbook - Togo U.S. Central Intelligence Agency CIA www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/to.html [accessed 17
November 2020] World Factbook
website has moved to ---> www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/togo/ [accessed 11 January 2021] ECONOMIC OVERVIEW - steady economic
growth fueled by political stability and government efforts to modernize commercial
infrastructure; depends heavily on commercial and subsistence agriculture;
among the world's largest producers of phosphate GDP -
per capita (PPP): $1,700 (2017
est.) Labor
force - by occupation: agriculture:
65% industry:
5% services: 30% (1998 est.) Unemployment
rate: 6.9% (2016
est.) Population
below poverty line: 55.1% (2015
est.) Maternal
mortality rate: 396
deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) Infant
mortality rate: total: 38.5
deaths/1,000 live births Life expectancy
at birth: total population: 66.6 years Drinking
water source: improved: total: 70.9% of
population Physicians
density: 0.03 physicians/1,000 population (2017) Sanitation
facility access: improved: total: 41.6% of
population Electricity
access: electrification - total population: 36% (2016) The
Borgen Project - Togo borgenproject.org/category/togo/ [accessed 16 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. ~
A Bright Future For Accessible Energy In Togo borgenproject.org/accessible-energy-in-togo/ ~
Parboiled Rice: A New Hope For Women In Africa borgenproject.org/parboiled-rice-women-in-africa/ ~
The Current State Of Poverty In Togo borgenproject.org/the-current-state-of-poverty-in-togo/ ~
5 Improvements For Women In Togo borgenproject.org/5-improvements-for-women-in-togo/ ~
5 Reasons Child Marriage Continues In Togo borgenproject.org/child-marriage-togo/ ~
10 Facts About Life Expectancy In Togo borgenproject.org/10-facts-about-life-expectancy-in-togo/ ~
An Analysis Of Healthcare Systems In Togo borgenproject.org/an-analysis-of-healthcare-systems-in-togo/ ~
8 Facts About Education In Togo borgenproject.org/8-facts-about-education-in-togo/ The
World Bank in Togo www.worldbank.org/en/country/togo/overview [accessed 21 April 2021] World
Bank-supported projects have helped the country on many fronts, including macroeconomic
recovery and stability, health, agriculture, education and more. Looking back a few years … Advameg, Inc., Encyclopedia of the Nations www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Africa/Togo-ECONOMY.html [accessed 12 January 2021] Togo
has an agricultural economy with over 65% of its people engaged in
subsistence and commercial agriculture. Togo is drought-prone but is food self-sufficient
in years of ample rainfall. Coffee, cocoa, and cotton are the major cash
crops, and the food crops include corn, sorghum, millet, cassava, and yams.
The nation also has an active commercial sector and significant phosphate
deposits upon which it draws for foreign exchange. All
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