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CAUTION: The following links and
accompanying text have been culled from the web to illuminate the situation
in Turkmenistan 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 *** With
approximately 80% of its territory being a desert, Turkmenistan is vulnerable
to worsening global climatic trends. These trends are projected to increase
average temperatures, resulting in hotter and longer summer heatwaves and
droughts. – adapted
from Microsoft BING Copilot *** ARCHIVES *** The World Factbook - Turkmenistan U.S. Central Intelligence Agency CIA www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/tx.html [accessed 17
November 2020] World Factbook
website has moved to ---> www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/turkmenistan/ [accessed 11 January 2021] ECONOMIC OVERVIEW - largely a desert
country with intensive agriculture in irrigated oases and significant natural
gas and oil resources; agriculture occupies nearly half the workforce but
only represents 8% of GDP; natural gas exports, mostly to China, make up 25%
of GDP GDP -
per capita (PPP): $18,200 (2017
est.) Labor
force - by occupation: agriculture:
48.2% industry:
14% services: 37.8% (2004 est.) Unemployment
rate: 11% (2014
est.) Population
below poverty line: 0.2% (2012
est.) Maternal
mortality rate: 7 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) Infant
mortality rate: total: 30.8 deaths/1,000 live births Life
expectancy at birth: total population: 71.3 years Drinking
water source: improved: total: 100% of population Physicians
density: 2.22 physicians/1,000 population (2014) Sanitation
facility access: improved: total: 100% of population Electricity
access: electrification - total population: 100% (2016) The
Borgen Project - Turkmenistan borgenproject.org/category/turkmenistan/ [accessed 18 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. ~
5 Facts About Homelessness In Turkmenistan borgenproject.org/homelessness-in-turkmenistan/ ~
4 Facts About Poverty In Turkmenistan borgenproject.org/poverty-in-turkmenistan/ ~
Modern Irrigation Technology In Turkmenistan borgenproject.org/modern-irrigation-technology-in-turkmenistan/ ~
Top 10 Facts About Life Expectancy In Turkmenistan borgenproject.org/top-10-facts-about-life-expectancy-in-turkmenistan/ ~
8 Facts About Education In Turkmenistan borgenproject.org/8-facts-about-education-in-turkmenistan/ ~
Top 10 Facts About Living Conditions In Turkmenistan borgenproject.org/top-10-facts-about-living-conditions-in-turkmenistan/ ~
Girls’ Education In Turkmenistan borgenproject.org/girls-education-in-turkmenistan/ ~
Road To Progress: Top 10 Facts About Poverty In Turkmenistan borgenproject.org/facts-about-poverty-in-turkmenistan/ ~
Plans To Improve Sustainable Agriculture In Turkmenistan borgenproject.org/sustainable-agriculture-in-turkmenistan/ The
World Bank in Turkmenistan www.worldbank.org/en/country/turkmenistan/overview [accessed 21 April 2021] Latest
news and information from the World Bank and its development work in Turkmenistan.
Access Turkmenistan's data, statistics, project information, research from
experts, and latest news. Looking back a few years … Advameg, Inc., Encyclopedia of the Nations www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Asia-and-Oceania/Turkmenistan-ECONOMY.html [accessed 12 January 2021] Turkmenistan,
though one of the poorest and least developed of the former members of the Soviet
Union, boasts rich deposits of oil, gas, potassium, sulfur, and salts. It is
the fourth-largest producer of natural gas in the world with proven reserves
of about 2.9 trillion cu m (101 trillion cu ft),
and 17 new deposits discovered in the last 10 years. Proven oil reserves are
541 million barrels, with possible reserves as high as 1.7 billion. Despite
this wealth of industrial raw materials, the labor force remains dominantly
in agriculture, which, with forestry, generated an estimated 27% of the 2000
GDP. Turkmenistan is the world's tenth-largest cotton producer. Industry
contributes about 48% of the GDP and occupies 15% of the labor force. All
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