Over the last ten years, sub-Saharan Africa has come across economic growth of coarsely five percent per year. Today, 21 African countries are considered “middle income”(Christiaensen and Devarajan). Regardless of strong growth, the impact on poverty is much less than hoped. Today, many countries in Africa add up among the world’s poorest. To tackle this poverty problem the collective prescription is economic development. Economic development refers to the continuous actions of policy makers and
Sub-Saharan Africa Africa is the second largest of the earth's seven continents, covering about twenty-two percent of the world's total land area. From its northern most point, to its southern most tip is the distance of nearly five thousand miles. Africa is both north and south of the equator. The Atlantic Ocean is located west of the continent, and the Indian Ocean is on the east. Width of the continent is also nearly five thousand miles. Although Africa is so large, much of it is inhabitable
HIV in Africa Africa is a region of the world often associated with HIV due to the infection’s enduring prevalence on the continent. Specifically, Sub-Saharan Africa is the area of the world with the most infected individuals, approximately 26.6 million with roughly 1.4 million new infections each year (Bowler; White). This equates to 2/3 of all HIV infected individuals around the world. In this region it is harder to obtain treatment than in other areas of the world, with only 41 percent of people
Some of the world’s poorest countries, with some of the highest child labor and illiteracy rates lie in Sub Saharan Africa. People generally associate the region only with poor economic conditions and all of the social disorder that goes along with 3rd World Status. While some of this reputation is deserved, many people are also failing to see the vast potential for this part of the world. There are several factors that African governments should look into if they want to effectively and efficiently
Despite the improvements within the last decade the vast majority of sub-Saharan Africa remains corrupt. Corruption is a complex phenomenon. The inability for the country as a whole to solve their own issues is indeed the reason the country till this day is considered a developing nation. But as much as sub-Saharan is said to be ethical, stats and numbers illustrate many forms of corruption. Corruption within the country’s policies, bureaucratic traditions, political development, and social history
Deforestation Issues in Sub-Saharan Africa Africa provides one of the most highly destructive environmental issues throughout the whole world. In fact, Sub-Saharan Africa has been known to have major impacts with the largest amounts of deforestation, the loss of forests from cutting down too many trees and not re-planting them back. According to the World Resource Institute, Washington DC stated, “More than 80 percent of the earth's natural forests have already been destroyed at a rate of about 40
essay will elaborate on the physical geography and military history of Sub-Saharan Africa, an analysis of its weather, and an overview of the ASCOPE acronym. Sub-Saharan Africa refers to the diverse landscape of more than 50 countries of Africa, which are south of the Sahara Desert. There are over nine million square miles of valleys, plateaus, and mountains in this region of Africa. Because of the prevalence of plateaus, Africa has been nicknamed the “continent of plateaus”. Between the plateaus
population in Sub-Saharan Africa is increasing rapidly. Nearly one in three people living in the region, or about 297 million, are between the ages of 10 and 24. The population of Sub-Saharan Africa has over 56 million people aged between 15 to 24, who have not yet completed primary school, and require many alternatives to be able to gain employment to survive. Youth unemployment remains a barrier to the region 's development. Some of the highest rates on the continent are in southern Africa, where 51%
overpopulated, many people jump to the idea that there are too many people in one area, Sub-Saharan Africa for example. This is not wrong because there is a high total fertility rate in this area, but there are factors behind why the rate is so high in this portion of Africa. One factor being malnutrition to many of the children causing a high mortality rate in infants and children. A child born in Sub-Saharan Africa will not have the same amount of access to the proper food needs as a child would have
Globalization in Sub-Saharan Africa Globalization has shaped the way Africans live, behave, and succeed in the present day. As the continent of Africa is a huge landmass divided by the Saharan Desert, and various mountain ranges, it is impossible to talk about globalization for the entire continent. Each region of Africa came into contact with other Africans and non-Africans at different times, causing each region to develop differently. Contrary to the way the media portrays it, Africa does not have
In sub-Saharan Africa, thousands of languages, cultures, and geographical regions helped influence our African society. The ways in which we produce our artwork, spiritual ideals, and ritual performances are organic and raw. From the tropical regions of Congo and Ghana, to the arid regions of Mali; I pass through the global gateway into a domain where the Western world lost its roots and artistic imagination and grandeur. Africa appeals most to me for its ability to
Introduction For the past 36 years, since 1980(?), there has(have) been no less than 28 sub-Saharan countries at war. Despite this staggering statistic, media and modern society has turned their eyes away from these conflicts. Roughly half of the sub-Saharan countries are either at war or having internal conflict within their own nation. These conflicts have posed a great economic and safety threat onto the continent of Africa. In countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo, it is no longer safe for
From the seventh to fifteenth centuries, Africa rightfully claimed its name as the most powerful continent. Globetrotters from all over the world were captivated by Africa’s possession of rich resources such as gold and ivory. African leaders and emperors realized this attraction and the profit that could be assumed from “sharing” their secret resources. Considering this, they set up Sub-Saharan trading operations. According to Michael Gomez, these trading posts posed as “global crossroad[s] for
rhythm, melody, harmony and also the lack thereof. American music is fundamentally diverse because of the many ethnicities and subcultures. These attributes of society are also found in other nations around the world. The Middle East, Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa are nations of varied ethnic groups whom have expressed their beliefs, culture and other extra musical influences in their music. Through the study of many ethnomusicologists in these regions we can acknowledge and or comprehend the different
Failure of IMF and World Bank Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa Over the last several hundred years, Africa has been deprived of the peace that it so desperately needs. For over 400 years, Africa was subjected to the harsh trans-Atlantic slave trade. Europeans and Americans brutally uprooted millions of Africans and shipped them away. Torn away from their homes, Africans were inhumanely exploited for their labor. The slave trade had a devastating effect not only on those involved, but also
of agricultural goods. It is mainly the major petroleum exporters that had a low percentage export of agricultural products. Indeed, their share in agricultural exports went from 3.15 percent to 1.34 percent. Thus, the dependency that existed when Africa mainly relied on one trading partner arises again, this time, it is because of lack of diversity of the exported good. This specialization is however a result of terms of trades, from which the continent has been subjected to despite the
the last 50 years yet rates in Sub-Saharan Africa have experienced little change and one in four countries within Sub-Saharan have seen an increased, showing the poorest progress and slowest decline globally (Mogford 2004 p. 94). Sub-Saharan Africa continues to have great obstacles in decreasing child mortality. One of the main causes for high child mortality is the effect HIV and AIDS has on the region. Child mortality caused by HIV and AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa would dramatically improve with
mosquito from one person to another. We had expected most malaria cases to be highly found in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia due to the amount of dirty water in those areas. As seen in Worldmapper, in 2003 92% people were infected with malaria and 94% people died due to malaria in Africa. The rest 6% cases were mostly found in Asia. From this we can say that our prediction was true that most malaria cases are in Africa and Asia. As compared in Worldmapper and in Kaiser Family Foundation the areas with good
modern society than we did say 50 years ago. Although we are not equal yet, we are making progress. In sub-Saharan Africa, however, the opposite is true. Women are severely beleaguered and are seen as objects. It is a sorrowful reality and the effects of this are seen in the number of diseased and down trodden women. Appalling statistics exist in the article AIDS as Mass Femicide: Focus on South Africa.
these deaths occurred in sub-Saharan Africa. Despite disease mortality rates falling by 37 percent since 2000, a child in Africa still dies every minute from malaria. What is malaria? A deadly disease that was once has taken many lives, which are long forgotten in this day of age. Malaria once considered as one of the world's most dangerous tropical parasitic diseases. It claims more lives than any other communicable disease other than tuberculosis. It more prominent in Africa and other under developing