In 2014, a civil war broke out in Yemen, a country in the Middle East. Infrastructure in Yemen was already poor and underdeveloped prior to the civil war but has gotten worse since the war began. Due to a large fuel shortage, health services and water supplies were among the resources that were about to […]
Despite having the third highest per capita income in Central America, credit access in Belize is still in need of improvement. With the help of governmental programs, bank expansions and bank partnerships, credit access will continue to improve. Belize’s GDP increased from $3.082 billion in 2015 to $3.097 in 2016. However, this increase does not […]
The Philippines has become one of the world’s fastest-growing economies. The poverty level has decreased from 25.2 percent in 2012 to 21.1 percent in 2015, although the rate of extreme poverty remains high at 12.1 percent. The nation’s future is looking bright, as plans are developed to upgrade aging infrastructure in the Philippines. Working toward creating […]
Despite being contested with a variety of obstacles, sustainable agriculture in the Dominican Republic is essential to the country’s overall success. Located next to Haiti in the Caribbean Sea, the Dominican Republic is home to 10.6 million people who rely heavily upon its agriculture industry. The industry’s main exports are sugarcane and rice, products that employ […]
Belize is a Central American nation home to about 360,000 people. Over the years, more and more people have sought to the nation for vacation and leisure, a trend that’s caused the tourist industry to spike since 2015. Infrastructure In 1988, renovation began on the Southern Highway, which runs from Dangria to Punta Gorda, and […]
Desperate citizens of Libya, especially in the country’s capital Tripoli, are using Libyan social media in a unique way. The people of Libya send helpful information that might say something like, “red light,” to signal an area where militia is fighting or perhaps even taking people for ransom. The country has been hit with turmoil […]
Droughts, land reform and a decrease in production have plagued Zimbabwe since the turn of the century in 2000. But despite these economic challenges, there are five development projects in Zimbabwe that hope to alleviate some of the current struggles that common residents of the country face. Zimbabwe Rural School Development Programme Beginning in 2001, […]
Despite its upper middle-income status, Jamaica is one of the slowest growing developing countries in the world. With high public debt and many external shocks, limited energy access and the country’s vulnerability to natural disasters like hurricanes and floods, Jamaica has a lot to improve in order to eliminate poverty and fast-track its economic growth. […]
According to the World Bank’s financial inclusion data in 2014, 65 percent of Costa Rica’s adult population had some form of bank account, indicating that banking was available to a strong majority of the population. However, only 13 percent of Costa Rica’s adult population has borrowed from a financial institution at all, and only 6 […]
Located in Central America, El Salvador is considered one of the smallest and most densely populated countries in the region. Despite its small size, violence runs rampant throughout the country. El Salvador has one of the world’s highest homicide rates and is known for its criminal gangs. The country also has high rates of extreme […]
