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LDC case study - Ethiopia
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- 1what is the location of EthiopiaIt is located in the East of Africa
- 2what is Ethiopias rank of the HDI174 out of 188
- 3describe its economic growth• Over the last decade, Ethiopia has been one of the fastest growing countries in the world averaging annuals increases in GDP of about 10%
• Long term economic growth can be boosted by tapped reserves of coal,gold, oil and gas
• The country experiences significant foreign direct investment through agriculture and manufacturing. This was 2% of the country's GDP - 4what is its structure of GDP• Ethiopia relies on farming for her economic growth
• Rain-feed agriculture accounting for almost 50% if GDP i the courtesy main source of employment and export earnings. However this is vulnerable to the weather as it can have huge affects in farm field, incomes and domestic investment - 5what are some of the major issues Ethiopia is facing today• Land locked country therefore harder to import and export goods
• Drought, unpredictable flooding - this puts the entire economy in a bad shape and leaves many starving
• Literacy - Ethiopian leaders do not pay attention to education; literacy rate is very bad compare to neighbouring countries like
kenya
• Children - most children of school going age are forced into child labour, child marriage, child trafficking and child prostitution
• Coffee - This is critical to the economy (exports around $400 million a year) sometime meets low prices in the international market which puts entire economy in a shaky state
• Environmental issues - water pollution, land degradation, poor climate condition
• Poor governance political instability and corruption - most political figures in Ethiopia are corrupt with little to no experience at all - 6what is ethiopics life expectansy64.1
- 7IMR44.4
- 8expected years of schooling8.5
- 9mean school years of schooling for females vs malesfemale : 1.4
male : 3.6 - 10population living below income poverty line, $1.25a day36.8%
- 11child labour % of ages between 5-1427.4
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