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DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO Vanessa Hunert DEMOCRACTIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO LOCATION • CENTRAL AFRICA • SECOND LARGEST COUNTRY IN AFRICA (AFTER ALGERIA) • LARGEST COUNTRY IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA PEOPLE • OVER 200 AFRICAN ETHNIC GROUPS • FRENCH OFFICIAL LANGUAGE • MAJORITY ROMAN CATHOLIC DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO POPULATION ECONOMY 77,433,744 AGRICULTURE: 44.3% • coffee, sugar, palm oil, rubber, tea, cotton, cocoa, quinine, cassava, bananas, plantains, peanuts, root crops, corn, fruits; wood products INDUSTRY: 21.7% • Mining, mineral processing, consumer products, metal products, processed foods and beverages, timber, cement, commercial ship repair SERVICES: 34% • Exports- diamonds, copper, gold, cobalt, wood products, crude oil, coffee DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO EDUCATION AGE 15 AND OVER THAT CAN READ AND WRITE • total population: 66.8% • male: 76.9% • female: 57% SCHOOL LIFE EXPECTANCY • total: 10 years • male: 11 years • female: 8 years POVERTY GDP (PURCHASING POWER PARITY) United States $ 16,720,000,000,000 Democratic Republic of the Congo $ 29,390,000,000 GDP per capita/rank comparison United States $52,800 #14 Democratic Republic of the Congo $400 #228 CAUSES OF POVERTY IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO Population below poverty line: 71% EFFECTS OF WAR • • • Civil war Killed over 5.4 million Rebel control content.time.com sg.entertainment.yahoo.com jillee-thoughts.blogspot.com indigo-alliance.com HEALTH • • • Malnutrition Malaria Pneumonia POLITICS • Political instability • Corrupt leaders flickr.com msf.org CAUSES OF POVERTY IN THE U.S. Population below poverty line: 15.1% EDUCATION • Lack of education • Lack skills • Job opportunities Children in Poverty by Parents Education-2012 60% 40% 57% 20% HEALTH • Mental/Physical disabilities • Limited access to health care • Barriers to education 34% 13% 0% Less Than High School Degree Nccp.org High School Some College Degree or More STRATEGIES TO REDUCE POVERTY THE WORLD BANK • Reopened in 2001 after being suspended for almost 10 years because of political instability and corruption • Committed $3.1 billion • Aiming to rebuild country’s infrastructure • Decrease corruption in public and private sectors • Rehabilitate country’s health/education systems THE UNITED NATIONS • Established MONUSCO in 1999 • Supplies peacekeeping troops to region • Emergency assistance to address displaced population, food security, democracy, education, environment, and global health OTHER SOLUTIONS PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM • Higher employment START TO REBUILD • • • • • • Roads Bridges New homes Schools Improve living conditions Clean water systems worldlyrise.blogspot.com un.org CORRUPT GOVERNMENT • Taking advantage • Abusing resources • Killing millions realfilmcareer.com SOURCES • CIA (2013). The World Factbook. Retrieved from https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world factbook/geos/cg.html • Global Edge (2015). Democratic Republic of the Congo. Retrieved from http://globaledge.msu.edu/countries/democratic- republic-of-the-congo • The World Bank (2015). Poverty & Equity. Retrieved from http://povertydata.worldbank.org/poverty/home/ • National Poverty Center (2010). How Does the U.S. Measure Poverty? Retrieved from http://www.npc.umich.edu/poverty/ • Shah, Anup (2010). The Democratic Republic of the Congo. Retrieved from http://www.globalissues.org/article/87/the democratic-republic-of-congo