Factors of Poverty in Namibia

in 1990, Namibia which is situated on Africa’s south-western seaboard with neighboring countries Angola ,Botswana, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. With an annual population growth of 1.9% in 2009, it is estimated that the population is now currently at 2.1 million (see World Bank 2009). Namibia has a stable economy that according to the United Nations Development Programmed (UNDP, 2003) is second in sub-Saharan Africa in terms of per capita expenditure in the health sector. Namibia being a “middle

Introduction: Namibia is small flourishing country located in the south west of Africa. Its surrounding neighbors are Angola, Botswana, South Africa, and the South Atlantic Sea. The country is very young, and was recently liberated from foreign and South African rule, and was formerly known as South West Africa. Compared to all of its neighbors Namibia has an extremely low unemployment rate of 5.3%, and a GDP per capita of 7,500 USD. Even though the country appears to have a high per capita GDP

Introduction: Namibia is small flourishing country located in the south west of Africa. Its surrounding neighbors are Angola, Botswana, South Africa, and the South Atlantic Sea. The country is very young, and was recently liberated from foreign and South African rule, and was formerly known as South West Africa. Compared to all of its neighbors Namibia has an extremely low unemployment rate of 5.3%, and a GDP per capita of 7,500 USD. Even though the country appears to have a high per capita GDP

biologically more susceptible to get AIDS, which is also an inequity. Poverty affects the level of HIV/AIDS in Africa, as they do not have as much knowledge on the topic, and do not have the proper combatting techniques in store to combat the fight against AIDS. Gender inequities, socioeconomic status and poverty all contribute to the levels of HIV/AIDS in continental Africa. Gender inequalities; Male In terms of gender inequalities, In Namibia, it is believed that men who have sex with other men are more

AHMED SALIM NUHU On The Impact of Fiscal Policy and Trade Openness on Unemployment in Namibia 1. Introduction Unemployment remains a fundamental challenge for policy makers around the globe as it simultaneously increases poverty and threatens social stability within a country (Goker, 2013). Even though the literature recognizes the critical role fiscal policy plays in mitigating unemployment and stabilizing the economy (Auerbach, Gale, and Harris, 2010), the extent to which it works effectively

access to safe drinking water has many benefits, it helps in education, improves Health, and sickness is reduced, clean water also leads to food security, families can grow their own crops to feed them self. “Access to water can break the cycle of poverty” (the water project, n.d.) This report will discuss and look into water supply methods and choose the most appropriate water supply technique to a developing arid region. II. Background information Water scarcity in arid areas is caused by low

in our body is associated with aging. A second group of theories have tried to explain aging at cellular level. Cellular theories state that can exists a limit of how frequently cells divide before we die (the Hayflick limit) and that the biggest factor of aging can be the shortening of telomeres. Another type of cellular

the data collection process. Other resources needed were provided by various employers of team members. PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS The economy of Namibia is linked to the economy of South Africa. This means that the Namibian economy is highly sensitive and exposed to fluctuation of inflation and interest rates in the South African Market. Two main factors that currently have a direct impact on inflation and interest rates on the South African economy, is the monetary value of the South African Rand

within the Great Lakes Region overflowing into the Congo. Throughout this paper, I will highlight the importance of the Rwandan genocide and ultimately its impact in the ‘resource curse’ epidemic in the Congo. I also found that power imbalance, poverty, and migration, led to the disorganization, rampant sexual violence, and societal discord within the state as a whole. This paper then delineates the ways in which the DRC had potential to exist as a thriving African country, but ultimately had failings

The HIV virus was not discovered until the 1980’s therefore, there isn’t much reliable data on how many the disease affected before then. The most commonly believed theory on how HIV began to effect humans is the “butcher/hunter” theory which believes human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was cross spread from chimpanzees to humans by eating the animal or by getting the chimps blood into the hunter’s open wounds while hunting or butchering. Since this occurred, there has been a worldwide epidemic of