Post on 18-Jan-2016
ZAMBIAAustin Van Bruggen
Introduction
Zambia is a 3rd World Demographic country and a 2nd World Economic country.
Map/Location
Characteristics of a Global South Nation
A Global South Nation is generally a 2nd or 3rd World country (Zambia fits this description).
A Global South Nation can also have many other characteristics, such as industrialization after 1900, having been a colony, most of the people live in extreme poverty and fight for survival daily, and many people migrate from the country to escape that poverty.
Zambia possesses all of these characteristics and several others that classify it as a Global South nation.
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Education Expenditures (Percentage of GDP)
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As you can see, Zambia is in extreme turmoil demographically.
Thankfully, Zambia’s economics are in much better condition than its demographics.
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Examples of Interdependence
Zambia’s economy is heavily based on their mining and exporting of copper. This one product economy heavily depends on the global market and could easily cause disaster for the country economically.
Zambia relied heavily on loans from already industrialized nations in the late 60s to the 90s to help improve its industries.
Zambia imports and exports billions of dollars worth of goods and depends on the global market to sell their own products and to get needed products from other countries.
Obstacles to Development
Zambia is only slightly larger than Texas, leaving little area for use. Even less with all of the protected land for wild life.
Zambia is land locked. Zambia only gained their independence
from Britain in 1964. Zambia was ruled by a one party
dictatorial rule from 1972 until 1991. A majority of the people living in Zambia
are under 17 years old.
Obstacles to Development Cont.
Zambia has rainy and dry seasons making it difficult to grow crops.
Zambia primarily depends on the copper industry alone to support their economy.
Zambia has the 6th highest HIV/AIDS prevalence rate.
Is Zambia Improving or Worsening?
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Thankfully Zambia Is Improving!
Even with all of these negatives that are impeding Zambia’s growth, it’s still improving each year.
Zambia used to be one of the poorest countries in the world and with some of the worst conditions.
Though it is still in bad quality by our standards, Zambia is improving at an extremely high rate.
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Reasons for Growth
Even though Zambia is in a tough spot, they are improving at a high rate. Some of the reasons for this growth is…
Improved Governing Though Zambia was under the rule of a one
party dictatorial government that destroyed the nation economically and demographically, the government since then has become more experienced and has managed to restore the economy.
Reasons for Growth
After the end of the dictatorial rule in 1992, the Zambian government became a multi party democracy.
The Zambian economy and industries have grown enough so that they can start paying off the debts that were created by the old dictatorial government.
There are lots of charitable organizations that help people in Zambia each day. Especially with Zambia’s huge HIV/AIDS problem.
In Conclusion…
Zambia may be an extremely poor nation, but the rate at which it is improving is encouraging. As the country grows economically, it can afford to spend more money to improve its condition demographically.