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Courtney Boutwell United Kingdom Period 0 Poverty in Eastern Europe

__A.__   __Physical Geography__ 1. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2. Temperate with southwest winds. More than half the days are overcast. 3.     a.  54 00 N, 200 W, located in Western Europe, northwest of France b. Jagged hills and low mountains, rolling plains c. 244,820 sq km  __B.__    __Political Geography__ 4. Constitutional monarchy; chief of state: Queen Elizabeth II; Heir Apparent: Prince Charles; head of government: Prime Minister James Gordon Brown; Conservative, Democratic Unionist Party, Labor Party, Liberal Democrats, Party of Wales, Scottish National Party, Sinn Fein, Social Democratic and Labor Party, Ulster Unionist Party 5. London 6. ADB, AfDB, Arctic Council, Australia Group, BIS, C, CBSS, CDB, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, EIB, ESA, EU, FAO, G-5, G-7, G-8, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO. ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS, OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, PIF, SECI, UN, UN Security Council, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNOMIG, UNRWA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WEU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC 7. Army, Royal Navy, Royal Air Force __C.__   __Cultural Geography__ 8. English, Welsh, Scottish form of Gaelic; white, black, Indian, Pakistani, mixed, or other; Christian, Muslim, Hindu, other, unspecified, none 9. 60,943,912; 0.276% 10.   London, Liverpool, Southampton 11. 4.93 deaths/1,000 live births; 78.85 years __D.__   __Economic Geography__ 12. Total: $2.13 trillion; per capita: $35, 000 13. Arable land: 23.23% 14. Coal, petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, lead, zinc, gold, tin, limestone, salt, clay, chalk, gypsum, potash, silica sand, slate, arable land 15.  Cereals, oilseed, potatoes, vegetables, cattle sheep, poultry, fish, machine tools, electric power equipment, automation equipment, railroad equipment, shipbuilding, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, electronics and communications equipment, metals, chemicals, coals, petroleum, paper and paper products, food processing, textiles, clothing, other consumer goods. 16. Exports: manufactured goods, fuels, chemicals, food, beverages, tobacco; Imports: manufactured goods, machinery, fuels, foodstuffs 17. British pound (per US dollar-0.4993) 18. Exports: $442.2 billion; Imports: $621.4 billion
 * I. Country Profile:**

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/uk.html

a. Poverty in Eastern Europe b. Poverty in Eastern Europe started when an economic crisis hit Eastern Europe in 1978 and continued through 1987. Before the crisis, Eastern Europe had high levels of human development and social welfare. Literacy was almost universal, and well above other countries with similar levels of income. Official unemployment was nearly unheard of, and extreme poverty was extremely uncommon. During the economic crisis, income was lessening and people were having a hard time affording items and services needed. Growth in economy has remained sluggish, only beginning to show major improvements since 2000. c. Currently about 100 million people live in poverty, 50 of which are children. A commonly used international definition of extreme poverty is having to live on less than one dollar per person a day. Many children are forced are to become orphans because their parents can no longer provide for them. In many countries educational standards have dropped because schools cannot pay for basic supplies needed to teach. d. The United Kingdom is one of the leading trading powers and financial centers in the world. During the past twenty years the government has greatly reduced public ownership and contained the growth of social welfare programs. Since emerging from recession in 1992, the UK’s economy has had the longest period of expansion on record. Growth has stayed in the 2-3% range since 2004. a. http://www.un.org/esa/coordination/Alliance/resolutions.htm http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=23971&Cr=general&Cr1=debate http://www.un.org/docs/ecosoc/meetings/2006/hls2006/Preparatory/Statements/Chen_RT5.pdf b. Economic and Social Council c. The United Nations has been working very hard to solve this issue. The Economic and Social Council has been given the main responsibility on fixing this problem. The UN has passed resolution ECE/1424, and is striving to create new job opportunities for people. The United Nations is also working towards enhancing free trade, strengthening the economy. d. Poverty Net, RESULTS, Stop Child Poverty, Global Impact, Global Call to Action Against Poverty, Heifer Project International, Institute for the Study of Homelessness and Poverty, InterAction, Development Gateway, Center on Hunger and Poverty a. United Nations resolution 19 December 2005, resolution ECE/1424 b. The United Kingdom is one of the leading trading powers and financial centers in the world. During the past twenty years the government has greatly reduced public ownership and contained the growth of social welfare programs. Since emerging from recession in 1992, the UK’s economy has had the longest period of expansion on record. Growth has stayed in the 2-3% range since 2004. c. The United Kingdom has signed many resolutions to help aid the solving of this issue. The UK has also given many suggestions to lowering poverty levels, and been an active participant is fixing this pressing problem. d. The United Kingdom would like to work with other nations and the World Bank to help solve this issue. Putting organizations into order that would work to help end poverty is a solution that the UK is extremely supportive of, having many organizations with a similar purpose already in position. e. The United Kingdom has suggested making even more ambitious goals for dealing with poverty, as it leads to many other important issues and raises crime levels. The UK believes that governmental and nongovernmental organizations should be put in place to help this problem be solved as quickly as possible.
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