Why: Ethiopia's economy is really poor. Also the government doesn't have a lot of money to spend on helping them.
Many children in Ethiopia have been starving for a long time. This starvation has been coming from many diffrent causes but the main causes are people doing substantial farming. This kind of farming provides food for only the farmers family and his neighbors. Another cause is droughts in Ethiopia wich makes farming even worse. Here are some economical demographics to back up my choices.
Debt and Aid
Debt: $2.622 billion (31 December 2007 est.)Aid Given: N/AAid Received: $1.6 billion (FY05/06) Number in labour force: 27.27 million (1999)Sectors: agriculture: 80% industry: 8% services: 12% (1985)Unemployment: NA% Currency: birr (ETB)GDP: $62.19 billion (2007 est.)GDP Per Capita: $800 (2007 est.)GDP Real Growth: 11.4% (2007 est.)GDP Composition: agriculture: 47% industry: 13.2% services: 39.8% (2007 est.)Production Growth Rate: 11% (2007 est.) Industries: food processing, beverages, textiles, leather, chemicals, metals processing, cementLand use: arable land: 10.01% permanent crops: 0.65% other: 89.34% (2005)Exports: coffee, qat, gold, leather products, live animals, oilseedsElectricity Consumption: 2.577 billion kWh (2005)Natural Gas Consumption: 0 cu m (2005 est.)Oil Consumption: 29,000 bbl/day (2005 est.)
The Issue
Who: The children of Ethiopia
What: The children are starving.
Where: all over Ethiopia
When: From 1984-present
Why: Ethiopia's economy is really poor. Also the government doesn't have a lot of money to spend on helping them.
Many children in Ethiopia have been starving for a long time. This starvation has been coming from many diffrent causes but the main causes are people doing substantial farming. This kind of farming provides food for only the farmers family and his neighbors. Another cause is droughts in Ethiopia wich makes farming even worse. Here are some economical demographics to back up my choices.
Debt and AidDebt: $2.622 billion (31 December 2007 est.)Aid Given: N/AAid Received: $1.6 billion (FY05/06) Number in labour force: 27.27 million (1999)Sectors: agriculture: 80% industry: 8% services: 12% (1985)Unemployment: NA% Currency: birr (ETB)GDP: $62.19 billion (2007 est.)GDP Per Capita: $800 (2007 est.)GDP Real Growth: 11.4% (2007 est.)GDP Composition: agriculture: 47% industry: 13.2% services: 39.8% (2007 est.)Production Growth Rate: 11% (2007 est.) Industries: food processing, beverages, textiles, leather, chemicals, metals processing, cementLand use: arable land: 10.01% permanent crops: 0.65% other: 89.34% (2005)Exports: coffee, qat, gold, leather products, live animals, oilseedsElectricity Consumption: 2.577 billion kWh (2005)Natural Gas Consumption: 0 cu m (2005 est.)Oil Consumption: 29,000 bbl/day (2005 est.)