The main purpose of the current assignment is to consider, analyze and evaluate the social and economic situation of one of the developing countries along with its cooperation with the international organizations providing financial aid to stimulate the country’s development. In particular, the following paper is going to consider Somalia, as one of the poorest countries of the World and discuss its development in terms of economy, social system and health.
According to the latest data provided by the World Bank, the country is currently facing a significant challenge to overcome in order to advance in its development. These challenges appear to be a corresponding result of two decades of continuous military conflicts and political instability despite the fact that these characteristics are being gradually improved. As a result, the current government of the country has to work with the economic system being almost dysfunctional due to high levels of poverty and unemployment along with colossal gaps within the infrastructure. The IMF and World Bank still accept that the current level of investments to the economic system of Somalia shows its gradual development and reports the country’s GDP to be approximately $5.7 billion in 2014 (World Bank Group, 2015).
Considering the health status of the country’s population, it is worth stating that average life expectancy within the country remains 54 years. Moreover, the population is severely suffering from the communicable diseases that result in each second death within the country. In particular, the population is suffering from malaria, pneumonia, neonatal sepsis, diarrhea and tuberculosis (WHO, 2016). Correspondingly, the country receives humanitarian help from the international organization to maintain the country’s population health and overall well-being. For example, the UN is currently working with the country’s Government under the new Integrated Strategic Framework aiming to implement a Joint Health and Nutrition Programme. The last represents a five-year program intended to improve the development of health sector and reduce the population’s mortality resulted by the aforementioned diseases (World Health Organization, 2014).
Thus, it appears obvious that healthy population of the country is attempting to improve the current situation within the country. For example, according to the latest data, the Government of Somalia aims to develop its health care system by involving the country’s human resources and provide them with professional medical education (News-Medical.net, 2013). Secondly, the improvement of public services is prioritized according to the statements of the country’s officials: “the authority for implementing a human resource management system for the recruitment, selection, performance appraisal, and dismissal will be within the scope of the local council to determine” (UN, n.d.). However, the third factor in human development of the country is the dissatisfaction and inability of the country’s youth to receive adequate education, specialization and corresponding career. Fourthly, the country still implements various social educational programs to stimulate the development of the Somalian youth(Hdr.undp.org, 2013).
Therefore, it appears more than obvious that the country’s government has much work to do in order to implement its economic, social and health systems. Despite the fact that the younger enthusiasts are willing to invest their labor and time to improve their well-being, massive numbers of individuals are leaving the country seeking better education and job. In their case, this is any job they can do and any education they can receive, as they do not have the same possibility in their home-country.
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News-Medical.net,. (2013). Somalia aims to provide universal basic health care by 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016, from http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130325/Somalia-aims-to-provide-universal-basic-health-care-by-2016.aspx
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