Israel-Deanna+Peiffer

Happy Birthday Deanna, Love, Jake. (4/15) Development HDI Rank: 0.932 #23 GDP: $28,800 Primary Jobs: copper mining, natural gas mining, fishing, livestock farming, commercial gardening Secondary Jobs: potter, clothing industry, electronic manufacturing, medical equipment industry, food processing Tertiary Jobs: Banking, electrical engineering, computer analyst, teachers, doctors Raw Materials: copper ore, natural gas, clay, sand, magnesium bromide Consumer Goods: Chicken, cosmetics, computers, gaming electronics, television, clothing, shoes, cell phones, books, furniture, appliances Education: Have preschool through 12th grade, mandatory to go to school until 16, free education until 18, 9% go to boarding school, many colleges Literacy: 97.10% Life Expectancy: Total-79.59 Male-77.44 Female-81.85 Infant Mortality: 6.75 deaths/ 1000 live births Natural Increase: 1.154% Crude Birth Rate: 17.71 births/ 1000 people GDI Rank: .927 #46 Factors: Women well treated similar power in household as to men 1:1 ratio of women's literacy compared to men's women can be drafted for two years while men can be for three

Industry Types: high-technology projects (including aviation, communications, fiber optics), food & beverages, construction, chemical products, plastics, diamond cutting, footwear Site factors: Large cities(labor), many illegal immigrants(labor), lots of land for factories, land relatively cheap, has fairly advanced technology Situation Factors: Borders Mediterranean Sea, Jordan River, Close to developed Europe like Italy(short flight), near Red Sea(transportation), many railroads

Resources Types of energy used: Electricity, fossil fuels( coal and natural gas), solar Problems with energy: Nonrenewable fossil fuels, must import much of it, put a lot of money into researching solar energy, costly, are researching more sustainable energy Pollution issues: Increase in population and industry leads to more pollution, water pollution, air pollution What they are doing: Educating people on environment, encouraging recycling, laws passed to minimize pollution

Comparison There are some similarities and differences in development between Israel and other countries. Israel along with other countries such as Japan, Italy, and Spain have a high literacy rate of over 97% in each of their countries. Also, they have a well structured education system that provides education to children who then have an opportunity to attend college afterwards. Furthermore, all these countries have highly skill tertiary job positions in common like jobs in medical and engineering fields. Unlike other counties, Israel’s resources are more dependent on things that do not grow like oil instead of on crops or livestock. Also, Israel has a relatively high crude birth rate of 17.71births/ 1000 people while the other countries range from 8.1 to 9.98 birth per 1000 people which means Israel is growing. Lastly, between Japan, Italy, Israel, and Spain Israel is the only country that has a natural increase rate of over 1% all the other countries have below 1% and Japan even has a negative natural increase rate indicating that its population is decreasing.

Overview Overall, Israel is a growing country with a sound structure that has a few issues to work out. With a natural increase rate of 1.154% and a crude birth rate of 17.71 births/ 1000 people they are definitely a growing country. Their country has a good foundation to grow on including a well structured educational system and booming industry that is fairly technologically advanced. But with all this growth Israel still has some issues. The growth leads to pollution problems as well as worry over the large consumption of natural resources. Also, women are treated well compared to other Middle East nations but they still have some growing to do until they reach the level of development that other countries like Britain have. So, Israel is currently in a state of growth and is doing well but it still has some issues to work out.

In 50 Years... In fifty years Israel will grow greatly and work out some of their current issues. Currently, their population is increasing and it will eventually level off after a few decades. After fifty years, Israel will be more developed because they are currently striving to be more developed. They have a good education and structural foundation. Fifty years will give them enough time for their industry to blossom fully and their legislation to clear up pollution to be taken into effect. This will clear up many of the pollution issues they are having now. Furthermore, they will be less dependent on fossil fuels like they are now because currently they are putting a lot of time, effort, and money into the research of solar energy. Overall, with fifty years of improvement Israel will grow and fix many of the issues they are having now because they are newer which will let them rise to the same standards of development as some countries in Western Europe which are currently only a few spots ahead of them in HDI ranking.

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