Pakistan-Gabby+Townsend

HDI Rank -Score: 0.551 GDP -$2,600 Primary Sector job -Agriculture: 42%. Cotton farmers, wheat, rice, sugarcane, cow farms. Secondary Sector jobs -Industry: 20%. Textiles and apparel, food processing, pharmaceuticals, construction materials, paper products, fertilizer, and shrimp. Tertiary Sector Jobs -Services: 38%. Hospital staff, Parole officers, Beauticians, training officers, Gynecologists, police officers. Raw Materials -Land, extensive natural gas reserves, limited petroleum, poor quality coal, iron ore, copper, salt, and limestone. Consumer Goods -Cotton, wheat, rice, sugarcane, mutton, eggs, milk, beef, leather goods, carpets, rugs, sports goods, chemicals. Education -Education is divided into 5 sections of learning. Primary is the youngest group of children. They then move up to middle education, which leads t o high and then intermediate levels, which give the students a secondary learning certificate. There is also a university, graduate and advanced programs. There are also many different technical schools to train you for secondary and tertiary jobs. Literacy -49.9% literate total. Males: 63%. Females: 36% Life Expectancy -Male: 62.73 years. Female: 64.83 years. Total: 63.75 years. Infant Mortality Rate -68.84 deaths/ 1,000 live births Natural Increase Rate -1.828% Crude Birth Rate -27.52 births/ 1,000 population GDI Rank and factors -Rank: 136. Score: 525. Women do not get the equal education as men and are looked down upon. Women are still treated as inferior to men in Pakistan. However, some women have been able to work hard and obtain such jobs as gynecology. Others may work as beauticians, or have other service jobs. Many do not work because they are forced to become housewives.

Industry:

Textiles and Apparel Food processing Pharmaceuticals Paper Products Fertilizers

Situation factors: The location of China helps Pakistan’s industry because they are initiating Pakistan’s drive for natural resources. The close proximity to Afghanistan and relations with India are determining Pakistan’s stable economy. The industry is developing now because of the increase in motor vehicles in the past few years. Problems with bordering countries have made Pakistan have many developing problems that are continuing to hurt the economy. The Indian ocean is used in transportation of goods and imports.

Site factors: Pakistan is a relatively small country, so the close towns help the industry by consuming the products faster. Pakistan is a less developed country and does not have the best economy to produce the products and sell them to the public and still make a great profit. The economy is starting to blossom and is helping Pakistan to move to more tertiary jobs rather than staying completely in the primary and secondary jobs.

Cheap land in Pakistan is purchased for agriculture as well as expanding industry.

There are a great amount of primary workers that are used for the production of consumer goods.

Resources:

Energy that is used by the Pakistanis are fossil fuels, nuclear power, ad hydroelectric power. 68.8% of all energy used is derived from fossil fuels. Only 3% is derived from nuclear power. Due to this choice in energy use, the country is polluted. Pakistan is in a pollution crisis. The amount of pollution in the air in Pakistan is one of the highest levels in the world. This is causing serious health problems for the citizens. The fuel used in the cars has been the leading cause of pollution in the country. The amount of cars on the road has increased by 5 times in the past 20 years. Also, many are using the cheapest fuel that pollutes more because of their low wages. In addition to the air pollution, there is also a serious problem with water pollution as well. The water in Pakistan has proved to be a horrible problem and has already lead to numerous deaths. Pakistan has been trying to avoid this much pollution. There have been many attempts to correct this problem. The National Conservation Strategy report has been numerously updated but has done little to help the problem. As of now, there are no ways of fixing this problem. The wages continue to be miniscule and therefore the cheap over-polluting fuel will continue to be used.

Links: Statistics on GDP, life expectancy, literacy rate, natural increase, etc. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pk.html

Tertiary, secondary, and primary jobs. jobs-in-pakistan.dearlinks.com

HDI, resources http://www.unescap.org/survey2008/notes/pakistan.asp

Comparisons:

I also compared Pakistan to France. France and Pakistan are very different. One example of their differences is their HDI ranking and score. France is a very developed country and Pakistan is the opposite. Pakistan is a LDC and has a HDI score of .551 while France has a HDI score of 93. Another difference is the literacy rate. France has a high literacy rate of 99% while Pakistan is only literate at a 50%. This just shows the difference of technology and advancement in each country. A third obvious difference is the huge difference in infant mortality rates. In France in rate is only 3.41 deaths out of 1000 live births while in Pakistan the number soars to 68.8 deaths per 1000 live births. The healthcare is very different in the two countries, which causes this huge gap in deaths. Although the two countries are very different, they have some similarities as well. One similarity, for example, is the natural increase rate, They are not exactly the same but are very close. France has a natural increase rate of 2% and Pakistan has a rate of 1.8%. Another similarity is the same percentage of the country having secondary jobs. Each country accounts for 20% of its citizens holding secondary jobs. A third similarity is the countries raw materials They both have raw materials in metals and coal. Each country has the same resources. This just shows that Pakistan is under developed not because of the lack of resources but because of their bad leadership and lack of advancement throughout the years. France is much better off than Pakistan because they have advanced in technology and customs.

Another country that is closer in development to Pakistan than France is Nigeria. Nigeria is a under developed country just as Pakistan is. For example, both countries have generally the same type of consumer goods. They both produce textiles more than other goods. Also, the GDP is around the same amount. Both countries are very poor. A third similarity includes the methods of energy use. Pakistan uses natural gas as well as hydroelectric power as an energy source as well as Nigeria. Although both countries are similar and under developed, they have many differences as well. One of those being the type of industry in each country. Pakistan focuses mainly around the textile industry. Nigeria focuses on the fuel source and harvesting oil as an industry. Another difference is the literacy rates. Nigeria may be a under developed country but its literacy rate is higher than that of Pakistan. This shows that Pakistan is more under developed than countries in Africa. However, Pakistan’s healthcare appears to be a bit more advanced that Nigeria’s due to the infant mortality rate. This rate is very high in Nigeria. It is 30% higher than in Pakistan. The two countries have their similarities and differences. Pakistan is more developed with its healthcare programs but not in other categories. Nigeria has a great potential profit with the oil industry and could become more developed in the future. Pakistan does not have the resources to become very developed in the near future. Therefore, Nigeria is better off than Pakistan economically but not physically.

A third country I compared Pakistan to is Ethiopia. Ethiopia is a very under developed country in Africa. It is much more underdeveloped than Pakistan. For example, the GDP is 1,000 dollars lower than that of Pakistan. Also, the HDI is much lower than Pakistan’s as well. The infant mortality rate is 30% higher than Pakistan’s. This shows that Pakistan is far more developed than Ethiopia. However, even though there are big differences in development between the two countries there are also similarities. One of those includes the types of industry focused on in the two countries. They both share the common industry of textiles being there main support of exports and consumer goods. Another includes the use of energy. Both use hydroelectric power and oil as fuel. They both have many of the same resources and raw materials. A third similarity is the growing pollution problem in both countries that originates from the extensive use of gasoline as fuel. Although each country has similar resources and industries, they are very different. Pakistan is much more developed than Nigeria. Pakistan is more stable economically and has a much better healthcare program. Therefore, Pakistan is the more developed country between the two of them.