Economic Solutions to the Problems Facing Sudan

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Economic Solutions to the

Problems Facing Sudan

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Sudan is a massive country, it is 2.376 million sq km, that is just more than one quarter of the size of the USA, making it in the top 10 biggest countries in the world. Sudan also has a massive population, as you can see above it is over twice the size of the Netherlands.’   It has only been independent for 50 years last year, and has been in an almost constant civil war since 1955.

           Despite the massive scale of Sudan, only 6.8% of its land is arable, making it just about useless for farming, although this is a tactic many other African nations use to make their share of money. They also have a debt of about $29.7 billion, and although the G8 managed to abolish the debts of the 18 poorest countries (of almost 40 billion dollars) to the World Bank and others they have not yet got round to the almost 30 billion dollars owed by Sudan to the variety of banks. This would be the first step to development in Sudan. Next there is the problem of education. With only 37% of the population able to have a full education (Primary, Secondary and Tertiary) there is a major problem where the education of the general population is concerned. The next step for the development of Sudan is to improve education. Finally, it was decided to scan the results to see where Sudan could make money where is currently is not. The main thing found was natural gas; there is a proved reserve of about 84.95 billion m3, this is more than their proved reserves of oil. However they are failing to produce the masses of natural gas available to them. The next step towards development would be to mine this great resource, as it will help the country finance the education system and a more modern health system.

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Solutions to the Problems

Facing Sudan

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen of the World Bank and G8,

                                                        I stand before you this very evening to preach about the goodness of giving in the modern world, I am going to focus my aims on Sudan. Sudan owes you from the World Bank and others a total of 29.69 billion dollars, a massive amount of money, especially for a country who has been independent for little over 50 years. The British people here may know that it was, in fact, 51 years ago just earlier this month. It had been ...

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