The world's poorest nations

NegrophobeNegrophobe Regular
edited December 2010 in Spurious Generalities
Douglas A. McIntyre, Charles B. Stockdale, and Michael B. Sauter, 24/7 Wall St., July 6, 2010

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{snip} Eighteen of the poorest countries by GDP per capita are in Africa. That is not surprising given the famine and war that have racked the continent for the better part of the last four decades. Contributing to these hardships is that many of these countries were recently territories or protectorates of European nations.

The concentration of poverty and the lack of national productivity would have looked very different five decades ago. In the 1960s, China and India were relatively poor nations, with huge populations, low literacy rates, and tremendous untapped resources. {snip}

Most of the poorest nations in Africa do not have effective central governments due to instability and civil war. Corrupt officials at all levels bleed money from the economy, “redirecting” aid from the West and “taxing” whatever the country’s immature industries produce on their own.

Many of Africa’s nations are resource-rich. Some have taken advantage of it. Nigeria is one of the largest oil-producing nations in the world. Meanwhile, other African countries with significant natural resources, like the Democratic Republic of Congo, do not have access to the capital needed to create an infrastructure that could exploit its resources.

The greatest problem for many of these counties is that they have limited means to improve their financial conditions. Some do not have arable land, others have negligible deposits of metal, oil, or gas. Each one been perpetually poor. And with a few exceptions, there is only modest hope that their situations will improve in the decades to come. They must rely on whatever aid they receive from the West, and perhaps Russia and China. They are now and likely will remain the poorest nations.


20) Republic of Haiti

*Population: 9.2 million
*GDP (ppp): $11.5 billion
*$GDP Per Capita: $1,338

The poorest nation outside of the African continent, {snip}.


19) Burkina Faso

*Population: 16.2 million
*GDP (ppp): $17.7 billion
*$GDP Per Capita: $1,304

The infrastructure of this west African nation has been plagued by frequent droughts and several coups since the 1980s. This country’s main export is cotton, which due partly to these intense droughts and heavy fluctuations in the industry, has been an unreliable cash crop.


18) Federal Republic of Nepal

*Population: 28.9 million
*GDP (ppp): $31.5 billion
*$GDP Per Capita: $1,205

Land-locked and isolated, one-third of Nepal’s GDP comes from small-time agriculture. Like Burkina Faso, the country has experienced much political instability over the past few decades. While the nation has significant potential for the development of a hydroelectric power infrastructure, this instability, coupled with the nation’s propensity for natural disasters, has left this resource largely untapped.


17) Republic of Uganda

*Population: 33.4 million
*GDP (ppp): $36.9 billion
*$GDP Per Capita: $1,195

Uganda has a great deal of potential with its vast natural resources, particularly precious metals and minerals. {snip} The underdevelopment of a mining infrastructure, as well as a general lack of industrialization, is largely due to large-scale civil unrest and international conflict with neighboring countries, {snip}.


16) Republic of Mali

*Population: 13.7 million
*GDP (ppp): $15 billion
*$GDP Per Capita: $1,172

Another agriculture-heavy region, densely populated Mali relies heavily on its tobacco industry, which makes up at least 50% of total exports. {snip} In particular, the unpredictable and unreliable availability of utilities, including electricity, water and telecommunications has deterred foreign investors and hampered development.


15) Republic of Rwanda

*Population: 11,055,976
*GDP (ppp): $9.9 billion
*$GDP Per Capita: $1,149

{snip} Like several others on this list, this nation is rich in minerals. Efforts to develop this resource, aided by the international perception of increased stability after nearly 1 million deaths during the genocide, have caused mineral production to replace coffee and tea as Rwanda’s main export.


14) Republic of Guinea

*Population: 10.3 million
*GDP (ppp): $10.3 billion
*$GDP Per Capita: $991

Guinea retains significant potential in agricultural and mineral resources, as well as hydroelectric development, but a wide range of issues, including a literacy rate of less than 30% and political uncertainty, has left these industries underdeveloped.


13) Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

*Population: 88 million
*GDP (ppp): $70.9 billion
*$GDP Per Capita: $954

One of the largest and poorest of the African nations, Ethiopia relies heavily on agricultural exports (particularly coffee) to sustain GDP. Heavy droughts, poor farming practices, price fluctuations, and a two-year war with Eritrea hurt the industry, causing many coffee growers to switch to other crops. {snip}


12) Republic of Mozambique

*Population: 22 million
*GDP (ppp): $18.6 billion
*$GDP Per Capita: $933

{snip} Working against massive foreign debt with the aid of international organizations, the nation has managed to garner some attention from investors and has developed a sizable aluminum industry. The growth and export potential of the aluminum industry has been hampered by a sharp drop in the price of the metal since the global economic recession.


11) Republic of Madagascar

*Population: 21.3 million
*GDP (ppp): $19.7 billion
*$GDP Per Capita: $932

Until 1990, Madagascar had a socialist-oriented government, which was replaced by one which has relied heavily on the IMF for economic guidance. {snip}


10) Republic of Malawi

*Population: 15.4 million
*GDP (ppp): $11.3 billion
*$GDP Per Capita: $884

{snip} high levels of poverty, HIV/Aids and corruption continue to burden Malawi, one of the world’s most densely populated and least developed countries. In addition, the overuse of agricultural land—the nation’s primary natural resource—has contributed to over half of the Malawian population living below the poverty line. There are plans for exploiting the country’s uranium reserves.


9) Togolese Republic (Togo)

*Population: 6.2 million
*GDP (ppp): $5.3 billion
*$GDP Per Capita: $826

Experiencing ongoing political unrest since gaining independence from France in 1960, Togo is considered to be one of the world’s poorest countries. Led by the universally condemned President Faure Gnassingbe, son of the corrupt political leader Gnassingbe Eyadema, Togo has only recently begun to rebuild its relationship with the international community after years of human rights violations. {snip}


8) Republic of Sierra Leone

*Population: 5.2 million
*GDP (ppp): $4.3 billion
*$GDP Per Capita: $759

Although rich in minerals and agricultural resources, Sierra Leone suffered a ten-year war, which ended in 2002. {snip} The export of diamonds, often called “blood diamonds,” benefits only a small minority of the country. {snip}


7) Central African Republic

*Population: 4.8 million
*GDP (ppp): $3.2 billion
*$GDP Per Capita: $745

A site of constant political turmoil, the CAR has undergone three decades of bumbling military dictatorships, a decade of unruly civilian government, and an unstable transitional government established by a military coup. All of this has happened since gaining independence from France in 1960. There is great potential for economic growth within CAR’s timber and diamond industries, however years of corruption and political instability have undermined this progress.


6) Republic of Niger

*Population: 15.9 million
*GDP (ppp): $10.1 billion
*$GDP Per Capita: $719

{snip} These facts, in addition to Niger’s prolonged history of post-independence military rule, keep the nation as one of the poorest in the world, devastated by disease and corruption.


5) State of Eritrea

*Population: 5.8 million
*GDP (ppp): $3.7 billion
*$GDP Per Capita: $679

{snip} The country’s single party government, run by the People’s Front for Democracy and Justice, maintains total control over the economy through military force and the expansion of government-owned businesses.


4) Republic of Liberia

*Population: 3.7 million
*GDP (ppp): $1.4 billion
*$GDP Per Capita: $424

As a result of years of civil war and a cycle of incompetent government administrations, Liberia has suffered extensive economic hardships since a 1980 military coup led by Samuel Doe. Fortunately, an abundance of water, timber, and mineral resources offer a chance for salvation for to the nation’s war-ravaged infrastructure.


3) Republic of Burundi

*Population: 9.8 million
*GDP (ppp): $3 billion
*$GDP Per Capita: $400

Having recently emerged from a civil war between the Hutu and Tutsi factions, Burundi’s economy faces many challenges. It is landlocked, lacking in resources, largely uneducated (only one in two children attend school), and one in every fifteen adults has HIV/Aids. {snip}


2) Republic of Zimbabwe

*Population: 11.6 million
*GDP (ppp): $332 MILLION (note: whoa!)
*$GDP Per Capita: $354

One of, if not the poorest nation in the world, Zimbabwe’s economy has suffered from war with the Democratic Republic of Congo and hyperinflation as a result of the overprinting of currency. A violent land redistribution campaign has scared away most potential foreign investors.


1) Democratic Republic of Congo

*Population: 70.9 million
*GDP (ppp): $20.6 billion
*$GDP Per Capita: $332

Although rich with economic resources, the Democratic Republic of Congo has suffered from war and corruption since its independence in 1960. Once the second most industrialized country in Africa, it now has in the lowest GDP per capita in the world. {snip}
http://247wallst.com/2010/07/06/the-twenty-poorest-nations-in-the-world/

Haiti used to be thriving until the blacks took over, yes the earthquakes aren't their fault but it was shit before then, they keep each other as slaves there and sell each other too you know. Mali wasn't too bad when the arabs were running it and had niggers in slavery either, before then it was shit and today it is shit. Despite many of these nations thriving with resources, they just can't get it together or get bullied by capitalist big shots. They're weak and inferior.

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  • edited November 2010
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    Neal Gettinger / A sewage-filled ditch in Cité Soleil, a sprawling slum on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. A gun battle on July 6 has increased tensions. Copyright 2005 The New York Times Company
  • DirtySanchezDirtySanchez Regular
    edited November 2010
    OP I know you don't agree with William Pierce but he did a great video about Haiti and the truth behind there so called revolution for independence. It was a fucking hate filled slaughter or Europeans.

    The nigger is not capable of running there own nation. Hell they wouldn't even have the wheel if it weren't for us. There is no denying there inferior and it comes as no surprise that the poorest nations are the nigger run nations. Look at Liberia they still practice ritual;l cannibalism there but remember according to the multicult lovers thats a valid culture:facepalm:
  • jaconjacon Acolyte
    edited December 2010
    What did you expect? Those nations were (and still are) exploited for decades, even centuries, by europeans and americans, how the fuck would they be rich?

    And by exploited I mean the "white man's burden", neo-colonialism, imperialism, the fact that they separated countries not based on local cultures but instead on their on interests, and all that shit.
  • TCO420TCO420 Regular
    edited December 2010
    Your trolls fail
  • edited December 2010
    jacon wrote: »
    What did you expect? Those nations were (and still are) exploited for decades, even centuries, by europeans and americans, how the fuck would they be rich?

    And by exploited I mean the "white man's burden", neo-colonialism, imperialism, the fact that they separated countries not based on local cultures but instead on their on interests, and all that shit.

    You're a fucking idiot. Haiti was "exploited," the leftist term for given instructions on civilized living and behavior, then the blacks murdered every last white man, woman, and child on the island. They haven't been "exploited" for over 200 years.
  • SlartibartfastSlartibartfast Global Moderator -__-
    edited December 2010
    Zimbabwe failed because they nationalised all white owned assets and put less capable (but loyal) blacks in charge and then they began to print money with nothing to back it.

    All the previously owned white farms and businesses stopped making money and food. To top it all off Mugabe refused humanitarian assistance from the rest of the world as he deemed the aide to be 'imperialist'
  • jaconjacon Acolyte
    edited December 2010
    Civilized living and behaviour is relative. About the slave revolution, yeah it was bad, it actually was perfectly described in that book within 1984 (really cant remember the name now) but don't overstate, the former slaves didn't "murder every last white man, woman and child". And Papa Doc is the one to blame for the shit hole that the country is now.
  • edited December 2010
    jacon wrote: »
    Civilized living and behaviour is relative.
    On full display today is the moral relativism of the leftist.

    "But their culture is just as valid as ours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
  • jaconjacon Acolyte
    edited December 2010
    I'm going to ignore the sarcasm and say: Yes, you are right, there are no right or wrong cultures, there simply are cultures, some of which may differ from your values and beliefs, but still are cultures nonetheless.
  • fanglekaifanglekai Regular
    edited December 2010
    Africans remove clits from women. That's enough reason for me to hate them :o
  • MooseKnuckleMooseKnuckle Regular
    edited December 2010
    fanglekai wrote: »
    Africans remove clits from women. That's enough reason for me to hate them :o

    wots a clit? :confused:
  • DirtySanchezDirtySanchez Regular
    edited December 2010
    jacon wrote: »
    I'm going to ignore the sarcasm and say: Yes, you are right, there are no right or wrong cultures, there simply are cultures, some of which may differ from your values and beliefs, but still are cultures nonetheless.

    :facepalm::facepalm::facepalm::facepalm: So Mudslimes who throw acid on the faces of young girls that try to attend school is a valid culture?

    What about beheading? Genital mutilation? Death for adultery? beating women who don't wear burkas? I guess thats all OK with you cause like its teh culture right?

    Niggers who eat human flesh in Liberia are a valid culture? What about in Africa and the middle east where old men marry 12 year olds or in Afghanistan where men buy young boys as sex slaves?

    I don't know you but you make me sick you liberal faggot. There are no right or wrong cultures what a joke. Go move to Africa or the middle east if they're so great. Better yet go kill yourself.

    You and people like you are exactly what is wrong with America and the white race as a whole you bleeding heart douche. Btw this image below shows an equal person in your mind??
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  • fanglekaifanglekai Regular
    edited December 2010
    Goddamit I'm spending too much time on totse. DirtySanchez is making more and more sense :sad:
  • jaconjacon Acolyte
    edited December 2010
    Never said I agreed with every culture nor condoned with the practices. And yeah, all the things you mentioned are very fucked up, the point of my post wasn't to be all like "yeah guys, removing clits/stoning women to death is a cultural aspect, let's just respect it and keep walking", what I meant was that there is no single culture.
    But anyways, thank you for actually making a point instead of just being annoying like the other guy, and yes, I mean it.
  • edited December 2010
    jacon wrote: »
    Never said I agreed with every culture nor condoned with the practices. And yeah, all the things you mentioned are very fucked up, the point of my post wasn't to be all like "yeah guys, removing clits/stoning women to death is a cultural aspect, let's just respect it and keep walking", what I meant was that there is no single culture.
    But anyways, thank you for actually making a point instead of just being annoying like the other guy, and yes, I mean it.

    You need to accept that some cultures are irredeemably primitive and have no place in the modern world. Until then, enjoy being a liberal with a brain made out of pudding, and I'll treat you as such. :rolleyes:
  • stresstres Regular
    edited December 2010
    fanglekai wrote: »
    Goddamit I'm spending too much time on totse. DirtySanchez is making more is more sense :sad:

    somebody had to say it ... :thumbsup:
  • jaconjacon Acolyte
    edited December 2010
    Religion has no place in the modern world, but oh well. And ok, I see your point, don't completely agree with it, but I see it.
  • NegrophobeNegrophobe Regular
    edited December 2010
    jacon wrote: »
    Religion has no place in the modern world

    I think anyone who isn't a retard would agree with this statement. It's no surprise that many non-whites are religious as are women more susceptible to it. Why did you bring religion into this argument?

    It's also been shown that religion is more likely to equate to less intelligence.
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