MALDIVES

This is a presentation about the investments made in human capital

formation in Maldives

About Maldives

• Maldives or the Republic of the Maldives is an island nation in the Indian Ocean–Arabian Sea area. The chains stand at the south-west of Sri Lanka.

• The Maldives is the smallest Asian country in both population and land area. it is the planet's lowest country above the mean sea level. Forecasts predict that the rising sea level may drown the country.

Geography

• It is located between the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea.

• Co-ordinates: 3°15 N 73°00 E′ ′• About 1200 islands are present and 200 are

inhabited. It consists of 192 coral islands.• Hot and humid climate.• High vegetation of tropical trees like coconut

and other trees like banana, date-palm, breadfruit, papaya.

INVESTMENTS MADE IN HEALTH

Life Expectancy

Life expectancy is the expected number of years of life remaining at a given age.Life expectancy increases with age as the individual survives the higher mortality rates associated with childhood. In Medieval Britain life expectancy was:1200–1300: to age 641300–1400: to age 451400–1500: to age 691500–1550: to age 71

Life expectancy

COMPARISON WITH OTHER SOUTH-ASIAN COUNTRIES

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Life expectancy Rate (in %)

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Infant Mortality Rate

The infant mortality rate (IMR) is the number of deaths of infants under one year old per 1,000 live births.Infant Mortality rate (per 1;000 live births) in Maldives was last measured at 9 in 2012, according to the World Bank. Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year. Infant Mortality rate (per 1;000 live births) in Maldives is discussed in the next slide.

Infant Mortality Rate

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Birth Rate

The birth rate is the total number of births per 1,000 of a population each year. The rate of births in a population is calculated in several ways: live births from a universal registration system for births, deaths, and marriages; population counts from a census, and estimation through specialized demographic techniques.

Birth Rate

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Birth Rate

Death RateMortality rate  or Death Rate is a

measure of the number of deaths (in general, or due to a specific cause) in a population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit of time. Mortality rate is typically expressed in units of deaths per 1,000 individuals per year

Death Rate

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Policies of Government

• One notable initiative taken by the government is the Maldives Mission. It has reduced the infant mortality rate at an alarming speed.• Maldives Immunization Plan has resulted in the near elimination of the diseases like polio and tetanus.• Also, life expectancy in the Maldives has seen massive improvements over recent decades, increasing from 48 years in 1978 to 72 years in 2005.

Population estimate

INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION

Literacy Rate

 The total percentage of the population of an area at a particular time aged seven years or above who can read and write with understanding.The following slides will tell you more about the literacy rate of Maldives.

Literacy Rate (Male and Female)

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Initiatives takenAgain, The Maldives Mission has

a lot of contributions towards education especially in girls.

The Millennium Development Program has increased the literacy rate with a steady but an eminent progress.

The educated children are also given lots of opportunities of employment.

SUMMARYSo, as to what we saw, we conclude that;Maldives’ health is considered the topmost priority

of the government.The country is a very prosperous country with an

average literacy rate of 96.41% at present.Various successful initiatives have been taken to

improve the condition of the country in the fields of Health and education.

Even though it is a small island nation, the people are extracting as much as they can from human capital.

Although it is a developing country, it has almost all the features a developed country has. In 2010 it was an LDC but it has progressed a lot in development.

Annie Sam (Leader)

Shreyan Das

Aryaka

Bhavya Tayal

Suhani Bist

Tarannum Siddique

CREDITS

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