Year 8 Economics & Business
Solomon Islands
Last updated 5 September 2019
This website has some excellent statistics and information on lots of different countries.
Welfare
(e.g. Unemployment benefits, Pensions)
Provision of Infrastructure
(e.g. Roads, Ports, Railways, Communication, Internet access)
Dziedzic, S. (2019, June 3). Prime Minister Scott Morrison pledges $250 million for Solomon Islands infrastructure. ABC News. Retrieved from https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-03/scott-morrison-pledges-$250-million-for-solomon-islands/11172062
International Telecommunications Union. (n.d.). Statistics. Retrieved from https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/stat/default.aspx
This page gives information in an Excel spreadsheet about how many people in each country have access to telephones and internet technology. You will need to download the spreadsheets to view the data.
Struble, K. (2018). Development of infrastructure in the Solomon Islands. Retrieved from https://borgenproject.org/infrastructure-in-the-solomon-islands/
World Bank. (2017, August 3). Solomon Islands – ‘powerless’: the Betikama story [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMt5Lm-w8c4
World Food Programme. (2018). Solomon Islands road network. Retrieved from https://dlca.logcluster.org/display/public/DLCA/2.3+Solomon+Islands+Road+Network
Wages and employee relations
(e.g. Minimum wage, Superannuation, Child labour laws, Safety laws)
Provision of goods and services
(e.g. Education, Health care)
A look at the health care system in the Solomon Islands (2015). Retrieved from https://www.healthcareglobal.com/supply-chain/look-health-care-system-solomon-islands
Asia Pacific Observatory on Health Systems and Policies. (2015). Solomon Islands health system review. Retrieved from http://www.searo.who.int/entity/asia_pacific_observatory/publications/hits/hit_solomon_island/en/
You don’t need to read the whole report, just the summary on this page.
Solomon Islands. (2019). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from Britannica School database.
Other relevant areas
References
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