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=**Africa Country Research**= media type="custom" key="3711307" StoryBoard Bibliography


 * Name of country || Egypt ||
 * Population size || 81,713,520 ||
 * Per capita GDP || $5,500 ||
 * Main exports || crude oil and petroleum products, cotton, textiles, metal products, chemicals ||
 * Main imports || machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, wood products, fuels ||
 * Resources || petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, manganese, limestone, gypsum, talc, asbestos, lead, zinc ||
 * Main ethnic groups || Egyptian 99.6% ||
 * Primary religions || Muslim ||
 * Unemployment rate || 8.7% ||
 * Infant mortality rate || //total:// 28.36 deaths/1,000 live births ||
 * Life expectancy || //total population:// 71.85 years ||
 * Literacy rate || 74.1% ||
 * Human Development Index (HDI) || 0.708 which is low but not very low. This number shows an index combining normalized measures of life expectancy, literacy, educational attainment, and GDP per capita for countries worldwide. ||

After you fill out this form about the country you are researching, write a paragraph summarizing your findings about this country. Draw a conclusion as to whether this country is in need of economic (or other) assistance. Egypt is not a very developed country but compared to other countries in Africa it is very high. The country needs aid but there are countries that need it more. Infrastructural projects are what Egypt needs such as power lines and waterwaste plants.

1. How long has the organization been in existence? November 3, 1961

2. Who founded it? President John F. Kennedy

3. Where is it headquartered? Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Penn. Av., NW, Washingtion, D.C. 20523

4. What is its purpose?
 * technical assistance and capacity building
 * training and scholarships
 * food aid and disaster relief
 * infrastructure construction
 * small-enterprise loans
 * budget support
 * enterprise funds
 * credit guarantees

5. Does it provide assistance just to Africa, or is it active around the world? Active around the world.

6. Which problem(s) is it addressing in Africa?
 * Enhance strategic partnerships
 * Consolidate democratic transitions
 * Bolster fragile states
 * Strengthen regional and sub-regional organizations
 * Strengthen regional security capacity
 * Strengthen Africa counterterrorism cooperation and capacity
 * Stimulate Africa's economic development and growth
 * Implement presidential initiatives
 * Focus on humanitarian and development assistance programs

7. Does it provide assistance to just one or several countries in Africa? Several

8. How does the organization raise money for its efforts? N/A because this is a feberal agency and it does not collect donations.

9. What is your organization's budget? Less than one-half of 1% of the federal budget. 14 million

10. How much of the money it collects for Africa is used for overhead (expenses)? N/A because it is a federal agency 11. Have the reviews of your organization's efforts been favorable or critical, i.e., what kind of a "report card" has it been getting? N/A because it is a federal agency so there is no "report card"

12. How would you rate your organization's efforts? Has it done "a good job?" From what the website says good.

13. Do you think donating money to your organization is worthwhile? N/A because this is a federal agency and it does not collect donations. But if this was an organization that took donations then I would.