Guinea |
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Selected EarthTrends Data: |
| Variable | Value |
| Gini Index{1} | 40 |
| Population living on less than $1/day | n/a |
| Population living on less than $2/day | n/a |
| Poverty Gap $1/day | n/a |
| Poverty Gap $2/day | n/a |
| Access to improved sanitation | 18% |
| Access to an improved water source | 50% |
| Literacy rate, all adults | 30% |
| Life expectancy, both sexes | 54 years |
| Definitions and Sources |
| {1} Survey year: 1994. Based on expenditure. |
Poverty resources:
- Guinea - a socioeconomic assessment of well-being and poverty (Document)
- Guinea - Poverty reduction strategy paper and joint assessment (Document)
- USAID Guinea Country Office (Project)
- World Bank Guinea Program (Project)
Poverty datasets:
- None
Citations from the World Resources Report:
- Biological Monitoring of the Impacts of the Ok Tedi Copper Mine on Fish Populations in the Fly River System, Papua New Guinea
- Giving Away the River Cont.: The Environmental Impact of The Ok Tedi Mine, Papua New Guinea
- Mining, Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights: A Case Study of the Ok Tedi Mine, Papua New Guinea (Draft)
- Papua New Guinea Environment Monitor
- Participation in Artisanal Fisheries Management for Improved Livelihoods in West Africa: a Synthesis of Interviews and Cases from Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea and Ghana
- Planning for Sustainable Development in the Mining Industry of Papua New Guinea: Benefit Stream Analysis
- The Big Polluter and the Constructing of Ok Tedi: Eco-Imperialism and Underdevelopment Along the Ok Tedi and Fly Rivers of Papua New Guinea
- The Development Forum Process and Approval of Large Mining Projects in Papua New Guinea
- The Perspective of a Papua New Guinea NGO
- World Bank Mining Advisor, Papua New Guinea
EarthTrends Country Profiles: (opens pdf in a new window)
World Bank PovertyNet Library: (opens in a new window)
Development Gateway: (opens in a new window)
