Pedro Del Bosque 8th Period Project

SPAIN

Spain is a culturally rich country, well known for its Flamenco music, sunny weather, sandy beaches and tasty food. The country has a good mix of historic and modern buildings, and each part of the country will be different from the other.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION

MADRID
CAPITOL CITY

Constitutional

monarchy

FORM OF GOVERNMENT

GNP-(2005)1100.1

Billion dollars

GNP

per Capita-(2005)25358 dollars

ECONOMY(GNP,GNP/CAPITA

Wine Olive

oil

Citric

fruits
pork

Iberian

MAJOR PRODUCTS

47.27 (0.1%

million (2012) annual change)

POPULATION GROWTH RATE/DOUBLING TIME

3,421(2003)
NUTRITION LEVEL (CALORIES/DAY)

LOCATION MAP

Schooling in Spain is state funded and is compulsory between the ages of six years and sixteen, given that no courses are repeated. Although non-university education in statefunded schools is free in Spain, parents must pay for books, materials, and sometimes uniforms for their children. Once the required schooling is finished, a student can then opt to continue on to high school (bachillerato) or move on to a vocational school. Only those who finish high school can be admitted to a university . Spanish school hours depend on each type of school. Some may run from 9 am through 5 pm with a two hour lunch break. Other schools may begin at 9 and end at 2 pm, the typical lunch time in Spain. Some schools may have only a one hour lunch break and may or may not provide a cafeteria for children to eat at the school. For working parents, Spanish schools offer a paid morning program starting as early as 7 am and an afterschool program of extracurricular activities, free or paid for, depending on the activity.The literacy rate of a country, while not a perfect measure, is often used to rank educational systems worldwide. According to the CIA World Factbook, 97.9% of Spain's population was literate in 2003. The figure encompasses a literacy rate in Spain of 98.7% among males and 97.2% among females. Literacy, in this case, is defined as a percentage of the population over the age of 15 that is able to read and write. Other sources indicate that the Spanish literacy rate is actually higher. The structure of the Spanish Education System follows the Fundamental Law of Education, known as LOE in Spain.

EDUCATION LEVEL(READING LEVEL)

A supplementary PPP Infrastructures Program was passed by the Spanish Government in 2010, in order to bring forward investments that would otherwise have been delayed due to the countrys current, well-known budgetary situation. Besides promoting job creation, this program is meant to be a new productivity model for sustainable mobility, cutting transport costs and improving competitiveness and efficiency, mainly by stimulating various kinds of railway transportation. This financial model aims to postpone its impact on the National Balance until the payment deadline in 2014, with the remaining expenditure to be paid during the life-cycle of the infrastructure 25 years for railways, 30 for roads through a unique annual fee comprising investment, maintenance, preservation and financial expenses. Regarding the projects commissioned to ADIF (Spanish Railways Infrastructure Manager), whose investments are NOT considered part of the budget deficit, 50% of the payment was originally to be disbursed during the execution of the works The total amount to be invested is Euro17 billion -- 1.7% GDP around 70% of which will be assigned to railways, while the remaining 30% will be devoted to roads and highways. Meanwhile 35% of the expenditure will go toward maintenance and preservation of existing infrastructures

INFRASTRUCTURE(TRANSPORTATIO N NETWORK, MILES OF PAVED ROADS.)

UNEMPLOYMENT

EDUCATION

FINANCIAL

CRISIS

ENERGY DEPENDENCY

BIGGEST CHALLENGES