2. Government
Mexico Marshall Islands
In 1821, Mexico gained 165 years later in 1986,
independence from the Marshall Islands
Spain. Currently, gained independence
from the US
Mexico has a federal Administration under a
republic government compact of Free
which means there is a Association. This
division of powers means that the US
agreed to provide
between the federal and financial assistance, to
local government. be renewed every 15-
Federal Local 20 years, in exchange
for full international
Taxes Roads defense authority.
3. Mexico Marshall Islands
The legislative branch of the
President and government is made up of the
Nitijela (Parliament) with an
advisory Council of Iroij (high
Senators elected chiefs).
for a six year The executive branch is under
the leadership of the President,
who is elected by the Nitijela
term. from among its membership.
The President selects the other
Institutional 10 members of his cabinet from
the Nitijela. The first president of
Revolutionary the republic was elected in
1979.
Party (nationalist) The Marshall Islands has four
court systems: the Supreme
Court, High Court, District and
ruled for 71 years, Community Courts, and the
Traditional Rights Court. Most
in 2000 political trial cases are heard before a
judge. Jury trial is used only in
change to unusual circumstances because
of the difficulty in finding
democratic unbiased jurors within such a
small population. The Council of
Iroij, representing traditional
4. Education
Mexico Marshall Islands
Education in Mexico is greatly The Marshall Islands has 77
segregated by social class. public elementary schools
Children of wealthy families go and three public secondary
to private schools, while schools. There are 26
children of poor families attend private elementary schools
schools with less money to and 13 private secondary
spend on education.
schools. Head Start is
The Mexican government available to 35% of the 3-to
mandates education through 5-year-olds in the Marshall
sixth grade, but many children Islands. In 1999, 84% of
have to work over education.
elementary school age
UNICEF reports that 84% of children and 69% of the
children who begin primary secondary school age
school reach grade five.
children attended classes.
PROGRESA is a program that Test scores reveal that the
provides aid to the poorest of education system needs to
the poor in Mexico by providing
money for schooling costs such be improved. Though there
as uniforms and textbooks as is a 19 to 1 ratio of students
well as health care for the to teachers, the quality of
children. These services are education is of great
contingent on the children's concern. Nearly half of the
school attendance. teachers in the Marshall
5. Environmental Concerns/Health
Mexico Marshall Islands
Scarcity and pollution Inadequate supplies of
of natural freshwater, potable water
raw sewage and Pollution from
household waste and
industrial waste discharge from fishing
polluting rivers in vessels
urban areas, 2.5% GDP: Health
deforestation expenditures are
The government broadly defined as
activities performed
considers the lack of either by institutions or
clean water and individuals through the
deforestation national application of medical,
security issues and/or nursing
knowledge and
Rural to urban technology, to promote,
migration restore, or maintain
health. (Rank
6. Medical Availability
Mexico Marshall Islands
Small, private systems Obtaining medicine is
to universal health often a problem.
insurance programs Hospitals have limited
that are a mix of private, supplies and are often
public, and employer out of the most basic of
funding. medicines.
Different levels of care Routine laboratory work
at various levels of is available.
quality. Simple dental work is
$800 per person spent accessible. Checkups,
of healthcare. cleaning, and x-rays but
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they are not up to U.S.
standards.
Families pay a premium
to join based on their Optical care is very
income. About 20 % of difficult to access.
7. Marshallese Housing Standards
Houses in the urban centers are simple wooden or cement-block
structures, with corrugated iron roofs; because of the limited land
availability, houses are heavily crowded. In the outer atolls houses are
constructed of local materials, with thatched sloping roofs and sides of
plaited palm fronds. In 1999, there were about 6,478 households with an
average of 7.8 people per household. About 90% of households relied on
rain water as a primary water source, 39% of households had indoor flush
toilets, and 63% had access to electricity for lighting and/or cooking
8. Mexico Housing Standards
A restricted availability of private territory, given that
nearly 50% is still subject to a “common” ownership
scheme (“ejido property”).
The limited purchasing power of about 40% of all
Mexican households, which earn less than $150
dollars per month and which, statistically, require an
equivalent share of all housing needs.
Substandard housing is more visible in urban areas.
In virtually all urban areas, outlying squatter
settlements are a major feature of the landscape.
Rural migrants build makeshift housing, often of used
or discarded materials, on unoccupied lands at the
edges of cities.
According to the National Water Commission
(Conagua), 9.7 percent of the Mexican population still
lacks access to piped water and 13.6 percent to
sanitation.”
9. Cultural Norms
Mexico Marshall Islands
Arriving person greets If raised in strong
the others Marshall Islands
culture, it is not polite
Close extended family
to point to or touch
relationships another person’s
Males as respected head
providers Asking questions,
Not as time oriented especially children, is
as Americans considered rude
Raise all eyebrows
upward indicates
agreement – “yes”
Make a hissing sound
to get someone’s
10. Interesting Facts:
Mexico Marshall Islands
Natural Resources: Natural Resources:
Petroleum, silver, Coconut products,
copper, gold, lead, zinc,
natural gas, timber marine products, deep
Ethnic Groups: Mestizo
seabed minerals
( Amerindian-Spanish) Ethnic Groups:
60%, Amerindian 30%, Marshallese (92.1%),
White 9%, Other 1% mixed Marshallese
Religions: Catholic (5.9%), Other 2%
76.5%, Protestant (2006)
5.2%, Jehovah Religions: Protestant
Witnesses 1.1%, Other
17% 54.8%, AOG 25.8%,
Industry: Food and
Catholic 8.4%, Mormon
beverages, tobacco, 2.1%, Bukot nan Jesus
iron and steel, 2.8%, Other 4.6%,
petroleum, mining, None 1.5%
11. Works Cited
www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Asia-and-Oeania/Marshall-Islands-
HOUSING.html#ixzz1psSthN2g
http://https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-
factbook/geos/rm.htmlwww.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/c2kbr01-3.pdf
http://www.wssinfo.org/fileadmin/user_upload/resources/MHL_wat.pdf
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/379167/Mexico/27405/Housing
http://cnnc.uncg.edu/pdfs/latinoshispanics.pdf
http://www.jchs.harvard.edu/sites/jchs.harvard.edu/files/mexico_background.
pdf
http://marshall.csu.edu.au/Marshalls/html/PDF_downloads/OwnershipCultural
Resources.pdf
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