Political Science 2137 Lecture Notes - The Population Bomb, Thoraya Obaid, Cornucopian
19 Mar 2014
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We will not achieve the millennium development goals (mdgs] unless more attention and resources are devoted to population and reproductive health. This is particularly true in the poorest nations, where there are high rates of fertility and mortality, rapid population growth, and high unmet need for family planning. Within it, there"s a whole idea of development and human progress all related to how many people there actually are. Central to modern quest to eradicate poverty and reduce inequality: idea of population. Bringing down population where we can use the earth at a sustainable way. The study of the growth of population is often spoken of as though it were a modern one. But in a more or less vague form it has occupied the attention of thoughtful men in all ages of the world. In the past 40 years: population risen to be a problem in environmental politics.
