Shipping:
FREE
Within U.S.A.
Book Description paperback. Condition: Good. English Language. Many countries that have experienced rapid population growth for several decades are showing signs of demographic fatigue Overwhelmed by the need to educate children create jobs and deal with the environmental effects of population growth governments faced with a major new threatsuch as AIDS or aquifer depletionoften cannot cope In our demographically divided world fertility has dropped and population has stabilized or is declining in some countries but in others where fertility is still high population is projected to double or even triple before stabilizing As recent experience with AIDS in Africa shows some of these highfertility countries are simply overwhelmed when a new threat appears While industrial countries have held HIV infection rates among their adult populations to 1 percent or less infection rates are as high as 26 percent of the adult population in some African countries With their rising mortality trends more reminiscent of the Dark Ages than the bright millennium so many had hoped for these countries are falling back to an earlier demographic stage with high death rates and high birth rates and no growth in population In examining the stakes involved in potentially adding another 33 billion people over the next 50 years the study calls for immediate expansion of international family planning assistance to the millions of couples who still lack access and new investment in educating young people especially women in the Third World to promote a shift to smaller families. Seller Inventory # SONG1878071459
Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1998. Journals, Conservation. Worldwatch Paper #143. Very good paperback 89p. Seller Inventory # 70962
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Gently read, if at all. No markings or spine crease. Pasadena's finest new and used bookstore since 1992. Seller Inventory # mon0000491796
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Clean & Unmarked. A clean and straight copy with an uncreased spine and clean text. 89 pp. Seller Inventory # 220112013
Book Description Condition: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut - Gepflegter, sauberer Zustand. | Sprache: Englisch. Seller Inventory # 29060941/122