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31 Oct 09

Five Years After the Global conference in Cairo

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    "The UN's five-year implementation review of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) moves into high gear March 24 [1999] with the start of a 180-nation Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) meeting." (EARTH TIMES) This article examines issues to be discussed at PrepCom and presents several views on what needs to be accomplished. Hillary Rodham Clinton's speech at the Feb. 1999 Hague Forum and the impact of the 1994 Cairo Conference are analyzed.

Indian Horrow Show

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    "Western statisticians say India's population is on track to reach 1.8 billion [somewhere between 2025 and 2050]. The realists counter that coming food shortages and water shortages--and death--will prevent that from happening." (INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY) This article examines population growth in India and assesses the environment's capacity to support India's population.

INDIA PROPOSES RETOOLED POPULATION POLICY

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    "Fifty-three years after independence, India is still looking for a viable policy to control population growth....The National Population Policy 2000--released on Feb. 15 [2000]--aims to bring the total fertility rate (TFR) to replacement level by 2010 and to achieve a stable population by 2045, at a level consistent with sustainable economic growth, social development, and environmental protection." (POPULATION TODAY) This article reviews India's Population Policy 2000 and discusses its viability.

Six billion and Counting: Population Management at the Millennium

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    "Last year marked not only the end of the century but also a demographic milestone: the world's population reached six billion. Should we be celebrating or worrying? The answer is both. Behind the number lies considerable demographic diversity. But demography is not necessarily destiny, as the consequences of population growth or decline are manifested through a filter of social and economic institutions." (HARVARD INTERNATIONAL REVIEW) This article examines population trends at the turn of the millennium and discusses the factors that shape future population trends.

States Quietly enforce Two-Children Family

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    "Several Indian states have been quietly enforcing a two-children family rule that may worsen the country's already skewed sex ratio and in the long run ruin the chances of women taking part in local governance, experts here warn." (Inter Press Service) This article describes an Indian population policy which "aims to have the country--now with a population of more than 1 billion--achieve a stable population by 2045."

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