The Demographic dimension

Few today would venture to suggest that a slowing of the rate of demographic growth would of itself be enough to ensure a rapid improvement in the standard of living of the world's most impoverished classes. Nor would those who are not unduly alarmed by present demographic changes go so far as to deny that lower population growth rates and a more even distribution of populations would make it easier to combat underdevelopment and poverty and environmental problems arising from excessive population pressure. What, then, are the most effective forms of action we can take to correct present demographic trends?

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