UN Statistics: Population Decline Coming? The latest population statistics from the United Nations (U.N.), released just prior to the U.N. Conference on Population and Development convened last September in Cairo, point to a declining world population beginning about the year 2045.1 Although completely contrary to
Demographic studies have a necessary role in decisions related to the well-being of humanity. Historically, the need to enumerate the births and deaths in communities has been linked to the provision of basic necessities such as food and agriculture, health and education, access to water,
The economic principles of the “Third Way” offer a pathway between the extremes of capitalism and socialism. They are the essential elements of a “Declaration of Social Development through Personal Empowerment” published by the Population Research Institute and the Center for Economic and Social Justice.
The Population Research Institute has periodically presented the views of various religions on aspects of the population control movement. This issue of PRI Review will present the views of Islamic scholars on these issues for the information of our readers. An extract of a report
The Council Chamber of the Palais des Nations provided the international setting for an award ceremony conducted by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Center stage, as a reward recipient, was President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, host to the upcoming International Conference on Population and
Education as the prime factor in development “…One of the greatest inherent weaknesses of our development planning is that our planners have not attached as much importance to education as they did to population control, poverty alleviation, agricultural and industrial development which can be revealed
Head of U.S. ICPD delegation describes goals U.S. Counselor Timothy Wirth, speaking at the Third PrepCom, linked the goals of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development to other U.N.-sponsored conferences on sustainable development, human rights, social development and women’s issues. However, he reversed
World Population Growth Slowing On 29 April 1994, the U.S. Census Bureau released its latest report on world population, World Population Profile: 1994,1 which disclosed the following facts regarding an unprecedented slowdown in world population growth: The world’s current population growth rate is “1.5 percent,”
A riot of plants bloomed, climbed and burst into the sunlight from within the fertile haze of the forest floor. Nourished by the connubial mingling of humus and moisture; energized by shards of light stabbing through the lush overhead — the plants flourished and grew.
To control the definition of a thing is to control the thing itself. This was the great insight of Humpty Dumpty in Lewis Carroll’s fantasy, Alice in Wonderland. Recall the dialogue: After he defines “glory” as “a nice knock-down argument,” Humpty-Dumpty explains the point to
UN Statistics: Population Decline Coming? The latest population statistics from the United Nations (U.N.), released just prior to the U.N. Conference on Population and Development
Demographic studies have a necessary role in decisions related to the well-being of humanity. Historically, the need to enumerate the births and deaths in communities
The economic principles of the “Third Way” offer a pathway between the extremes of capitalism and socialism. They are the essential elements of a “Declaration
The Population Research Institute has periodically presented the views of various religions on aspects of the population control movement. This issue of PRI Review will
The Council Chamber of the Palais des Nations provided the international setting for an award ceremony conducted by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Center
Education as the prime factor in development “…One of the greatest inherent weaknesses of our development planning is that our planners have not attached as
Head of U.S. ICPD delegation describes goals U.S. Counselor Timothy Wirth, speaking at the Third PrepCom, linked the goals of the 1994 International Conference on
World Population Growth Slowing On 29 April 1994, the U.S. Census Bureau released its latest report on world population, World Population Profile: 1994,1 which disclosed
A riot of plants bloomed, climbed and burst into the sunlight from within the fertile haze of the forest floor. Nourished by the connubial mingling
To control the definition of a thing is to control the thing itself. This was the great insight of Humpty Dumpty in Lewis Carroll’s fantasy,