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U.N.: World population to reach 8.1B in 2025

Jun 13, 2013

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in China, Demography, India, Trends: Social

USA Today: U.N.: World population to reach 8.1B in 2025 UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations forecast Thursday that the world's population will increase from 7.2 billion today to 8.1 billion in 2025, with most growth in developing countries and more than half in Africa. By 2050, it will reach 9.6 billion. India's population…

Prosperity Isn’t Just a Matter of Wealth

Nov 2, 2012

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in Demography, Economics, Health and Medicine, Human Progress, Politics, Poverty, Public Policy, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

Foreign Policy: Prosperity Isn't Just a Matter of Wealth Man does not live by GDP alone. An introduction to the Legatum Institute's latest Prosperity Index. It doesn't take a degree from Oxford to understand that a nation's average income — even after adjustments for purchasing power, to make international comparisons more relevant — is an…

World faces ageing population time bomb says UN

Oct 3, 2012

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in Demography, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

Telegraph: World faces ageing population time bomb says UN The world needs to take urgent action to cope with the impact of a rapidly ageing population, according to a new report, which forecast that the number of people older than 60 would surpass one billion within a decade. A major study published by the United…

UN aid debate: Give cash, not food?

Jun 4, 2008

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in Economic Development, Poverty, Public Policy

Christian Science Monitor: UN aid debate: Give cash, not food? The United Nations World Food Program meets Tuesday in Rome to discuss the global food crisis. Kerio Valley, Kenya – The hungry people of Kenya's Kerio Valley had waited since dawn to be fed. They were not waiting for the thunder of aid trucks or…

Clear-Eyed Optimists

Oct 11, 2007

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in Capitalism and Markets, Economic Development, Environment, Human Progress

Wall Street Journal: Clear-Eyed Optimists The world is getting better, though no one likes to hear it. ………. I'm old enough to recall the days in the late 1960s when people wore those trendy buttons that read: "Stop the Planet I Want to Get Off." And I will never forget that era's "educational" films of…

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U.N.: World population to reach 8.1B in 2025

Prosperity Isn’t Just a Matter of Wealth

World faces ageing population time bomb says UN

UN aid debate: Give cash, not food?

Clear-Eyed Optimists