08 April 2009

UN sees falling Middle East fertility rates
New York Times - New York, US
Hania Zlotnik, director of the Population Division at the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, said the shift suggests that education and access to family planning can play a far greater role than expected in reducing population growth, even in conservative Muslim states...(3 April 2009)
Kenya faces population headache
Business Daily Africa - Nairobi,Kenya
April 9, 2009: Kenya’s unemployment problem will worsen with the population ballooning to 57 million by 2025 and the majority falling below the retirement age ...
says the UN’s World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision. (9 April 2009)

02 April 2009

'Rapid population growth hinders Millennium Development Goals'
The Hindu - Chennai ‎
United Nations (PTI): "When individuals and couples are given the possibility of deciding how many children they want to have, they usually opt for much lower numbers than they used to," Hania Zlotnik, Director of the Population Division, told the reporters. ... (2 April 2009)
High birth rates hamper development in poorer countries, warns UN experts
Associated Press of Pakistan, Islamabad
numbers than they used to,” Hania Zlotnik , director of the Population Division, told the press at UN Headquarters in New York at a briefing focusing on the work of the commission. Zlotnik noted that giving people the information and ...(2 April 2009)