This blog is intended to go along with Population: An Introduction to Concepts and Issues, by John R. Weeks, published by Cengage Learning. The latest edition is the 13th (it will be out in January 2020), but this blog is meant to complement any edition of the book by showing the way in which demographic issues are regularly in the news.

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Sunday, July 11, 2010

World Population Day

The 11th of July was World Population Day, as declared by the UNFPA. The United Nations is emphasizing the importance of responding to the census as we move into a new decade of census-taking, whereas USAID naturally emphasizes the family planning programs that it supports as a way of empowering couples to have no more children than they want. This is probably as close as either organization wants to get to endorsing anything that might be thought of as a population policy.
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  1. UnknownSeptember 11, 2010 at 11:53 PM

    I like this idea that this particular blog proposes. This helps control diseases, the amount of availabe jobs, etc. I think that each country should have a family plan program, because this supports and helps the country for the future. This allows families to be more controlled and be on the same level as other families. For example; if the family is more controlled than there will be less chaos, including less homeless, less government help, and less health problems. This family plan idea definately needs to have a lot of imorovement, but ultimately it is the stsrt of a good idea.

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