This is another indication that tremendous strides are occurring in
understanding the linkages between population density and well-being.
Steve
Population group of 14
nations say they are
ready to act on
commitments
By ERIN TROWBRIDGE
(c) Earth Times News Service
CAIRO--After nearly five years and millions of dollars spent
getting the ball
rolling, the Partners in Population and Development, an
intragovernmental
coalition of developing nations, said they are ready to turn words
and plans into
actions. Going back to where they began, the Partners held their
Fourth annual
board meeting last recently in Cairo, the city that in 1994 hosted
the United
Nations International Conference on Population and Development.
The 1994 conference addressed the changing paradigms of population
issues and
the inverse relationship of a nation's state of development to the
size of its
population. The more people living in a country, the harder it is
to provide proper
services and health care to all. The Partners were founded by ten
countries,
Zimbabwe, Kenya, Mexico, Colombia, Thailand, Indonesia, Bangladesh,
Morocco, Egypt and Tunisia, that had gained expertise in the fields
of
reproductive health and development. The idea was to create a forum
for the
leaders of these countries to share experiences and exchange
technical
information which would help other countries learn from their
successful
programs.
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