World Population

Source: Population Connection. Between 7-12 May, NL-Aid is enjoying a spring recess. From 13 May, you can read articles of our authors again. Untill that time, we have selected Youtube videos in which the strength of people is centered;). In this episode: World Population. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Tip on Hyves [...]

Is the Map of the Middle East About to Change?

If people in the Middle East could democratically choose what country they lived in, would they choose the one they are in now? Amidst all the talk of an Arab Spring, the fragility of the Arab state is often forgotten. Whereas developed countries are almost always the product of an organic, internally driven process, in [...]

Limits To Growth And Beyond – Part 1 (VIDEO)

In my post ‘Darker side of growth’ in European Journalism Centre I asked a question: In a pond if lotuses grow such that every next minute they double and if this minute the pond is half full, how long will it take for the lotuses to fill the pond? While it sounded like a quiz [...]

7 Billion reasons to invest in reproductive health

Reproductive health is often given a lower priority when factoring aid and development costs, however the failure to secure the health of females and their unborn children can destabilize economies and harm already strained healthcare systems.  It is clear that a larger focus must be placed on reproductive and maternal health to increase stability and sustainability in developing nations. On October 31, [...]

Bangladesh population pegged at 150.5M, compromising contradiction

World’s poorest nation Bangladesh present population has been counted by a United Nations agency at 15.5 million on Wednesday, five-days ahead of when the world population is expected to reach 7 billion. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) estimated country’s population, which is a contradiction to Bangladesh census announced in March 2011 the population of [...]

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