The Population Problem Two hundred years ago‚ Thomas Malthus‚ in An Essay on the Principle of Population‚ reached the conclusion that the number of people in the world will increase exponentially‚ while the ability to feed these people will only increase arithmetically (21). Current evidence shows that this theory may not be far from the truth. For example‚ between 1950 and 1984‚ the total amount of grain produced more than doubled‚ much more than the increase in population in those 34 years.
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Before seventeenth century the world population increased very slowly i.e‚it has been estimated that by 1650 the population had doubled since the year to about 500million.Over the following 200years the rate of increase was much faster ‚so that by 1850 the population had more than doubled to 1200million.After that‚ the population growth accelerated so rapidly that people talked about a population “explosion”;in 1927 it reached the 2000million mark and by the year 2000‚it had passed 6000 million
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young adult wish to do it? The age to obtain a drivers license needs to be raised because the amount of accidents would decrease‚ young drivers would have an opportunity to gain more experience‚ and more restrictions with a permit could save an increasing amount of teen lives. If the lawmakers of Pennsylvania changed the driving age from sixteen to seventeen or higher‚ fewer accidents would occur. Many sixteen year olds (boys in particular) have a ‘nothing can hurt me’ attitude. As a result‚ many
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Corruption Is the Root Cause of Economic Slowdown in India Corruption is omnipresent. From micro-institutions to macro-institution‚ from local to government institutes each operated and continued to exist and flourish with its own set of corruption activities. What should be noted here is that corruption is going to exist as long as planet earth does. There is plausible end to the institution of corruption‚ which though illegal is unconsciously legal‚ especially in developing countries
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the world‚ according to United Nations ’ Population Fund (UNFPA). This figure works out to be about 12‚000‚000 people over the next 50 years‚ if the growth stays‚ steady. However‚ as stated by World Population Profile: 1998‚ the population of our plant will reach 9.6 billion people by 2050‚ a discouraging number. That should frighten every citizen of earth‚ because the enormous population will affect every person. Unless‚ people understand the causes and the problems they create. Experts list
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Bibliography: Population of Pakistan‚ 1961-2003 POPULATION BY PROVINCE/REGION SINCE 1951
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Philippines - population Population‚ total The value for Population‚ total in Philippines was 93‚261‚000 as of 2010. As the graph below shows‚ over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 93‚261‚000 in 2010 and a minimum value of 26‚010‚300 in 1960. Definition: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population‚ which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum‚ who are
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1. Populations in Transition 1.1 – Population Change Explain population trends and patterns in births and fertility in contrasting regions of the world Crude Birth Rate (CBR)= total number of births The CBR does not take into account the age and sex structure of a population. Total Fertility Rate (TFR)= Average number of children born to a women in her lifetime Case Studies: Higher fertility in LEDC’s‚ resulting in youthful populations [2nd and 3rd stage of demographic transition model] ie. Early
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Increasing global women unemployment threat to economy. The International Labour organization shows the gap between the males and females in global labour market was in control in the early 1990’s but it gradually increased significantly after the global economic crisis in 2007.Huge women unemployment is seen in most of the developing countries. In developing countries women involves in trade related sectors. Women contribute to the economy in large scale. Most of the domestic‚ cottage or small
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the minimum wage rapidly changing the “real GDP per capita has steadily increased” (Minimum Wage Mythbusters). This shows that increasing minimum wage could be a desirable way to improve our
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