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Falling World Fertility RatesFriday 14 February 2003
Is global over-population a myth?

Later this month the UN will publish its revised estimates of world population growth. They will confirm a trend towards lower birth rates -- not just in developed countries but also in the developing world.
Professor Tim Dyson, a demographer at the London School of Economics and Catherine Budgett Meakin, co-ordinator of Population and Sustainability join Martha to discuss what lies behind this trend and the implications.

BBC News: Birth rate at all-time low


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