sixth most populous nation with 167 million people,
“If you don’t take care of population, schools can’t cope, hospitals can’t cope, there’s not enough housing — there’s nothing you can do to have economic development.”
swelling ranks of unemployed youths
5.5 last year from 6.8 in 1975
will account for more than a third by 2100
50 percent for people in urban areas ages 15 to 24 — driving crime and discontent.
World leaders are descending on the UN headquarters in New York for a display of commitment to reduce sharply global poverty and hunger. The summit aims to take stock of progress on eight UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)