International Series Seven Billion World Population, Celebration or Warning? (part 4)
The United Nations announced that the World Population reached at 7 billion on the Halloween Day in 2011. We celebrate warmly the birth of new babies and wish for their health and future happiness.
1. How many population this Globe can accommodate? ( Posted in Part 1 )
2. Aging population in industrialized countries with les working forces ( Posted in Part 2 )
3. Emergence of mega-population economies ( Posted in Part 3 )
4. Lost Decade in Africa
Thirdly, the problem of economic and social development in Africa, whose population stands at about 1.1 billion. Africa’s rate of natural increase is 2.4 %, twice as fast as 1.2 % of the World’s average rate, fastest in any region in the World. In spite of the repetition of the Development Decade backed by the United Nations since 1961, the economic development in Africa remains to be slow, while having made a significant progress in the political system, that is, independence from the past colonial rules and the introduction of democratic system.
A large number of people in Africa still suffer from poverty, famine, drought, refugees, lack of food, fuel, medicine, and clean water, so on so forth. Therefore, constantly it needs the inflow of ODA from industrialized countries. The World did so for the past 50 years under the UN Development Decade for the cause of humanitarian aid, although 1990’s is said to be the Lost Decade for Africa.
But as a result, ODA from industrialized countries, although appreciated from many circles, seems to accelerate the population explosion in Africa, thus creating new need for aid such as food, vitamin, medicine, clean water, wears, barracks and tents, and others in the name of humanitarian aids. It is irresistible. So, should we continue this for the years to come? How long? Another 50 years?
5. Need for a fundamental change in the Official Development model (To be posted in Part 5 )
(2011. 11.02.) (All Rights Reserved.)
The United Nations announced that the World Population reached at 7 billion on the Halloween Day in 2011. We celebrate warmly the birth of new babies and wish for their health and future happiness.
1. How many population this Globe can accommodate? ( Posted in Part 1 )
2. Aging population in industrialized countries with les working forces ( Posted in Part 2 )
3. Emergence of mega-population economies ( Posted in Part 3 )
4. Lost Decade in Africa
Thirdly, the problem of economic and social development in Africa, whose population stands at about 1.1 billion. Africa’s rate of natural increase is 2.4 %, twice as fast as 1.2 % of the World’s average rate, fastest in any region in the World. In spite of the repetition of the Development Decade backed by the United Nations since 1961, the economic development in Africa remains to be slow, while having made a significant progress in the political system, that is, independence from the past colonial rules and the introduction of democratic system.
A large number of people in Africa still suffer from poverty, famine, drought, refugees, lack of food, fuel, medicine, and clean water, so on so forth. Therefore, constantly it needs the inflow of ODA from industrialized countries. The World did so for the past 50 years under the UN Development Decade for the cause of humanitarian aid, although 1990’s is said to be the Lost Decade for Africa.
But as a result, ODA from industrialized countries, although appreciated from many circles, seems to accelerate the population explosion in Africa, thus creating new need for aid such as food, vitamin, medicine, clean water, wears, barracks and tents, and others in the name of humanitarian aids. It is irresistible. So, should we continue this for the years to come? How long? Another 50 years?
5. Need for a fundamental change in the Official Development model (To be posted in Part 5 )
(2011. 11.02.) (All Rights Reserved.)