This is a quickly fading paradigm which has held us in its grip for hundreds if not thousands of years, and has affected every aspect of our human life from politics , economics , health and religion to population migration, wars, and scientific development.
And that was at a time when the congestion arising from development and population density of the area was nothing like what it is today.
With population a key influence on the environment, UNFPA says the 1994 Cairo conference on population and development linked environmental protection to individual decision-making and human rights.
Research published in the March issue of the journal Population and Development Review found the more children that parents over age 40 have, the happier they are.
Its work led to the first Global Interfaith Network on Population and Development, launched in 2008, with the participation of more than 160 faith-based organizations and religious leaders.
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Additionally, The UN Foundation is currently leading a large-scale, multi-stakeholder advocacy effort which seeks to strengthen the leadership role of the United States in advancing progress toward the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets of universal access to reproductive health by 2015.
Community media are a major source of news for most of the population and contribute to the well-being and development of ordinary citizens.
And it comes at a time when demand is growing from factors such as the ageing population, development of new treatments and rise in conditions such as diabetes and heart disease.
We live in a time when the risk of disaster is growing thanks to climate change, population growth, and economic development itself.
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Most of that is gone, Pierce says, and for all the commitment to "Save the Bay" he is of the view little progress has been made, and that development on the shoreline, population growth in the area and runoff from area farms and lawns have greatly outpaced conservation and restoration efforts.
Increasing development and a population of four million, plus unregulated factories and a 17% increase in vehicles per year, has created an air pollution problem that the Nepalese government is desperate to solve.
As a means to enable quick transactions and improve livelihoods and fuel economic development, mobile money will go a long way in providing financial services to the unbanked population and empower the individual to store and manage their funds.
Other questions were from Viscount Craigavon, a crossbench peer, who asked the government what priority it is giving in international development to population issues and reproductive health and rights.
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As of now, governments are set to agree to "commit to systematically consider population trends and projections in our national, rural and urban development strategies and policies".
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"People of mixed race are among the fastest-growing group in the population of our country", and this is "a development with which our country is at ease", Mr Miliband said.
However, they argued the Western investment and economic development that would come with disarming and rejoining the international community would strengthen Libya, whose young population suffers from high unemployment.
And we had to make farming less labor-dependent, so that more of the population could enter non-farming occupations and support economic growth and development.
The government paper sets out plans for more affordable housing, a new road to by-pass the centre of Ballasalla and the development of schools to meet a growing population.
The composition of our ethnic population and also the difficulties presented by our geographical terrain make communication and development difficult.
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"The era of easy gains where economic development would lift people out of poverty and reduce population growth is over, " says the Indian.
HarVa, a start-up that focuses primarily on skill development, community-based farming and microfinance for the population of rural India.
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Its population has nearly doubled over the past 40 years, and frequent droughts have restricted development and forced residents of Atlanta at times to use dirty water to irrigate their gardens.
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Our main objective is to educate U.S. environmental scientists on the demographics of their own country, to improve coverage of these issues in their teaching, and to actively advocate development of a sane U.S. population policy.
By 2015, 60% of the new jobs being created will require skills only held by 20% of the population, according to a recent report from the American Society for Training and Development.
The UN has recently, and not before time, decided that population control should be one of its much-vaunted Millennium Development Goals.
Eric Levine, from Restless Development, a youth development agency, said youngsters made up half of the world's population and must play an "essential role" in tackling the most urgent world issues.
Brigadier General NICK POPE (NATO): By providing a security blanket, if you like, the intention is to set the conditions for reconstruction and development initiatives, thereby providing tangible and demonstrable signs of a better future for the population.
The flip side is that Americans might need more care and live fewer years because they lead more unhealthy lives: 31% of the U.S. population is obese versus only 7.7% in Sweden, says the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Underpinning this development is the integration of half the world's population into the global market economy, and the deepening and broadening of the capital and derivative markets.
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