What are the two basic schools of thought regarding the demographic transition? How were these reflected in the three most recent global population conferences?
What will be an ideal response?
"From early on, there were two basic conflicting schools of thought regarding the demographic transition: (1) We need to concentrate on population policies and family-planning technologies to bring down birthrates. (2) If we concentrate on development, population growth will slow down ‘automatically,' as it did in the developed countries." In the first two conferences, the developed countries (including the United States) were emphasizing family planning, while the developing countries were arguing that "development was the best contraceptive." These "sides were somewhat reversed" at the third conference. The United States was opposed to family planning, while the other developed countries were advocating family planning. The developing countries were asking for assistance in the area of family planning.
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What will be an ideal response?
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