In an article (click on the image to link) which is reminiscent of many of the views on population which prevailed in the 50s and 60s, there was an interesting article (another one!) on the BBC website last Friday.A UK parliamentary group is maintaining that the Millennium Development Goals relating to poverty reduction cannot be met without curbing current population growth in LEDCs.
They draw attention to Africa in particular, where the BR remains high, population numbers are rising rapidly and where the numbers of people living in extreme poverty has increased by 140 million in just over ten years.
If you read the article, you should be able to make a list of what it cites as the consequences of a high BR. There is also another link to follow to an associated and interesting article on the BBC's Green Room pages.
