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World Population Policy

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Introduction:
The question is; are enough measures being put in place to control the increasing population of the world and of South Africa in particular? This paper will outline two third world countries and two first world countries measures they are putting in place to control population growth and compare them to South Africa. Also it will state the ethical issues in both third and first world countries where population control is being implemented and the possible issues which could arise. A personal statement will also be included at the end.
World Population
In 1990 the world population, according to The World Bank, was approximately 5.2 billion people. Today’s current world population, as shown in Figure 1.1, is 7.4 billion and rising by approximately 200 000 people per day.
Governments all over the world have to start putting measures in place to control the population growth especially in third world countries; this will …show more content…

This increase is not as dramatic as that of the other third world countries but it is still higher than the first world countries.
Measures being taken to control population growth
A Green Paper for Public Discussion: Population Policy for South Africa? This document was given out and advertised from April until September 1995. The main questions asked whether the Reconstruction and Development Programme should take into account population trends and where there should be institutional structures to make sure population trends get taken into account. In doing this the government got feedback from individuals as well as larger organisations.
The feedback included over 700 forms filled out. From this the government could get a good idea on the publics opinion on population growth and especially health care relating to

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