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The
State of the World Population - Unleashing the Potential of Urban Growth
UNFPA, 2007.
ISBN: 978-0-89714-807-8
In 2008, for the first time, more than half of the world’s population
will be living in urban areas. By 2030, towns and cities will be home to
almost 5 billion people. The urban population of Africa and Asia will double
in less than a generation. This unprecedented shift could enhance development
and promote sustainability—or it could deepen poverty and accelerate
environmental degradation. The 2007 State of World Population report outlines
the challenges and opportunities presented by the coming, inevitable urban
growth. It also dispels many misconceptions about urbanization and calls
on policymakers to take concerted, proactive steps to harness the potential
of cities to improve the lives of all. |
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Change,
Choice and Power : Young, Women , Livelihoods and HIV Prevention
UNFPA, 2007. 38p
The urgency of addressing the vulnerability of young women and adolescent
girls of all backgrounds, but particularly the poor, cannot be over stated.
Innovative, far-reaching and rapid responses are needed to impact whole
generations so that the Millennium Development Goals to reduce poverty can
be within reach. This paper sets out to explore the relationship between
economic independence, vulnerability to HIV infection, the level of sexual
and reproductive health among women and adolescent girls, and gender-based
violence. |
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The
State of the World Population - Population, Reproductive Health and The
Global Effort to End Poverty
UNFPA, 2004.
ISBN: 0-89714-720-0.
Countries are making real progress in carrying out a bold global action
plan that links poverty alleviation to women's rights and universal access
to reproductive health. Ten years into the new era opened by the 1994
International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo,
the quality and reach of family planning programmes have improved, safe
motherhood and HIV prevention efforts are being scaled up, and governments
embrace the ICPD Programme of Action as an essential blueprint for realizing
development goals.
Previous issues (2002,2001,
2003). |
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Global
Population and Water 
UNFPA, 2003.
The Population and Development Branch, TSD, prepared this report as a
contribution to the dialogue that took place at the Third World Water
Forum held in Kyoto, Japan, and covers the population, gender and health
dimensions related to the ongoing debate on water resources. |
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Population,
Environment and Poverty Linkages
UNFPA, 2001.
This report provides an overview of the complex interrelations between
population, the environment and poverty and the operational challenges
they engender. The report documents UNFPA support for a number of programme
initiatives in this area, and concludes that in order to achieve the mutually
reinforcing UNCED and ICPD goals, mainstreamed in the Millennium Declaration,
actions are required by both developed and developing countries. |
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UN
National
trends in population, resources, environment and development : countries
profiles
UN-ESA, 2006, New-York.
A global commitment to eradicate poverty and promote sustained economic
growth and sustainable development was forged in the United Nations conferences
and summits of the 1990s, was advanced in 2000 with the adoption of the
Millennium Declaration, and recently was reinforced by Heads of State and
Government in the outcome document of the 2005 World Summit. In the years
leading up to the global conferences held during the 1990s, there was growing
recognition by scholars, policy makers and the general public that population
trends are inextricably linked with the availability of resources, the state
of the environment, and economic and social development. At the United Nations
Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), held in Rio de Janeiro
in 1992, the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD),
held in Cairo in 1994, and the series of conferences reviewing progress
achieved since those meetings, a global agreement emerged on the need for
a sustainable relationship between human numbers, resources and development. |
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Population
Environment and Development
UN-ESA, 2001.
Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.
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World
Population Monitoring 2001: population, environment and development
UN-ESA, 2001.
ISBN 92-1-151359-6. |
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