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October Archive
Is low fertility bottoming out?
Dermot Grenham | 20 October 2009
The received wisdom among demographers and other social sciences is
that as countries develop economically and socially their fertility
rates decline. However, a recent article in Nature1 has
shown that at higher levels of development, as measured by the UN’s
Human Development Index (HDI), the fall in fertility goes into reverse.
Could this be the answer to the problem of ageing populations?
Britain unprepared for looming population crisis
William West | 02 October 2009
The latest figures on Britain's ageing population confirm that not enough is being done to prepare for the crisis.
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