Transcription of Education and Population Dynamics - UNESDOC Database
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United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Education and Population Dynamics : Mobilizing Minds for a Sustainable Future EPD-99/R S/ 1 March 1999 CONTENTS PREFACE BY THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNESCO EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Education AND Population Dynamics 1. Education - a force for shaping the future Definitions Education : a right and a tool 2. World Population situation Impact on developing countries Urbanization Declines in fertility and mortality HIV/AIDS 3. The demographic challenge to Education Shortages and overcrowding Conditions of learning Progress and problems ICPD objectives 4. The impact of Education on Population - a complex, multifaceted and evolving relationship The demographic transition Lowering of socio-economic thresholds Maternal and child mortality Missing girls Education and fertility The cumulative impact of Education - an African example 5. A closer look at half of humanity -the nine high- Population developing countries The decline of illiteracy The decline of fertility The femininity ratio 6.
Executive Summary The International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD, Cairo, 1994) addressed the inter-related issues of population, economic development and sustainability.
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