Coping with Population Challenges

Can the planet support a livable future for an estimated 10 billion people by 2050? This study looks at the 1994 Programme of Action agreed at the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo. It explains how that agreement centred on women's health, the right to make reproductive decisions, and the importance of the individual.

The author argues that several significant issues in the population debate were left largely unaddressed by the Programme. The book also points out contradictions within the framework that would need to be resolved before it could be carried out in practice.