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Benjamin William Mkapa My Life, My Purpose (uk 247) anatazama kitofauti:
...If you don't talk of population policy - that you don't bring children into this world unless you can feed them, educate and care for their health - then you will have an implosion. The total population was 27.4 million when I took office in 1995; this grew to 36.1 million in 2005, a population increase of 31.7% during the ten-year period of my presidency.
This meant that as I struggled to reduce poverty and improve services in the education, health and water sectors, though what I achieved would never be sufficient, as the need grew as population grew. The number of idle youth I see hanging around on the streets is worrying, we are not developing fast enough to provide employment for these young people.
This is a big problem with Africa, our economic growth is not matching our population growth. The growth of the number of citizens in a country is not a measure of development, in fact it can be a restraint to development.
It is a failing of many African states that we don't have serious discussion about the potential consequences of the lack of population policy in our countries...
Benjamin William Mkapa My Life, My Purpose (uk 247) anatazama kitofauti:
...If you don't talk of population policy - that you don't bring children into this world unless you can feed them, educate and care for their health - then you will have an implosion. The total population was 27.4 million when I took office in 1995; this grew to 36.1 million in 2005, a population increase of 31.7% during the ten-year period of my presidency.
This meant that as I struggled to reduce poverty and improve services in the education, health and water sectors, though what I achieved would never be sufficient, as the need grew as population grew. The number of idle youth I see hanging around on the streets is worrying, we are not developing fast enough to provide employment for these young people.
This is a big problem with Africa, our economic growth is not matching our population growth. The growth of the number of citizens in a country is not a measure of development, in fact it can be a restraint to development.
It is a failing of many African states that we don't have serious discussion about the potential consequences of the lack of population policy in our countries...