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Great, so the poorest countries that are least capable of supporting their current population will be the most burdened? That isn't encouraging.
by eximius 9y ago
Great, so the poorest countries that are least capable of supporting their current population will be the most burdened?
That isn't encouraging.
- sien 9y agoPoor countries are getting wealthier. Look at the list of countries by GDP growth and sort for the highest ones. Most of them are poor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(real)_per_capita_growth_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(real... Mobile phones, payment systems that avoid corrupt banks like m-pesa and the internet are really helping these places. In addition education is shooting up: https://ourworldindata.org/global-rise-of-education https://ourworldindata.org/global-rise-of-education In 1950 60% of the world was illiterate, today it's less than 20. Have a look at how fertility rates can drop when people get richer and governments allow some fertility control. In the Islamic Republic of Iran fertility rates dropped from about 6 per woman in 1980 to below replacement in 2005. https://www.google.com.au/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9_&ctype=l&strail=false&bcs=d&nselm=h&met_y=sp_dyn_tfrt_in&scale_y=lin&ind_y=false&rdim=country&idim=country:IRN&ifdim=country&hl=en&dl=en&ind=false https://www.google.com.au/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f...