ABSTRACT

The Third World conference on population in Bucharest and the fourth such conference in Mexico especially, have brought to the fore a number of facts including a world plan. The consensus is that such a plan should be modeled as a guide for all governments. Certainly, the relatively small part of humanity which is called "industrialized world" is sorely needed by the increasing numbers in the underdeveloped countries. It is a valid question if it is desirable for humanity as a whole that just the technically advanced groups practice birth control to the point of extinction. To a large degree it is again energy in all its forms which is needed in Africa. But, to pay for oil and machinery on the world markets, these countries need some gross national product (GNP) over and above the generous United Nation support programs. Unfortunately, the GNP decreases in all these African countries.