Family Planning The issue of family planning is closely linked to what is called " Population Explosion". For sometime population growth was relatively slow; the number of dying was about the same as the number of people who were born. ... This also means the population increases 90 million per year. ... It is almost as if the government is doubled saddled. It has to cope with the present population and with the population that is coming along which is much larger. ...

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The service industry saw very strong gains, by nearly doubling its average growth for the previous 12 months. ... The amount of unemployed Americans dropped from 5.5 million people and the unemployment rate also dropped from 4.1 % to 3.9% of the eligible working population. ...

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Athens is the capitol of Greece and about 40% of the country's population resides here. ... For this statistic to mean anything you must first look at the population of the country. The population of Greece, as of July 2002, was 10,645,343. 1,580,218 of the whole population are from the age of 0-14. ... Compared to its imports at $30.3 billion, Greece appears to be spending more than double what they are making. ... The religion breakdown in Greece is as follows: 98% of all citizens are Greek Orthodox, 1.3% is Muslim, and 0.7% is unaffiliated or other. 97% of the Greek population is lite...

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The result of Stalin's plan was minimal production of consumer goods, with the population solely producing heavy industry. ... More than half of China became irrigated and the railway network virtually doubled in size. ... What was a agrarian undeveloped population evolved into one which developed the role and women and pushed China into a new era. ... Stalin also understood the value of an educated population. ... Both states understood that educating the population would lead to rapid technological advances and the ability to challenge the superpowers of the world. ...

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President Barack Obama was telling Americans in his January 2011 State of the Union address that the United States needed to double its exports, Germany had quietly become the world's second-largest exporter (after China). ... Population growth migration is causing tension with the country's welfare system; complications occurring. ... With Germany's population shrinking and aging, which is one reason their pension system is already running into problems. ...

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Despite this, Vietnam's quality of life has improved substantially in recent time as in 2010, 94% of the population has access to electricity which was double the 1990 level. ... The distribution of income across an economy can be visually represented through the Lorenz Curve, as seen in the below: An example of the unequal distribution of the benefits of globalisation can be seen through how 80% of the population earn their incomes from primary industries, which as an industry contributes a mere 20% to total output. ...

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The north, were the population is mostly of African decent, is more geared to agriculture, such as sugarcane farming. Most of Brazil's population lives in urban centers, with a little less that half residing in the southern states. ... That, along with many comparative advantages such as an enormous population, a fast growing internal consumer marketplace, and free trade led to foreign money pouring into the Brazilian economy, at never before seen rates. By 1998 capital inflows, international reserves, and FDI all saw enormous increases, FDI alone nearly doubled between 1997 and 1998. ...

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In this brief period, American industrial output nearly doubled , and the gross national product rose by 40% Most of this explosive growth took place in industries producing consumer goods-automobiles, appliances, furniture, and clothing. ... Corporate profits nearly doubled in 10 years, and income from dividends rose 65%, nearly 6 times the rate of increase in workers' wages. ... The boom of the 1920s would end in a great crash; yet the achievements of the decade would survive even that dire experience to shape the future of American life.*** The New Urban Culture The 1920 cen...

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The gross formation of capital increased to an annual average rate of 14.1%, which doubled the average growth of investment in the OECD countries during this period. ... Tourism provides jobs for 8.1% of the active population. ...

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