The population of "the West," which includes Western Europe, North America, and Asian capitalist economies, such as Japan, Singapore, and South Korea, has remained flat since the latter half of the 20th century, with some populations, such as Japan's, experiencing a steady decrease. Meanwhile, the population of developing economies has continued to grow, especially in Africa and India. ... In 1800, the share of the world's population living in urban areas was only 3%; this number had increased to 30% in 1950. ... Most of this population shift has been occurring in the globa...

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Social Development Officer in the Caribbean Office of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Sonia Cuales, argues that although some international economic strategies have produced notable statistical results, there has been little reduction of some persistent problems. ... This redirection will help to reduce the growing gap in social and economic well being and the exclusion of a significant proportion of the population from the benefits of economic growth. ... The study in addition states that more than half of this unemployed population is unde...

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After Zimbabwe gained independence on 18 April 1980 the government was involved in post war reconstruction redressing the imbalances which the white colonial regime had instituted and responding to the needs of the population. ... This unemployment led to the migration of young professionals who were skilled to countries like South Africa, Britain, America, Australia and New Zealand. ...

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Secondly, cling to the sustainable development strategy by coordinating social and economic developments with the population growth, resources reservation and environment protection. An American scholar once said that the sustainable development of city is to seek the harmony between environment, economy and society. ...

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