Globalization & Population

Week 7
Globalization and Population Growth

READINGS

Robbins, Ch. 5 "The Problem of Population Growth"
Robbins, Ch. 6 "Hunger, Poverty, and Economic Development"
*Engelman et.al., "Rethinking Population, Improving Lives"
Film: "Was Malthus Right?"

CLASS NOTES
RELATED LINKS
- Global Problems & the Culture of Capitalism - Internet exercises & links on population
- Global Problems & the Culture of Capitalism - Online Readings on Population
- Brief review of world basic demographic trends - Ya-Lin Liu and Gene Shackman's summary of global demographic trends (including links to primary resources). Additional links at their main site to socio-demographic trends and long-term population and economic trends.
- UN Cairo Population Summit - official documents
- Non-Governmental Organizations
  - Human Rights Watch www.hrw.org
  - Open Society Institute www.osi.hu
  - Oxfam www.oxfam.org.uk
  - International Forum on Globalization www.ifg.org
  - Catholic Relief Services www.catholicrelief.org
  - Care International www.careinternational.org.uk
  - World Hunger Year www.worldhungeryear.org
  - Mobilization for Global Justice www.a16.org
  - Eurodad www.eurodad.org
  - The Third World Network www.twnside.org.sg
  - Focus on the Global South www.focusweb.org
  - Debt, AIDS, Trade in Africa (DATA) www.datadata.org
  - CAFOD www.cafod.org.uk
  - The United Nations Foundation www.unfoundation.org
- International Organizations
  - African Union www.africa-union.org
  - Arab League www.arableagueonline.org
  - Association of South East Asian Nations www.aseansec.org
  - North Atlantic Treaty Organization www.nato.int/home.htm
  - Organization of American States www.oas.org
  - Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe www.osce.org
  - United Nations www.un.org
  - Council of Europe www.coe.int/portalT.asp
  - International Labor Organization www.ilo.org
  - International Migration Organization www.imo.int
  - International Committee of the Red Cross www.icrc.org
- Events
  - UN Cairo Population Summit - official documents
  - World AIDS Summit www.who.int/HIV_AIDS/first.html
  - World Food Summit www.fao.org/wfs/homepage.htm
  - World Summit on Sustainable Development www.johannesburgsummit.org/flat
  - G-8 Summits www.g7.utoronto.ca
  - World Economic Forum www.weforum.org
  - World Social Forum www.portoalegre2003.org/publique