Africa, some sobering numbers (5)
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Dear all,
Dr King's demographic entrapment policy has been around some years
now as, to the best of my knowledge, an updated neo-Malthusian the-
ory. He has bravely withstood numerous attacks and has stood by his
theory against all odds.
All is about whether the chicken or the egg comes first. Most of us,
the "intellectually corrupt" in his words, believe that our failure
to reach faster demographic transition is the result of an unfair
economic system that favours the rich. He thinks too many people keep
poverty going.....Voila the demons he speaks of.
I do not believe the South has to reduce its fertility as the most
pressing priority, so as to avoid starvation and violence. It has to
overcome exploitation, unequal terms of trade, despondency of the
leadership and international agencies to truly curb poverty / redis-
tribute income.... and all what I have been posting in AFRO-NETS over
the years....
To say that Africa's carrying capacity is about 364 million is, to
me, unsubstantiated and that Africa's population is expected to be 2
billion in 2050, and in 2.3 billion in 2150 is science fiction (with
2 billion needing to emigrate.....!!!), Figure 'X' or whatever not-
withstanding.
Claudio Schuftan
mailto:aviva@netnam.vn
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