scholarly journals Global Population Stabilization Policy and Declining Work-Age Population: A Threat to Global Economic Sustainability

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Mahmudul Alam ◽  
Md Wahid Murad ◽  
Rafiqul Islam Molla ◽  
Khondaker Mizanur Rahman ◽  
Taslima Khondaker
Keyword(s):  
Economic Sustainability ◽  
Stabilization Policy ◽  
Global Population ◽  
Population Stabilization

scholarly journals Global Population Stabilization Policy and Declining Work-Age Population Threat Global Economic Sustainability

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Mahmudul Alam ◽  
Rafiqul Molla ◽  
Khondaker Rahman ◽  
Md. Wahid Murad
Keyword(s):  
Economic Sustainability ◽  
Stabilization Policy ◽  
Global Population ◽  
Population Stabilization

scholarly journals Global population stabilisation policy and declining work-age population: a threat to global economic sustainability

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 369
Author(s):  
Md. Mahmudul Alam ◽  
Md. Wahid Murad ◽  
Rafiqul Islam Molla ◽  
Khondaker Mizanur Rahman ◽  
Taslima Rahman Khondaker
Keyword(s):  
Economic Sustainability ◽  
Stabilisation Policy ◽  
Global Population

scholarly journals A Paradox of World Population Stabilization Policy

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Mahmudul Alam ◽  
Rafiqul Islam Molla ◽  
Khandaker Mizanur Rahman ◽  
Wahid Murad
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Absorption Capacity ◽  
World Population ◽  
Fertility Level ◽  
Stabilization Policy ◽  
Replacement Level ◽  
Child Bearing ◽  
World Economic ◽  
Population Stabilization

Population explosion of the last century necessitated adoption of a population stabilization policy internationally but without due consideration of its paradoxical impacts on future world economic and environmental sustainability and progress of civilization. Population stabilization policy makes world fertility level (projected) to fall below the replacement level by 2043. This will result in a declining work-age population endangering economic and environmental sustainability particularly during 2050 and beyond. This study has made an attempt to highlight this paradox of population stabilization policy in terms of its impacts on economic and environmental sustainability. It analyses the catch of the need for a declining population in order to maintain a stable population. It also analyses the time taking process of changing fertility habit of the human community under the concepts of „child bearing habitual gap‟ and „work-age formation gap‟. It argues that for a progressive and sustainable world economy a greater and rising work-age population is required and observes that world needs to maintain population growth at a rate balanced in terms of countries and earth‟s absorption capacity.

scholarly journals Dimensions of global population projections: what do we know about future population trends and structures?

2010 ◽  
Vol 365 (1554) ◽  
pp. 2779-2791 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Lutz ◽  
Samir KC
Keyword(s):  
Population Projections ◽  
World Population ◽  
Mortality Trends ◽  
Total Size ◽  
Future Fertility ◽  
Western Asia ◽  
The World ◽  
Global Population ◽  
Population Stabilization ◽  
Future Population

The total size of the world population is likely to increase from its current 7 billion to 8–10 billion by 2050. This uncertainty is because of unknown future fertility and mortality trends in different parts of the world. But the young age structure of the population and the fact that in much of Africa and Western Asia, fertility is still very high makes an increase by at least one more billion almost certain. Virtually, all the increase will happen in the developing world. For the second half of the century, population stabilization and the onset of a decline are likely. In addition to the future size of the population, its distribution by age, sex, level of educational attainment and place of residence are of specific importance for studying future food security. The paper provides a detailed discussion of different relevant dimensions in population projections and an evaluation of the methods and assumptions used in current global population projections and in particular those produced by the United Nations and by IIASA.

Beyond Population Stabilization: The Case for Dramatically Reducing Global Human Numbers

1997 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Kenneth Smail
Keyword(s):  
Population Size ◽  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Standard Of Living ◽  
World Population ◽  
Past Time ◽  
Demographic Projections ◽  
Global Population ◽  
Population Stabilization

There is a growing tension between two apparently irreconcilable trends: (1) demographic projections that world population size will reach 10 to 11 billion by the middle of the next century; and (2) scientific estimates that the Earth's long-term sustainable carrying capacity (at an “adequate to comfortable” standard of living) may not be much greater than 2 to 3 billion. It is past time to develop internationally coordinated sociopolitical initiatives that go beyond slowing the growth or stabilizing global human numbers. After “inescapable realities” that humans must soon confront, and notwithstanding the considerable difficulties involved in establishing “global population optimums,” I conclude with several suggestions how best to bring about a very significant reduction in global population over the next two to three centuries. These proposals are cautiously optimistic.

scholarly journals A Paradox of the World Population Stabilization Policy

2009 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 331-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Mahmudul Alam ◽  
Rafiqul Islam Molla ◽  
Khondaker Mizanur Rahman ◽  
Md. Wahid Murad
Keyword(s):  
World Population ◽  
Stabilization Policy ◽  
The World ◽  
Population Stabilization

scholarly journals Global population stabilisation policy and declining work-age population: a threat to global economic sustainability

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 369
Author(s):  
Md. Mahmudul Alam ◽  
Khondaker Mizanur Rahman ◽  
Taslima Rahman Khondaker ◽  
Rafiqul Islam Molla ◽  
Md. Wahid Murad
Keyword(s):  
Economic Sustainability ◽  
Stabilisation Policy ◽  
Global Population

What we can learn from the parallels between the COVID-19 and the future climate change crises

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rubén D. Manzanedo ◽  
Peter Manning
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Future Climate Change ◽  
Substantial Portion ◽  
Preventative Measures ◽  
The Future ◽  
Behavioral Norm ◽  
Climate Crisis ◽  
Global Population

The ongoing COVID-19 outbreak pandemic is now a global crisis. It has caused 1.6+ million confirmed cases and 100 000+ deaths at the time of writing and triggered unprecedented preventative measures that have put a substantial portion of the global population under confinement, imposed isolation, and established ‘social distancing’ as a new global behavioral norm. The COVID-19 crisis has affected all aspects of everyday life and work, while also threatening the health of the global economy. This crisis offers also an unprecedented view of what the global climate crisis may look like. In fact, some of the parallels between the COVID-19 crisis and what we expect from the looming global climate emergency are remarkable. Reflecting upon the most challenging aspects of today’s crisis and how they compare with those expected from the climate change emergency may help us better prepare for the future.

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