World Chronicle 858: Joseph Chamie, DESA

Michael Littlejohns interviews Joseph Chamie, Director of the Population Division at the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, for World Chronicle program 858.

• Categories: News & Features / Features / World Chronicle
• Video Length: 00:28:04
• Production Date: 21 March 2002
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: EVELYN LEOPOLD; JACK FREEMAN; MICHAEL LITTLEJOHNS
• Corporate Name: DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS - DESA
• Subject Topical: POPULATION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
• MAMS Id: 2171260
• Parent Id: 824893

Description

FERTILITY DECLINE: MAJOR IMPLICATIONS FOR WORLD POPULATION SIZE

Over the past decade, more and more developing countries have joined developed countries in seeing their fertility levels fall below replacement level - about two children per woman - challenging the assumption that there is some inherent magnet drawing populations to a replacement-level equilibrium. In this edition of World Chronicle, Joseph Chamie, Director of the Population Division at the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, talks about the socio-economic implications of this dramatic decline in fertility levels worldwide.

• Scripts: File; 858.pdf (33.65 KB)