Abstract
The World Bank shares the widespread conviction that high population growth rates present a long-term threat to world viability and interfere with present efforts to improve standards of living. In trying to do something about the problem the Bank is moving on three fronts: increasing world awareness of the problems created by surging population growth; focusing the attention of national leaders on the demographic situation of their countries; assisting countries which want Bank assistance in building institutions and programs that will enable them to influence the growth of their populations.
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