Jim Ley wrote:
>On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 20:02:21 +0200, Mxsmanic
>>Jim Ley writes:
>>
>>> Let's
>>> be clear controlling family size is not a sensible solution for
>>> African poverty.
>>
>>Why not?
>Because it it's not the cause of poverty, it's a by product of the
>poverty which leads to high mortality rates. You need to fight the
>causes.
And families which are poor require more labouring hands to bring in
crops or income, to help domestically, and to increase the probability
that some offspring will still be around to care for you in your old
age. Political factors are behind most famine. It's no coincidence
that during the great drought of the 80s, it was countries in civil
war (e.g. somalia/eritrea/ethiopia) which fared worst.
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Ken Tough |