The new demography of the 21st century: Part 1 - The birthrate surprise

Strategy and Leadership

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 42-48

  Walker, Martin ^a  

^a AT Kearney's Global Business Policy Council   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth rate; Demography; Labour; Population

Indexed keywords

EID: 54049155781     PISSN: 10878572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10878570810918359     Document Type: Article

References (18)

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2. See: www.un.org/esa/population/publications/wpp2006/ WPP2006_Highlights_rev.pdf The most thorough critique of the UN projections may be found in the Australian government publication R. Duncan and C. Wilson, Global Population Projections: Is the UN Getting It Wrong?, Australian National University, for the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, RIRDC Project No ANU-51A.
3. Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat (2005), World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision. Highlights. New York: United Nations.
4. Ibid, Highlights, p. 6.
5. Ibid, p ix.
6. Cited in M. Walker, "Europe's Mosque Hysteria," The Wilson Quarterly, Washington, DC, Spring 2006.
7. World Population Prospects, United Nations, op cit, The 2006 revision, Table A.15.
8. The Glasgow Herald, May 8, 2008.
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10. UN 2006 revision, op cit.
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17. Gary Burtless, Does Population Aging Represent a Burden for Rich Societies?, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, 2002, p. 3.
18. Murray, op cit, p. 27.