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Article: World Bank's population control push in Philippines. (News in Brief).(Brief Article)
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- Catholic Insight
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- July 1, 2002
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Manila--The World Bank and unidentified "foreign donors" have launched a $20 million (USD) campaign to push population control on the Philippines. Dubbed the "Maternal Health and Population Management Program," the venture is set for implementation starting in 2004 or 2005. However, the Philippine government under President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has resisted the population control push, with good reason.
The drive for population reduction in the Philippines, which includes dire predictions of mass starvation if the population is not "culled," is out of step with United Nations population forecasts for the country. At a recent UN meeting on population decline, ...