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V. Technology for Controlling the Population Explosion 822 



Current Growth Rates in Asia, Africa, and Latin America 822 



The Impact of Population Growth on Economic Development — 824 



Opposition to the Limiting of Population Growth 827 



The Technology of Controlling Conception and Birth 827 



The Oral Contraceptive (The Pill) . 828 



The Intrauterine Device (lUD) 829 



Sterilization 829 



Conventional Methods 830 



New Lines of Scientific Research 830 



Abortion 831 



The Problem of Medical Support 833 



VI. Political and Diplomatic Issues of the Population Problem in the 



LDCs 834 



Social Resistance to Birth Control and Family Planning Pro- 

 grams 834 



The Status of AVomen 834 



The Masculine Image 83-1 



Cultural Inertia 835 



Religion and Population 836 



Administrative Weaknesses in the LDCs 838 



U.S. Diplomatic Mobilization To Deal With the Population Issue_ 839 



Evolution of U.S. Concern 839 



The Strengthening of U.S. Policy 840 



U.S. Policy Today 844 



U.S. Agencies With Overseas Population Programs 844 



The Department of State 845 



The Department of Health, IMucation, and Welfare 845 



The United States Information Agency 846 



The Peace Corps 847 



The Agency for International Development 847 



AID Assessment of Program Requirements 849 



The Congressional Role 851 



Multilateral Programs Dealing With the Population Problem 852 



Recommendations for Future U.N. Population Measures 854 



VII. Future Diplomatic Issues of the Food/People Equation 855 



The Politics ond Diplomacy of Food for the Future 856 



Multilateral Approaches to Problems Generated by the Green 



Revolution 858 



The Politics and Diplomacy of Stemming the Population Ex- 

 plosion 859 



Political and Diplomatic Problems of the Food/People Equa- 

 tion 861 



TABLES 



1. Expansion of Acreages in High-Yielding Grain Varieties — Selected 



Countries 785 



2. Losses of Potential Crop Production by Region 790 



3. Protein Content of Selected Food Staples 794 



4. Population Growth Rate, Selected Countries 822 



5. The 15 Most Populous Countries 823 



6. Summary of AID Dollar Obligations for Population and Family Plan- 



ning Projects, by Fiscal Years 843 



7. Students Receiving Family Planning and Population Training in AID- 



Funded Courses Given in the United States 849 



8. Selected Measures of Family Planning Program Performance 850 



