Daily Alert Archive

May 3, 2013       Share:    

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/03/world/middleeast/as-egypt-birthrate-rises-population-policy-vanishes.html?_r=0

Egypt's Birthrate Rises as Population Control Policies Vanish

(New York Times) Kareem Fahim - While the government of Hosni Mubarak expanded family planning programs and publicity campaigns to curtail population growth that he blamed for crippling Egypt's development, Egypt's birthrate has now surged to a 20-year high. Last year, there were 2.6 million births, bringing the population to about 84 million.

View the full edition of Daily Alert

Back to Archive