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State of World Population 2007

Posted June 28th, 2007 by Tara Murray in Asia, Fertility, Sub-Saharan Africa, Urban Sociology

State of World Population 2007: Unleashing the Potential of Urban Growth and a youth supplement, Growing Up Urban, are available online from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

The report predicts that more than half of the world’s population will live in towns and cities by next year, and urban growth will be particularly fast in Africa and Asia (New York Times).

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