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The 1980s were declared the International Water Supply and Sanitation Decade , with WHO as the agency coordinating activities . The goals set for the decade were not excessively ambitious when measured against the world's needs ...
The 1980s were declared the International Water Supply and Sanitation Decade , with WHO as the agency coordinating activities . The goals set for the decade were not excessively ambitious when measured against the world's needs ...
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As part of a major international effort over the last few decades , support for family planning in developing countries has grown , reinforcing the effect of economic and social development . This has helped to reduce the rate of ...
As part of a major international effort over the last few decades , support for family planning in developing countries has grown , reinforcing the effect of economic and social development . This has helped to reduce the rate of ...
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Even if the world does no more than match the rate of growth of the 1980s — by common consent , a decade of missed economic opportunities and subpotential performance — by 2025 the world economy will be four times greater than it is ...
Even if the world does no more than match the rate of growth of the 1980s — by common consent , a decade of missed economic opportunities and subpotential performance — by 2025 the world economy will be four times greater than it is ...
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| Title | Our Country, the Planet: Forging a Partnership for Survival |
| Author | S. S. Ramphal |
| Publisher | Lime Tree, 1992 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 6 Aug 2009 |
| ISBN | 0413455815, 9780413455819 |
| Length | 291 pages |
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