Population growth
I am happy to know that the draft population policy advocates introducing "single-child families" at national level by 2015 to avoid a serious socio-economic debacle due to the country's ever-increasing population.
I wrote my comments in response to an article entitled "Population boom setting development efforts at naught" by Mr. Md. Asadullah Khan who is a former teacher of Physics and Controller of Examinations, BUET on July 25, 2009. An unchecked demographic boom has already created imbalance in the country's social system and eventually also affects economic growth. The population growth is set to exert pressure on our educational, health and social systems, on our society and job market. We urge policymakers to take immediate steps to address the demographic boom with adequate social policies about the country's future.
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