Original Report (2007)

 

Launch of the 2007 Report: L-R: Viscount Craigavon, Baroness Tonge, Secretary of State Hilary Benn (DFID), Richard Ottaway MP (Chair of Hearings process), Martha Campbell (PSN), Toby Aykroyd(PSN), Christine McCafferty MP (Chair of APPG); in front, Catherine Budget-Meakin (PSN).

The original Report was published in 2007 by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Population, Development and Reproductive Health (APPG).

The Report collated the findings of the series of Hearings at Westminister examining the impact of population growth on the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals.

Initially proposed by PSN to the APPG, these Hearings received written evidence from some 50 bodies across the world, including UNFPA, World Bank, World Health Organisation, governments and NGOs.

PSN served on the Steering Group and submitted both written and oral evidence to the APPG for the original Report.

The findings of the Report show unequivocally that unless population growth is effectively addressed, especially in a range of poorer countries in sub Saharan Africa and parts of South Asia, the MDGs will be difficult or impossible to achieve. 

To read the original Report, and see the hearings evidence please click here.