Population Hearing 2007


The report was launched on Wednesday 31st January 2007. To read the report click here.

The Updated Summary and updated Graphs/Tables were launched on Tuesday 14th July 209. To access the the Report Update Summary click here and for the Graphs/Tables click here. To read the original Report Summary click here. Also available in German and French. For hard copies contact Ann Mette Kjaerby on .



APPG Members Present Return of the Population Growth Factor to Hilary Benn MP, Secretary of State for International Development


l-r: Martyn Jones MP, Viscount Craigavon, Baroness Tonge, Hilary Benn MP, Richard Ottaway MP, Christine McCafferty MP


For Hilary Benn's Statement click here.


Press Articles

The Independent

The Lancet

Press Association

Vancouver Sun (Canada)


Background


In January 2006 the Group announced that it would be holding hearings on Population Growth - its impact on the MDGs. A call for written evidence was circulated to a large number of groups and individuals and was posted on this website. Nearly fifty written responses were received and have now been posted below.


The Group arranged a series of oral hearings, details of which can be found here. All hearings were held on Monday afternoons between 1530 and 1730 in Committee Room 20 in the House of Commons. All hearings were open for observation to members of the public. For further information on the hearings including evidence received, please .

To read the press release, click here.



SRHR NGOs

1.1 ICOMP (International Council on Management of Population Programmes)


Letter, Evidence, Additional Evidence


1.2 IPPF (International Planned Parenthood Federation)

Letter, Evidence

1.3 MSI (Marie Stopes International)

Letter, Evidence

1.4 PAI (Population Action International)


Letter, Evidence


1.5 Karen Newman, International Development Consultant

Letter, Evidence

Environmental Organisations and Population NGOs

2.1 Prof Chris Rapley, British Antarctic Survey (personal capacity)

Evidence

2.2 Planet 21

Letter, Evidence

2.3 Optimum Population Trust

Letter, Evidence

2.4 The Population Institute

Letter, Evidence

2.5 Population and Sustainability Network

Evidence

UN Organisations

3.1 Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of UN - Gender and Population Division

Evidence

3.2 UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)

Letter & Evidence, Booklet

3.3 UN Economic Commission for Africa

Letter & Evidence

3.4 UN High Commissioner for Refugees

Letter, Report 1, Report 2

3.5 World Health Organisation

Evidence

3.6 UN Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS)

Letter, Evidence

3.7 UN Population Fund (UNFPA)

Evidence

3.8 UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Letter, Report 1, Report 2

3.9 UN Environment Programme

Letter & Summary, ,

Governments

4.1 UK Department for International Development (DfID)

Letter, Evidence Summary, Evidence

4.2 UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)

Letter

4.3 Marion van Schaik, Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs (personal capacity)

Presentation

4.4 Commissioner Louis Michel, Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, European Commission

Evidence

4.5 Sir David King, Chief Scientific Adviser to HM Government, UK

Evidence

Country Studies

5.1 Nepal by Medini Bhandari, Syracuse University, USA

Evidence

5.2 Nigeria by African Foundation for Population and Development (AFPODEV)

Letter, Evidence

5.3 Andhra Pradesh, India by Overseas Development Institute

Evidence

5.4 Gujarat, India by Gramin Vikas Trust

Evidence

5.5 Pakistan by Ms Gul-e-farkhanda Siddiqui MP, Chair of the National Assembly on Population Welfare, Pakistan

Evidence

5.6 Philippines by PATH Foundation Philippines, Inc.

Letter, Evidence

5.7 China by Dr Baige Zhao, Vice Minister, National Population & Family Planning Commission, China

Preliminary Evidence, Main Evidence

Others

6.1 World Bank

Letter, Global Monitoring Report

6.2 IMF


Letter, Summary, Report 1, Report 2, Report 3, Report 4, Report 5, Report 6, Report 7


6.3 The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

Evidence

6.4 Catholics for a Free Choice

Letter, Evidence

6.5 Commonwealth Medical Trust (Commat)

Letter, Evidence

Academics

7.1 Dr Alex Ezeh, The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)

Evidence, Appendix 1, Appendix 2-4

7.2 Prof Aubrey Manning, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh

Letter, Evidence

7.3 Dr Colin Butler, Benevolent Organisation for Development Health and Insight (BODHI)

Letter, Evidence

7.4 Paul Allen, Development Director, Centre for Alternative Technology Charity Ltd

Evidence

7.5 Dr Ernestina Coast & Dr Tiziana Leone, Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics

Letter, Evidence

7.6 Prof John Cleland, Dr John Blacker, Dr Susannah Mayhew, Dr Oona Campbell, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Evidence

7.7 Dr Malcolm Potts, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, USA

Letter, Evidence

7.8 Michael Lipton & Robert Eastwood, University of Sussex

Evidence

7.9 Dr Ndola Prata, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, USA

Letter, Evidence

7.10 Prof Ronald Skeldon, Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, University of Sussex

Letter, Evidence

7.11 Dr Hilary Standing, Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex

Evidence

7.12 Prof Joseph Speidel, Bixby Center for Reproductive Health Research and Policy, University of California, San Fransisco, USA

Letter, Evidence

General NGOs

8.1 Help Age International

Letter, Evidence

8.2 Homeless International

Evidence