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The UN says we're reaching eight billion in record time due to progress in public health, nutrition and medicine which have helped increase life expectancy. At the same time, we have a record number of women in the workforce, at university, which is also having an impact on demographic growth as birthrates drop in developed nations. Arjan Djonca, a specialist in demography at the London School of Economics tells us more about demographic trends.
People in Beijing, the capital of the world's most populous country China, comment on the world's changing population, which is expected to reach 8 billion by mid-November. IMAGES ET SONORES D'ARCHIVES
IMF lowers 2023 global growth forecast to 2.8%, down from 2.9%
US Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday called for more investments in innovation in Africa in a speech underlining her optimism for the continent where she is on tour. Her visit to Ghana and later this week to Tanzania and Zambia follows a December summit hosted by President Joe Biden in Washington with African leaders to balance the rising influence of China and Russia on the continent. For more, FRANCE 24 is joined by Dr. Alex Vines, Assistant Professor and lectures on African peace and security and politics at Coventry University and Director of the Africa Programme at Chatham House. Dr. Vines asserts that the "Biden Administration has a lot of work to do to get the US corporate world to engage more in the African continent."
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