All Our People

Population Policy With A Human Face

Klaus M. Leisinger and Karin Schmitt; Foreword by Robert S. McNamara

Responding to those who argue that resources spent saving lives in impoverished and overpopulated regions are wasted, Klaus Leisinger and Karin Schmitt set forth the components of strategies that can bring down birth rates in an ethically acceptable way. They explain that development must:

foster a political, legal, and economic environment that supports human development
focus on the satisfaction of basic human needs
improve the social status of women

All Our People provides an in-depth, balanced treatment of such factors as human consumption patterns, the ethical issues surrounding population policy, and the role of women in development issues. The authors consider the wide range of conditions necessary to mitigate problems associated with population growth and the environment, including reformed attitudes and behavior patterns among people in industrial countries as well as global changes in economic, social, and political structures.