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the ratio of the population says that lack of education, infrastructure and the potential for job creation will be in vain

letter to the seven billionth

The world is in danger of losing a golden opportunity for development and economic growth, a "demographic dividend", as the largest cohort of young people see their most economically productive years known wasted a large population of the United Nations report warned Wednesday.

The potential economic benefits of having such a large population of young people around the world are not met, as a generation suffers from a lack of education, and investment in infrastructure and job creation, according to the authors.

"When young people can exercise their rights to health conditions, education and decent work, becoming a powerful force for economic development and positive change." This opportunity [for] a demographic dividend is a fleeting moment to be collected quickly or lose, "said the Population Fund (UNFPA) in its Report on World Population, published a few days before the UN predicts world population to pass 7 million euros. Of the 7 million dollars, 1.8 billion are between 10 and 24 and 90% of people in the developing world.

The report also shows the average life expectancy worldwide has increased by 20 years of the 1950s, from 48 to 68, such as health and nutrition have improved, while infant mortality has decreased rapidly, from 133 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1950 to 46 per thousand today.

These successes cause for celebration zone, the United Nations, he said. Fertility has also halved, from six births per woman to 2.5 over the same period, although regional differences are obvious - the fertility rate is 1.6 births per woman in East Asia, but five women in parts of Africa

The report reveals a "vicious circle" of extreme poverty, food insecurity and inequality that lead to high mortality rates, which encourages high birth rate. Only by investing in health and education for women and girls can countries do to break the cycle, such as improving living conditions will allow parents to have more confidence that their children survive, and therefore smaller families.

be crucial for women and girls which allows greater freedom and equality, to make their own decisions on fertility. Hundreds of millions of women who prefer smaller families, but are unable to exercise this preference, because of a culture of repression.

"Governments that are serious about the eradication of poverty must also take seriously the provision of services, supplies and information that women need to exercise their reproductive rights," said said Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA. The empowerment of women, at a press conference in London: "We have come a long way, but we're not there yet there is a group that gives men power voluntarily relinquish power voluntarily women. . . Women need to fight. Women have to work together. "

The report said: "When women have equal rights and opportunities in society and when girls are educated and healthy fertility rates drop ... empowerment of women is not simply an end in itself, but also a step towards the eradication of poverty. "