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@ Brookings Podcast: Can the World Sustain Seven Billion People?

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With better health care and nutrition, people around the world are living longer and having more children, pushing the population of planet Earth above the seven billion mark.  Expert Homi Kharas says while the reasons for growth are positive, the population explosion means world governments must develop more sustainable policies to provide goods and services.