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The
Population Council, a nonprofit,
nongovernmental research organization established in 1952, seeks to
improve the well being and reproductive health of current and future
generations around the world and to help achieve a humane,
equitable, and sustainable balance between people and resources.
U.S. Agency for International
Development (USAID) is the independent government agency
that provides economic development and humanitarian assistance to
advance U.S. economic and political interests overseas. USAID was
established in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy.
Population
Connection (Formerly Zero Population Growth)
is the nation's largest grassroots organization concerned with the
impacts of rapid population growth and wasteful consumption.
Population pressures exacerbate acute social problems such as teen
pregnancy, poverty, hunger, homelessness and crime. Continued
population growth is foremost among the factors aggravating critical
environmental problems such as urban sprawl, air and water
pollution, deforestation, wildlife extinction, and climate change.
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