"At the root of the water crisis, as with so many of the ills affecting the Middle East, is rapid population growth, experts say.
The number of Yemenis has quadrupled in the last half century, and is expected to triple again in
the next 40 years, to about 60 million"
Quote: The New York Times - November 1st, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/world/middleeast/01yemen.html?ref=todayspa
No talk about trying to reduce the rate of population growth
Peter D. Revers
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