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Six Billion and Counting

Three days before the world's population officially reaches six billion, correspondents around the globe report on the problems linked to such a statistic. Edward Stourton discovers family-planning policies are failing in India while, in northern Italy, Beppe Severgnini finds career-orientated women blamed for a baby drought. Plus reports from Gaza and Georgia, USA.

English
  • Originally Aired October 9, 1999
  • Runtime 45 minutes
  • Network BBC Two
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