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How Many is Too Many?

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BBC correspondents examine the theory and practice of population control in the developing world.
Tonight: Mark Tully on India
'How many people in this country ever think about the social pressures in India to have large families? In Britain everyone is protected in old age by a retirement pension. In India, the only protection for old age is sons who are still at work.'
(Tomorrow: Adrian Porter on Latin America)

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Adrian Porter
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