在新旧世纪交替的20世纪90年代,发展中国家将面临一系列世纪性经济课题: 1.人口:现在,地球上居住着51亿人口,其中75％居住在发展中国家。而且,世界人口的增长主要是在经济不发达的国家和地区。近年来,发展中国家的人口增长率在2％以上,而发达国家只有0.6％左右。人口的迅速增长,不仅使发展中国家承受着巨大的消费压力,加剧了粮食短缺、失业增加、住房和卫生条件恶化等问题,且不利于人口素质的提高。据联 In the 1990s and the new century, the developing countries will face a series of century economic issues: 1. Population: Now, there are 5.1 billion people on Earth, 75% of whom live in developing countries. Moreover, the growth of the world’s population is mainly in economically underdeveloped countries and regions. In recent years, the population growth rate in developing countries has been above 2%, while in developed countries it is only about 0.6%. The rapid population growth not only puts developing countries under huge pressure of consumption, exacerbating the problems of food shortage, increasing unemployment, deteriorating housing and sanitation, and is not conducive to the improvement of population quality. According to couplets