The Poverty – Education – Population
Connection
¥School
lunch programs help kids, especially girls, stay in school
¥Girls
who stay in school longer are likely to have fewer children
¥Reducing
family size helps lift families out of poverty
Female
Secondary Education
and
Total Fertility Rates
Efforts to eliminate poverty and slow population
growth reinforce each other—and
they also help prevent state failure by addressing the root causes of instability.