[vidarh]

This is not in any way supported with the evidence, which is that dropping fertility rates correlates strongly to increased development, and with the fact that fertility rates across Africa has been dropping pretty consistently for the last 3-4 decades depending on country.

[freitzkriesler]

Indeed true, Africa's fertility rate, while slowly dropping, is still whopping 32 births per 1000 people. Increased development helps but food aid is what supports a large number of sub Saharan Africans who are bolstering those numbers. Famine and food prices are still a strong dictator of fertility in Africa.

[vidarh]

The data does not in any way support that improving food safety "bolsters those numbers" if by that you mean they're keeping fertility rates up.