41.   IMF and bilateral assistance can be concentrated on macro economic housekeeping as an empowered population will continue the momentum of political reform.

42.   The birth rate is declining, but the population continues to grow because of the large number of people who are of child-bearing age.

43.   The birth rate is declining, but the population is continuing to grow because the number of people of child-bearing age is large.

44.   The government is building a massive sewage treatment system as the population continues to rise rapidly.

45.   Will the minority population continue to grow?

46.   If the population continues to flee, Makeni could be left as the only polling centre in the region.

47.   The whale population has continued to decline despite the moratorium on commercial whaling in force for the past ten years, experts of the International Whaling Commission said here.

48.   The world could experience severe food shortages if global population continues to grow faster than food production, according to a report released Saturday by the environmental Worldwatch Institute.