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Barry Mirkin

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Barry Mirkin works as a consultant on population issues, having retired from the United Nations Population Division in 2009, having worked in New York and elsewhere for 35 years. Mirkin has written studies on such areas as population and development policy, population aging, retirement and international migration. He received his graduate training in population and economics at New York University, the University of Geneva and Princeton University. He lives in Manhattan.

OPINIONS

The Philippines’ Population Boom Will Hurt Its Economic Boom

Opinion by Barry Mirkin
• May 12, 2015

DAVAO, Philippines — An Asian country with more than 100 million people, spread over 7,000 islands, the Philippines is probably best known for two things: the boxer and native son, Manny Pacquiao, who just lost a big fight, and…