Some conservationists have suggested diverting scarce resources from education, health, and ...

Some conservationists have suggested diverting scarce resources from education, health, and industrialization into various forms of mandatory birth control, including, if necessary, forced sterilization. These observers regard the presumed alternatives-poverty, famine, war, ethnic violence, and the growth of huge filthy cities-as too horrible to contemplate. However, overpopulation can be addressed by less extreme and invasive measures as demonstrated by Kerala, India. Discuss fully how this state has achieved a total fertility rate that is well below replacement level. Given this example, what efforts should be made in other countries that have extremely high total fertility rates?