A central plank of the 1994 Cairo consensus was that the size, growth, age structure and rural-urban distribution of a country's population have a critical impact on its development prospects and on the living standards of the poor.
1994年开罗共识的核心内容是，国家人口的规模、增长、年龄结构和城乡分布对其发展前景和贫穷人口的生活标准具有重要影响。