GMAT Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: Demographic experts predict that the global human population

After reading the explanation by the author, I see his / her point. I would consider this question of high quality that may stump a candidate, unless he / she indentifies the difference between "prediction" and "proposal".

The prediction that population will peak sometime in the middle of this century is based on realistic assessment of educational and economic opportunities. Therefore it will not be possible to provide more opportunites than predicted, as proposed by the