Population Growth and Levels of Consumption: With Special Reference to Countries in Asia

ISBN-13: 9781032548333 / Angielski

Belshaw Horace

Opis

Originally published in 1956, this book considers the practical problems of economic development in countries in which the prevailing outlook and a recent or probable increase in population growth make it difficult to escape from a ‘Malthusian situation.’ This book develops a valuable analytical apparatus with which it then examines the problems of capital formation, investment, economies of scale and the effective supply of labour, all in relation to population growth. Social, institutional and cultural factors are integrated with the economic.

Recenzje

‘…a careful and well-written consideration of the development problem in the heavily populated agrarian economies of Asia that puts the population aspect in its proper perspective.’ Harvey Leibenstein, Journal of Political Economy, Vol 66, No. 1

‘This book is a most valuable contribution…’ Q. M. Fareed, Pakistan Horizon Vol 9, No. 3

Spis treści

Part 1: Aspects of the Population Situation in Asian Countries 1. The population Situation 2. Demographic Attitudes 3. Some Conclusions Summarily Stated Part 2: Some Fundamental Relations 4. A ‘Development’ Equation 5. Economies of Scale 6. Investment 7. Savings 8. Population and Effective Supply of Labour 9. Innovations: Social Costs and Obstacles 10. Innovations and Growth: Some Requirements Part 3: Conclusions 11. Some Conclusions and Inferences 12. Some Observations on International Aid.

O autorze

Horace Belshaw was Professor of Economics at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.