The Impact of Population Growth on Well-Being in Developing Countries

ISBN-13: 9783540607090 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 360 str.

Dennis A. Ahlburg; Allen C. Kelley; Karen Oppenheim Mason

Opis

Evaluating the evidence on the impacts of population growth on well-being in developing countries, this work concludes that slowing population growth from high current levels is advantageous to economic development, health, food availability, and other social conditions.

Spis treści

Editors’ Introduction.- Toward a Cure for the Myopia and Tunnel Vision of the Population Debate: A Dose of Historical Perspective.- Fertility and Maternal and Child Health.- The Consequences of Rapid Population Growth on Human Resource Development: The Case of Education.- Population Growth, Environmental Change and Technical Innovation: Implications For Sustainable Growth in Agricultural Production.- Population, Housing, and the Economy.- Population Growth and Poverty.- An Inquiry into Population, Resources and Environment.- Evaluating the Impact of Family Planning Programmes.- Population Programs and Human Rights.