Does rapid population growth diminish countries' economic development prospects? Do policies aimed at reducing high fertility help families escape poverty? These questions have been at the heart of policy debates since the time of Malthus, and have been particularly heated during the last half-century of explosive Third World population growth. In this carefully constructed collection of recent studies and analyses, the authors offer a nuanced, yet clear and positive answer to these questions---a refreshing step forward from the ambiguous conclusions of much of the literature of the 1970s and...
Does rapid population growth diminish countries' economic development prospects? Do policies aimed at reducing high fertility help families escape pov...
Does rapid population growth diminish countries' economic development prospects? Do policies aimed at reducing high fertility help families escape poverty? These questions have been at the heart of policy debates since the time of Malthus, and have been particularly heated during the last half-century of explosive Third World population growth. In this carefully constructed collection of recent studies and analyses, the authors offer a nuanced, yet clear and positive answer to these questions---a refreshing step forward from the ambiguous conclusions of much of the literature of the 1970s and...
Does rapid population growth diminish countries' economic development prospects? Do policies aimed at reducing high fertility help families escape pov...
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.
Evaluating the evidence on the impacts of population growth on well-being in developing countries, this work concludes that slowing population growth ...
This book examines the nature and significance of the impact of population growth on the weIl-being of developing countries-in particular, the effects on economic growth, education, health, food supply, housing, poverty, and the environment. In addition, because family planning programmes often significantly affect population growth, the study examines the impacts of family planning on fertility and health, and the human rights implications of family planning programmes. In considering the book's conclusions about the impact of population growth on development, four caveats should be noted....
This book examines the nature and significance of the impact of population growth on the weIl-being of developing countries-in particular, the effects...
The book shows that earlier studies exaggerated the effects of rural land scarcity, foreign capital inflows, and population growth on Third World urbanization. More critical were imbalances of productivity advance across sectors and terms of trade between primary products and manufactures.
Originally published in 1984.
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The book shows that earlier studies exaggerated the effects of rural land scarcity, foreign capital inflows, and population growth on Third World u...
