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Languages : en
Pages : 416
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Population Growth and Economic Development in Low-income Countries
Author: Population Growth and Economic Development in Low-income Contries, a Case Study of India's Prospects
Author: Ansley J. CoalePublisher:
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Category : Developing countries
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Population Growth and Economic Development
Author: Ansley Johnson CoalePublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400878594
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
The main contribution of this book lies in its focus on real alternatives in future population growth. At some time-taken as 1956 in India for this case study-a low-income country may have the option of effectively promoting the reduction of fertility, or (by inaction) of permitting fertility to remain at high levels. This book clearly shows the nature and extent of the economic gains resulting from fertility reduction. Since most low-income areas are destined for rapid population growth even with substantial fertility declines, the emphasis is placed between moderately rapid and very rapid growth. The extensive quantitative population projections show the importance of the growth rate itself and of changes in age distribution in addition to population size. The results for India have direct implications for all low-income, primarily agrarian areas entering a program of economic development. Originally published in 1958. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Population Growth and Economic Development in Low-income Countries
Author: Ansley J. CoalePublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 389
Book Description
Population Growth and Economic Development
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309036410
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
This book addresses nine relevant questions: Will population growth reduce the growth rate of per capita income because it reduces the per capita availability of exhaustible resources? How about for renewable resources? Will population growth aggravate degradation of the natural environment? Does more rapid growth reduce worker output and consumption? Do rapid growth and greater density lead to productivity gains through scale economies and thereby raise per capita income? Will rapid population growth reduce per capita levels of education and health? Will it increase inequality of income distribution? Is it an important source of labor problems and city population absorption? And, finally, do the economic effects of population growth justify government programs to reduce fertility that go beyond the provision of family planning services?
Population Growth and Economic Development in Low-income Countries
Author: Ansley J. CoalePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 389
Book Description
Population Growth and Economic Development
Author: David Gale JohnsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description
Population Change and Economic Development
Author: World BankPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Derived from the IWorld Development Report 1984, this text focuses on population change and development and shows how policy actions can slow down rapid population growth.
Perspectives on Development and Population Growth in the Third World
Author: O.G. SimmonsPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1468455141
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Until the early to mid-1970s, social scientists in the fields of population and development were largely going their own ways. Demographers relied almost exclusively on demographic transition theory as their para digm for understanding the role of development in population change and fertility decline. Conversely, most development economists and other specialists were certainly aware of the constraints placed upon development objectives by population growth. However, the main de velopment theories paid little attention to population and the implica tions of population growth for development. Indeed it was not until after the World Population Conference in Bucharest in 1974 that the interaction of population and development became a serious and pur posive theme for social scientific study. Accordingly, since about the mid-1970s, an extensive literature in the field of population and develop ment has been generated. And in 1975, under the auspices of The Popu lation Council, the journal Population and Development Review was found ed, a journal which in the past decade has developed into the premier publication in the world for work in this area. But our understanding of development as it refers to change in Third World countries remained fragmented. Moreover, our understanding of the linkages and interac tions between population and development was very limited. It is in this regard that Ozzie Simmons's Perspectives on Development and Population Growth in the Third World will certainly have an impact.
The Impact of Population Growth on Well-being in Developing Countries
Author: Dennis A. AhlburgPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3662032392
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
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. First, the effects of population growth vary from place to place and over time. Thus, blanket statements about overall effects often cannot be made. Where possible, the authors note the contexts in which population effects are strongest and weakest. Second, all of the outcomes examined in this book are influenced by factors other than population growth. Moreover, the impact of population growth may itself vary according to the presence or absence of other factors. This again makes bl anket statements about the effects of population growth difficult. Throughout the chapters, the authors try to identify other relevant factors that influence the outcomes we discuss or that influence the impact of population growth on those outcomes.
