Population Growth And Economic Development

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population,Working Group on Population Growth and Economic Development
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1986-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780309036412

Get Book

Population Growth and Economic Development by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population,Working Group on Population Growth and Economic Development Pdf

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?

Author : Ansley Johnson Coale,Edgar M. Hoover
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781400878598

Get Book

Population Growth and Economic Development by Ansley Johnson Coale,Edgar M. Hoover Pdf

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.

Author : Nico Heerink
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783642785719

Get Book

Population Growth, Income Distribution, and Economic Development by Nico Heerink Pdf

In this book, a model of long-term interrelationships between income distribution, population growth and economic development is developed and estimated from data for 54 countries. The results indicate that a reduction of income inequality leads to lower fertility and mortality, to improvedbasic needs satisfaction, and to lower labour force participation of young and old males and of females in Asia and Africa. The effect of income distribution on saving and consumption is found to be negligible. These outcomes suggest that family planning and health policies in LDCs will show better results when they are supplemented with policies aimed at makingthe poor benefit from economic growth. As regards development policy, the results indicate that a reduction of income inequality does not impair the formation of physical capital, but enhances the formation of human capital and lowers the growth rate of the labour force.

Author : Ansley Johnson Coale,Edgar Malone Hoover,Frank W. Notestein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1258303221

Get Book

Population Growth and Economic Development in Low Income Countries by Ansley Johnson Coale,Edgar Malone Hoover,Frank W. Notestein Pdf

Author : Robert Cassen
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1412831555

Get Book

Population and Development by Robert Cassen Pdf

This volume presents the latest thinking concerning the effect of population growth on economic development and other areas of global concern. The authors address the complex issues that currently face both developed and developing country governments in all areas of population growth, exploring impacts within their country and internationally.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Developing countries
ISBN : OCLC:610407499

Get Book

Population Growth and Economic Development by Anonim Pdf

Author : B. N. Ghosh
Publisher : New Delhi : Deep & Deep Publications
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Developing countries
ISBN : IND:39000000210190

Get Book

Studies in Population and Economic Development by B. N. Ghosh Pdf

Author : David Gale Johnson,Ronald Demos Lee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 726 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038289323

Get Book

Population Growth and Economic Development by David Gale Johnson,Ronald Demos Lee Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

Get Book

Population Growth and Economic Development in Low-income Countries by Anonim Pdf

Author : David Bloom,David Canning,Jaypee Sevilla
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2003-02-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780833033734

Get Book

The Demographic Dividend by David Bloom,David Canning,Jaypee Sevilla Pdf

There is long-standing debate on how population growth affects national economies. A new report from Population Matters examines the history of this debate and synthesizes current research on the topic. The authors, led by Harvard economist David Bloom, conclude that population age structure, more than size or growth per se, affects economic development, and that reducing high fertility can create opportunities for economic growth if the right kinds of educational, health, and labor-market policies are in place. The report also examines specific regions of the world and how their differing policy environments have affected the relationship between population change and economic development.

Author : Population Council
Publisher : New York : Population Council
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Demography
ISBN : UCAL:B4382714

Get Book

Population and Development Planning by Population Council Pdf

Monograph of essays on the interrelationship between population dynamics variables and economic development, particularly as it affects the national planning process - covers educational planning, human resources planning, economic planning, social planning, family planning, etc. Flow charts, graphs, references and statistical tables.

Author : Hrothgar J. Habakkuk
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1074829216

Get Book

Population Growth and Economic Development Since 1750 by Hrothgar J. Habakkuk Pdf

Author : Dennis A. Ahlburg,Allen C. Kelley,Karen Oppenheim Mason
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783662032398

Get Book

The Impact of Population Growth on Well-being in Developing Countries by Dennis A. Ahlburg,Allen C. Kelley,Karen Oppenheim Mason Pdf

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.

Author : Léon Tabah
Publisher : Dolhain : Ordina Editions
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Developing countries
ISBN : STANFORD:36105004692807

Get Book

Population Growth and Economic Development in the Third World by Léon Tabah Pdf

Monograph of essays on the relationship between population growth and economic development in developing countries - deals with the employment and educational aspects, health and sociological aspects, food and agricultural aspects, migration and urbanization, environmental and financial aspects, etc. Of the population explosion problem. Diagrams, graphs, references and statistical tables.

Author : Nancy Birdsall,Allen C. Kelley,Steven W. Sinding
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199244072

Get Book

Population Matters by Nancy Birdsall,Allen C. Kelley,Steven W. Sinding Pdf

The effect of demography on economic performance has been the subject of intense debate in economics for nearly two centuries. In recent years opinion has swung between the Malthusian views of Coale and Hoover, and the cornucopian views of Julian Simon. Unfortunately, until recently, data weretoo weak and analytical models too limited to provide clear insights into the relationship. As a result, economists as a group have not been clear or conclusive.This volume, which is based on a collection of papers that heavily rely on data from the 1980s and 1990s and on new analytical approaches, sheds important new light on demographic--economic relationships, and it provides clearer policy conclusions than any recent work on the subject. In particular,evidence from developing countries throughout the world shows a pattern in recent decades that was not evident earlier: countries with higher rates of population growth have tended to see less economic growth. An analysis of the role of demography in the "Asian economic miracle" strongly suggeststhat changes in age structures resulting from declining fertility create a one-time "demographic gift" or window of opportunity, when the working age population has relatively few dependants, of either young or old age, to support. Countries which recognize and seize on this opportunity can, as theAsian tigers did, realize healthy bursts in economic output. But such results are by no means assured: only for countries with otherwise sound economic policies will the window of opportunity yield such dramatic results. Finally, several of the studies demonstrate the likelihood of a causalrelationship between high fertility and poverty. While the direction of causality is not always clear and very likely is reciprocal (poverty contributes to high fertility and high fertility reinforces poverty), the studies support the view that lower fertility at the country level helps create apath out of poverty for many families.Population Matters represents an important further step in our understanding of the contribution of population change to economic performance. As such, it will be a useful volume for policymakers both in developing countries and in international development agencies.