The Impact of Population Growth on Well-being in Developing Countries
Title | The Impact of Population Growth on Well-being in Developing Countries PDF eBook |
Author | Dennis A. Ahlburg |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 363 |
Release | 2013-03-14 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 3662032392 |
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.
Population and Development in Poor Countries
Title | Population and Development in Poor Countries PDF eBook |
Author | Julian Lincoln Simon |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 484 |
Release | 2014-07-14 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1400862175 |
Making the case that population growth does not hinder economic progress and that it eventually raises standards of living, Julian Simon became one of the most controversial figures in economics during the past decade. This book gathers a set of articles--theoretical, empirical, and policy analyses--written over the past twenty years, which examine the effects of population increase on various aspects of economic development in less-developed economies. The studies show that within a century, or even a quarter of a century, the positive benefits of additional people counterbalance the short-run costs. The process is as follows: increased numbers of consumers, and the resultant increase of total income, expand the demand for raw materials and finished products. The resulting actual and expected shortages force up prices of the natural resources. The increased prices trigger the search for new ways to satisfy the demand, and sooner or later new sources and innovative substitutes are found. These new discoveries lead to cheaper natural resources than existed before this process began, leaving humanity better off than if the shortages had not appeared. Originally published in 1992. 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 and Development Planning
Title | Population and Development Planning PDF eBook |
Author | Population Council |
Publisher | New York : Population Council |
Pages | 286 |
Release | 1975 |
Genre | Social Science |
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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.
Population Matters
Title | Population Matters PDF eBook |
Author | Nancy Birdsall |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 457 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0199244073 |
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.
Consequences Of Rapid Population Growth In Developing Countries
Title | Consequences Of Rapid Population Growth In Developing Countries PDF eBook |
Author | Institut National d'etudes Demographiques |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 400 |
Release | 1991-06-01 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1135843295 |
First Published in 1991. This book holds the proceedings of the United Nations Institut national d' etudes demographiques Expert Group Meeting, New York, held on the 23-26 August 1988. Topics include the global trends in population growth, adaptation to rapid population growth, aspects and normative problems.
Population and Economic Change in Developing Countries
Title | Population and Economic Change in Developing Countries PDF eBook |
Author | Richard A. Easterlin |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 592 |
Release | 2007-11-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0226180255 |
"An extremely important book which contains a number of uniformly excellent papers on a variety of topics relating, to various degrees, to the nexus of demographic-economic interrelationships for presently developing countries."—William J. Serow, Southern Economic Journal "An important landmark in the growing field of economic demography."—Dudley Kirk, Journal of Developing Areas
Population and Health in Developing Countries: Population, health and survival at INDEPTH sites
Title | Population and Health in Developing Countries: Population, health and survival at INDEPTH sites PDF eBook |
Author | International Development Research Centre (Canada) |
Publisher | IDRC |
Pages | 360 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Africa |
ISBN | 9780889369481 |
Population and Health in Developing Countries: Volume 1. Poulation, health, and survival at INDEPTH sites