Population And Economic Change In Developing Countries

Author : Richard A. Easterlin
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226180255
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Population and Economic Change in Developing Countries written by Richard A. Easterlin and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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

Author : Dennis A. Ahlburg
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3662032392
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Impact of Population Growth on Well-being in Developing Countries written by Dennis A. Ahlburg and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Richard A. Easterlin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Population and Economic Change in Developing Countries written by Richard A. Easterlin and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309036410
Total Pages : 121 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Population Growth and Economic Development written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1986-02-01 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : David Bloom
Publisher : Rand Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0833033735
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Demographic Dividend written by David Bloom and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2003-02-13 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Nancy Birdsall
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199244073
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Population Matters written by Nancy Birdsall and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Ansley Johnson Coale
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781258303228
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Population Growth and Economic Development in Low Income Countries written by Ansley Johnson Coale and published by . This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : B. N. Ghosh
Publisher : New Delhi : Deep & Deep Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Studies in Population and Economic Development written by B. N. Ghosh and published by New Delhi : Deep & Deep Publications. This book was released on 1987 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Allen C. Kelley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Economic Consequences of Population Change in the Third World written by Allen C. Kelley and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Institut National d'etudes Demographiques
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1135843295
Total Pages : 400 pages
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Download or read book Consequences Of Rapid Population Growth In Developing Countries written by Institut National d'etudes Demographiques and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1991-06-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.