Population Matters: Demographic Change, Economic Growth, and Poverty in the Developing World [Paperback]

Nancy Birdsall (Editor), Allen C. Kelley (Editor), Steven Sinding (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 3, 2003

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 1980s.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Edited by three leading scholars in economic demography (Nancy Birdsall, Allen Kelley, and Steven Sinding), the volume offers an important collection of original essays on the interrelation between demography and economic development...The authors provide excellent coverage of many methodological issues and of recent macroeconomic and microeconomic evidence linking fertility and population dynamics to economic performance. Anyone concerned with how population change affects the development prospects of poor countries will profit from reading the essays." -- Jeffrey D. Sachs, Science

About the Author

Nancy Birdsall is Senior Associate and Director, Economic Reform Project, Global Policy Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Allen C. Kelley is James B. Duke Professor of Economics, Duke University. Steven Sinding is Director, Population Sciences Division, Rockefeller Foundation.

Product Details

• Paperback: 456 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (July 3, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0199261865
• ISBN-13: 978-0199261864
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,464,684 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)