This book evaluates the evidence on the impacts of population growth on well-being in developing countries and concludes that slowing population growth from high current levels, especially in poor, agrarian societies facing pressure on land and resources, is advantageous to economic development, health, food availablitiy, housing, poverty, the environment, and possibly education. It also concludes that while other economic and social policies may affect one or a few of these components of well-being more directly, few, if any, are likely to have the breadth of impact of family planning programmes.
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Debates about the economic consequences of population growth and size have been too narrow, and they have been too focused on impacts that occur in the short run.1 Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
agricultural research capacity, past population growth, family planning programmes, unwanted fertility, family size decision, small negative impact, residential land prices, slower population growth, secondary enrollment rates, health constraints, induced technical change, reduced population growth, headcount index, national population growth, fertility goals, population programs, recent population growth, contraceptive prevalence, family planning programs, demographic goals, urban environmental problems, relationship between population growth, fertility decline, urban population growth, average attainment Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
World Bank, New York, United Nations, Latin America, Working Paper, Sri Lanka, Oxford University Press, East Asia, National Research Council, Costa Rica, The Population Council, Papua New Guinea, South Asia, South Korea, United States, American Economic Review, National Academy Press, Northeast Thailand, University of Minnesota, World Resources, Research Division, Johns Hopkins University Press, Journal of Development Economics, Population Studies, World Development Report New!
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Debates about the economic consequences of population growth and size have been too narrow, and they have been too focused on impacts that occur in the short run.1 Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
agricultural research capacity, past population growth, family planning programmes, unwanted fertility, family size decision, small negative impact, residential land prices, slower population growth, secondary enrollment rates, health constraints, induced technical change, reduced population growth, headcount index, national population growth, fertility goals, population programs, recent population growth, contraceptive prevalence, family planning programs, demographic goals, urban environmental problems, relationship between population growth, fertility decline, urban population growth, average attainment Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
World Bank, New York, United Nations, Latin America, Working Paper, Sri Lanka, Oxford University Press, East Asia, National Research Council, Costa Rica, The Population Council, Papua New Guinea, South Asia, South Korea, United States, American Economic Review, National Academy Press, Northeast Thailand, University of Minnesota, World Resources, Research Division, Johns Hopkins University Press, Journal of Development Economics, Population Studies, World Development Report New!
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- Family Planning Programmes and Fertility (International Studies in Demography) by James F. Phillips on 7 pages
- Population Growth and Economic Development: Issues and Evidence (Social demography) by D. Gale Johnson on 6 pages
- Human Resources (Vocational Business, 4) (Bk. 4) by Keith Brumfitt on 4 pages
- Population and Development: Old Debates, New Conclusions (U.S.-Third World Policy Perspectives No. 19) by Robert Cassen on page 115, page 254, and page 256
- The United Nations by Richard S. Williamson on page 117, page 217, and page 257
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- Population Matters: Demographic Change, Economic Growth, and Poverty in the Developing World by Nancy Birdsall on 5 pages
- Population and Climate Change by Brian C. O'Neill on 4 pages
- The Value of Family Planning Programs in Developing Countries by Rodolfo A. Bulatao in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Origins and Evolution of Family Planning (Population Matters) by Judith R. Seltzer in Back Matter
- Contingent Lives: Fertility, Time, and Aging in West Africa (Lewis Henry Morgan Lecture Series) by Caroline H. Bledsoe in Back Matter
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