Consequences of Rapid Population Growth in Developing Countries: Proceedings of the United Nations/Institut National D'études Démographiques Expert Group Meeting, New York, 23-26 August 1988Proceedings of the United Nations/Institute Nationale d'Etudes Demographique Expert Group Meeting held in NYC, August 1988, on global trends in population growth and economic growth, specific aspects of rapid population growth, and related normative problems. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
Contents
Agenda | 8 |
Rapid population growth the quality of health and the quality of health care | 8 |
List of participants | 11 |
past present and future | 15 |
A historical perspective on the economic consequences of rapid population growth | 41 |
Estimating the relationship between population growth and aggregate economic | 67 |
International economic relations and rapid demographic growth in dependent | 101 |
Rapid population growth and technical and institutional change | 127 |
Rapid population growth and environmental stress | 161 |
the effects of unstable demographic changes | 243 |
evolution over the recent period and effects | 275 |
the case of India | 297 |
Recent findings on the consequences of rapid population growth in developing | 345 |
Contributors | 379 |
Common terms and phrases
Africa agricultural analysis annual areas Asia assumed average Binswanger birth capita income cent century coefficient consequences of population consumption correlation costs decline demo-economic models demographic transition developing countries economic development economic growth effects of population elasticity employment environmental impact estimates expected externalities to child-bearing factors family planning fertility Figure France Hayami hypotheses impact factors income per capita increase induced innovation industrialized institutional change institutional innovation labour land Latin America Lorenz curve Malthusian modern mortality negative nitrogen nitrogen oxides Northern America output period pollution population growth rates poverty problems production function rapid demographic growth rapid population growth rate of population real wages reduce regression relations relationship between population relative relative resource Ruttan social structure terms of trade theory trend United Kingdom United Nations urban variables World Bank world population