- Title Pages
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of Contributors
- Part I Setting the Stage
- 1 How and Why Population Matters: New Findings, New Issues
- 2 The Population Debate in Historical Perspective: Revisionism Revised
- 3 Dependency Burdens in the Developing World
- Part II Population Change and the Economy
- 4 Economic and Demographic Change: A Synthesis of Models, Findings, and Perspectives
- 5 Demographic Change, Economic Growth, and Inequality
- 6 Saving, Wealth, and Population
- 7 Cumulative Causality, Economic Growth, and the Demographic Transition
- Part III Fertility, Poverty, and the Family
- 8 Population and Poverty in Households: A Review of Reviews
- 9 Demographic Transition and Poverty: Effects Via Economic Growth, Distribution, and Conversion
- 10 Inequality and the Family in Latin America
- 11 Demographic Changes and Poverty in Brazil
- Part IV Population, Agriculture, and Natural Resources
- 12 Rural Population Growth, Agricultural Change, and Natural Resource Management in Developing Countries: A Review of Hypotheses and Some Evidence from Honduras
- Part V Some Economics of Population Policy
- 13 Why Micro Matters
- 14 New Findings in Economics and Demography: Implications for Policies to Reduce Poverty
- Index
How and Why Population Matters: New Findings, New Issues
How and Why Population Matters: New Findings, New Issues
- Chapter:
- (p.3) 1 How and Why Population Matters: New Findings, New Issues
- Source:
- Population Matters
- Author(s):
Nancy Birdsall (Contributor Webpage)
Steven W. Sinding
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This introductory chapter begins with a brief discussion on the effects of demographic change on economic growth in developing countries. It draws on the studies included in this volume to illustrate the specific effects of demographic change: economic revisionism, population growth, fertility, poverty, family, and the use of natural resources. Finally, policy implications are discussed.
Keywords: demographic change, economic growth, poverty, developing countries, economic revisionism, population growth, natural resource use
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- Title Pages
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of Contributors
- Part I Setting the Stage
- 1 How and Why Population Matters: New Findings, New Issues
- 2 The Population Debate in Historical Perspective: Revisionism Revised
- 3 Dependency Burdens in the Developing World
- Part II Population Change and the Economy
- 4 Economic and Demographic Change: A Synthesis of Models, Findings, and Perspectives
- 5 Demographic Change, Economic Growth, and Inequality
- 6 Saving, Wealth, and Population
- 7 Cumulative Causality, Economic Growth, and the Demographic Transition
- Part III Fertility, Poverty, and the Family
- 8 Population and Poverty in Households: A Review of Reviews
- 9 Demographic Transition and Poverty: Effects Via Economic Growth, Distribution, and Conversion
- 10 Inequality and the Family in Latin America
- 11 Demographic Changes and Poverty in Brazil
- Part IV Population, Agriculture, and Natural Resources
- 12 Rural Population Growth, Agricultural Change, and Natural Resource Management in Developing Countries: A Review of Hypotheses and Some Evidence from Honduras
- Part V Some Economics of Population Policy
- 13 Why Micro Matters
- 14 New Findings in Economics and Demography: Implications for Policies to Reduce Poverty
- Index
