Contributions

  • Birdsall, Nancy - Contributor
  • Kelley, Allen C - Contributor
  • Sinding, Steven W - Contributor

Publication

2001 - Oxford University Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

110,000 words, Guess

Page Count

440 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780199244072
  • Open LibraryOL17029520M

Classifications

  • LCCHB884 .P575 2001
  • LCCHB884.P575 2001
  • LCCHB 884 P575 2001

Description

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. -- Publisher description.

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