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

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Population Matters: Demographic Change, Economic Growth, and Poverty in the Developing World - Birdsall, Nancy (Editor), and Kelley, Allen C (Editor), and Sinding, Steven (Editor)
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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 ...

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Population Matters: Demographic Change, Economic Growth, and Poverty in the Developing World 2003, Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN-13: 9780199261864

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Population Matters: Demographic Change, Economic Growth, and Poverty in the Developing World 2001, Oxford University Press, USA, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780199244072

Hardcover