Population Growth and Economic Development in Low-Income Countries: A Case Study of India's Prospects (Princeton Legacy Library, 2319) - Hardcover

Ansley Coale; Edgar M. Hoover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0691093261 ISBN 13: 9780691093260

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 1958

Synopsis

The main contribution of this book lies in its focus on real alternatives in future population growth. At some time-taken as 1956 in India for this case study-a low-income country may have the option of effectively promoting the reduction of fertility, or (by inaction) of permitting fertility to remain at high levels. This book clearly shows the nature and extent of the economic gains resulting from fertility reduction. Since most low-income areas are destined for rapid population growth even with substantial fertility declines, the emphasis is placed between moderately rapid and very rapid growth. The extensive quantitative population projections show the importance of the growth rate itself and of changes in age distribution in addition to population size. The results for India have direct implications for all low-income, primarily agrarian areas entering a program of economic development.

Originally published in 1958.

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About this edition

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 1958
• ISBN 10: 0691093261
• ISBN 13: 9780691093260
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 389