Population and Development in the Third World (Methuen Introductions to Development) - Softcover

Findlay, Allan M.; Findlay, Anne

 
9780416919509: Population and Development in the Third World (Methuen Introductions to Development)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0416919502 ISBN 13: 9780416919509
Publisher: Routledge, 1987

Synopsis

Allan and Anne Findlay argue that a nation's human population is a vital resource in the development process. Changes in its composition - increased life expectancy combined with a falling birth rate, for example - can have profound effects upon a society. Warfare and mass migration of male workers also have long-reaching effects on those left behind. The rapid growth of Third World populations has often incorrectly been identified as the major force preventing more rapid economic development. Population pressure has been known to generate technological breakthroughs. Their final chapter examines family planning programmes, and concludes by asking who benefits most from population policies and questioning the right of developed countries to advocate family planning programmes for Third World nations.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
1987
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0416919502
ISBN 13 
9780416919509
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
3
Number of pages
140