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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778675503321

Titolo

Population growth and economic development : policy questions / / Working Group on Population Growth and Economic Development, Committee on Population, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy Press, , 1986

ISBN

1-280-22214-X

9786610222148

0-309-58167-2

0-585-15633-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 108 pages)

Disciplina

304.6/09172/4

Soggetti

Developing countries Economic policy

Developing countries Population

Developing countries Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p.94-104) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Addresses relevant questions like: Will population growth reduce the growth rate of per capita income because it reduces the per capita availability of exhaustible resources?; how about for renewable resources; will population growth aggravate degradation of the natural environment?; and does more rapid growth reduce worker output and consumption?