Population, Economic Growth, and Agriculture in Less Developed Countries (Routledge Studies in Development Economics, 23)

✍ Scribed by Nadia Cuffaro

• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 188
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In 1950 the world population was 2.5 billion; fifty years later there are over 6 billion people. The demographic of this explosion has essentially occurred in the developing areas of the world. The key to understanding many contemporary development problems that have arisen from this rapid growth is in understanding the relationships between population and the economy.This book offers an analysis of such relationships, encompassing a review of the major positions in the academic debate.Population, Economic Growth and Agriculture in Less Developed Countries will serve as a useful introduction and reference tool for students, academics and all with an interest in the population debate and economics.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of figures......Page 8
List of tables......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 12
Introduction......Page 14
Population growth and economic development......Page 20
Population pessimism......Page 22
'Revisionism': theoretical background......Page 40
Population growth and agriculture in less developed countries......Page 76
Endogenous technical progress in agriculture......Page 78
The response of institutions......Page 100
Adjustment failures......Page 123
Environmental implications......Page 136
Future challenges for world agriculture......Page 146
Conclusions......Page 158
Notes......Page 161
Bibliography......Page 169
Index......Page 182