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Perspectives on Development and Population Growth in the Third World
O.G. Simmons
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Paperback. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JKS; JPQB; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 436.
Until the early to mid-1970s, social scientists in the fields of population and development were largely going their own ways. Demographers relied almost exclusively on demographic transition theory as their para digm for understanding the role of development in population change and fertility decline. Conversely, most development economists and other specialists were certainly aware of the constraints placed upon development objectives by population growth. However, the main de velopment theories paid little attention to population and the implica tions of population growth for development. Indeed it was not until after the World Population Conference in Bucharest in 1974 that the ... Read more
Until the early to mid-1970s, social scientists in the fields of population and development were largely going their own ways. Demographers relied almost exclusively on demographic transition theory as their para digm for understanding the role of development in population change and fertility decline. Conversely, most development economists and other specialists were certainly aware of the constraints placed upon development objectives by population growth. However, the main de velopment theories paid little attention to population and the implica tions of population growth for development. Indeed it was not until after the World Population Conference in Bucharest in 1974 that the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
Number of Pages
294
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781468455168
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V9781468455168
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