Why Population Matters
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Why Population Matters 1996
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Author : Population Action International
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Why Population Matters 1996 written by Population Action International and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Nature categories.
It is argued in this report that there is strong evidence that current population growth rates represent significant and interacting risks to human well-being and should be a concern for Americans. The aim of this volume is to provide a demographic explanation to justify US assistance to programs that slow population growth in developing countries. The demographic case is argued that lower rates of population growth will improve and make more widely available safe and effective family planning services and significantly contribute to improving people's lives. Improved education for girls and expanded employment opportunities for women also contribute to slowing population growth. The report discusses the three key reasons for slowing population growth: economic development, environmental protection, and safety and health. The US sets an example to follow, of foreign aid provision to other countries and of encouragement of developing country governments to strengthen their commitment to family planning and related health services. The discussion includes a brief presentation of key population facts and figures that underscore the need to balance population size, within safe and sustainable margins, with the earth's resources. Population growth rate and momentum are both important. Slower population growth will help poorer countries develop economically and help to raise wages, especially for less skilled jobs. Population pressure fuels international migration. Urbanization and urban mismanagement are leading to environmental and social service problems. A large young population strains educational resources. Housing quality must keep pace with growth. Growth indirectly increases and deepens poverty. Technology will not ease the expected shortages of water. Food supplies are in jeopardy. Climate changes are expected. Increased scarcity of critical natural resources may increase civil unrest.
Why Population Matters
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Author :
language : en
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Release Date : 2011
Why Population Matters written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Population categories.
Population Matters
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Author : Julian Lincoln Simon
language : en
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Release Date : 1990-01-01
Population Matters written by Julian Lincoln Simon and has been published by Transaction Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-01-01 with Political Science categories.
Since 1970, Julian Simon has been challenging the doomsayers and their conventional beliefs in a series of controversial popular essays based upon his technical scholarly research. These have been his central message: Raw materials and energy are getting less scarce. The world's food supply is improving. Pollution in the United States has been decreasing. Population growth has long-term benefits, even though added people are a burden in the short run. The United States needs more immigrants. These essays are the core of Population Matters. The central vision is of human being who, on balance, create more than they destroy, if they have adequate incentive to create and guarantee protection of the fruits of their labors. The debate on these questions concerns the effect of the number of people on the standard of living. Simon sees the following mechanism at work: Population growth and increased income expand demand, and prices of natural resources are forced up, triggering the search for new supplies. Eventually new sources and substitutes are found, and humanity is better off. How quickly this happens is critical; and here the presence of economic liberty and respect for property are of central importance. There is no doubt that Julian Simon has influenced the professional consensus on these questions. But he does not preach complacency, nor does he think that new resources and economic advances are inevitable. He reminds us that institutions that protect property and reward initiative must be protected. Above all, we must remember that the ultimate resource is people, whose exercise of will and imagination for their own benefit inevitably benefits us all. Those who have read and enjoyed Simon's other books or his writings in the popular media will find this a spirited examination of the compelling issues of our day. Some of the most provocative essays in the volume have never before been published. Social and physical scientists may be stimulated to rethink some of their assumptions, and the general reader will be engaged by the force and style of his arguments.
Why Population Matters To Natural Resources
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
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Why Population Matters 1996
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Author : Population Action Research
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996*
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Population Matters
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Author : Nancy Birdsall
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
Release Date : 2003
Population Matters written by Nancy Birdsall and has been published by Oxford University Press on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Business & Economics categories.
The effect of demography on economic performance has been the subject of intense debate in economics for nearly two centuries. In recent years opinion has swung between the Malthusian views of Coale and Hoover, and the cornucopian views of Julian Simon. Unfortunately, until recently, data were too weak and analytical models too limited to provide clear insights into the relationship. As a result economists as a group have not been clear or conclusive. This volume, based on a collectionof papers that heavily rely on data from the 1980s and 1990s and on new analytical approaches, sheds important new light on demographic-economic relationships, and it provides clearer policy conclusions than any recent work on the subject. In particular, evidence from developing countries throughout the world shows a much clearer pattern in recent decades than was evident earlier: countries with higher rates of population growth have tended to see less economic growth. An analysis of the roleof demography in the "Asian economic miracle" strongly suggests that changes in age structures resulting from declining fertility create a one-time "demographic gift" or window of opportunity, when the working age population has relatively few dependants, of either young or old age, to support. Countries which recognize and seize on this opportunity can, as the Asian tigers did, realize healthy bursts in economic output. But such results are by no means assured: only for countries with otherwise sound economic policies will the window of opportunity yield such dramatic results. Finally, several of the studies demonstrate the likelihood of a causal relationship between high fertility and poverty. While the direction of causality is not always clear and very likely is reciprocal (poverty contributes to high fertility and high fertility reinforces poverty), the studies support the view that lower fertility at the country level helps create a path out of poverty for many families. Population Matters represents an important further step in our understanding of the contribution of population change to economic performance. As such, it will be a useful volume for policymakers both in developing countries and in international development agencies.
Why Population Matters 1997
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language : en
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Release Date : 1997
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Why Population Matters
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Author : Ralph Engelman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997*
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Why Population Matters
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Author : National Audubon Society
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
Why Population Matters written by National Audubon Society and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Environmental policy categories.
Why Population Matters
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Author : Robert Engelman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Why Population Matters written by Robert Engelman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Demography categories.
Population facts and figures - Economic development : and world trade; jobs and wages; migration; urbanization; education; housing; poverty - Environment : water; food; atmosphere and climate change; fisheries; forests and tress; coastal areas; endangered species - Safety and health : infectious disease; populatio, government and conflict - Buying time; global habitability; population stabilization