Demographics and Development Policy
By late 2011 there will be more than 7 billion people in the world, with 8 billion in 2025 and 9 billion before 2050. New technologies and institutions, and a lot of hard work have enabled us to avoid widespread Malthusian misery. Global income per capita has increased 150 percent since 1960, outpac...
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okr-10986-61082021-04-23T14:02:24Z Demographics and Development Policy Bloom, David E. Canning, David babies baby baby boom birth rates death rates demographic transition development policy economic growth family size fertility infrastructure development labor force low fertility migration mortality population increase rate of population growth world Population working-age population human capital By late 2011 there will be more than 7 billion people in the world, with 8 billion in 2025 and 9 billion before 2050. New technologies and institutions, and a lot of hard work have enabled us to avoid widespread Malthusian misery. Global income per capita has increased 150 percent since 1960, outpacing the growth of population. But we cannot be sure that incomes will continue to grow. 2012-05-16T16:21:41Z 2012-05-16T16:21:41Z 2011-04 Journal Article Development Outreach http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6108 Development Outreach CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Journal Article East Asia and Pacific Africa South Asia India China Nigeria |
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By late 2011 there will be more than 7 billion people in the world, with 8 billion in 2025 and 9 billion before 2050. New technologies and institutions, and a lot of hard work have enabled us to avoid widespread Malthusian misery. Global income per capita has increased 150 percent since 1960, outpacing the growth of population. But we cannot be sure that incomes will continue to grow. |
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