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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Main Authors: Bloom, David E., Canning, David
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6108
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spelling 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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economic growth
family size
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infrastructure development
labor force
low fertility
migration
mortality
population increase
rate of population growth
world Population
working-age population
human capital
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baby
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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
Bloom, David E.
Canning, David
Demographics and Development Policy
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description 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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author Bloom, David E.
Canning, David
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title Demographics and Development Policy
title_short Demographics and Development Policy
title_full Demographics and Development Policy
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publishDate 2012
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6108
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