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Population Growth and Levels of Consumption: With Special Reference to Countries in Asia [Kõva köide]

  • Formaat: Hardback, 252 pages, kõrgus x laius: 216x138 mm, kaal: 453 g
  • Sari: Routledge Library Editions: Demography
  • Ilmumisaeg: 02-Oct-2023
  • Kirjastus: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 1032548339
  • ISBN-13: 9781032548333
Teised raamatud teemal:
  • Formaat: Hardback, 252 pages, kõrgus x laius: 216x138 mm, kaal: 453 g
  • Sari: Routledge Library Editions: Demography
  • Ilmumisaeg: 02-Oct-2023
  • Kirjastus: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 1032548339
  • ISBN-13: 9781032548333
Teised raamatud teemal:

Originally published in 1956, this book considers the practical problems of economic development in countries in which the prevailing outlook and a recent or probable increase in population growth make it difficult to escape from a ‘Malthusian situation.’ This book develops a valuable analytical apparatus with which it then examines the problems of capital formation, investment, economies of scale and the effective supply of labour, all in relation to population growth. Social, institutional and cultural factors are integrated with the economic.



Originally published in 1956, this book considers the practical problems of economic development in countries in which the prevailing outlook and a recent or probable increase in population growth make it difficult to escape from a ‘Malthusian situation.’

Arvustused

a careful and well-written consideration of the development problem in the heavily populated agrarian economies of Asia that puts the population aspect in its proper perspective. Harvey Leibenstein, Journal of Political Economy, Vol 66, No. 1

This book is a most valuable contribution Q. M. Fareed, Pakistan Horizon Vol 9, No. 3

Part 1: Aspects of the Population Situation in Asian Countries
1. The
population Situation
2. Demographic Attitudes
3. Some Conclusions Summarily
Stated Part 2: Some Fundamental Relations
4. A Development Equation
5.
Economies of Scale
6. Investment
7. Savings
8. Population and Effective
Supply of Labour
9. Innovations: Social Costs and Obstacles
10. Innovations
and Growth: Some Requirements Part 3: Conclusions
11. Some Conclusions and
Inferences
12. Some Observations on International Aid.
Horace Belshaw was Professor of Economics at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.