Speculations on Population Growth and Economic Development

Abstract

I. Common problems of backward countries, 19. — II. Birth rates and death rates, 22. — III. Output and employment in agriculture, 24. — IV. Labor and population relocation through private and public investment, 25. — V. Two contrasting investment policies, 27. — VI. Taxes and incentives, 32. — VII. International trade and finance and economic development, 33. — VIII. Concluding summary, 35.