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PA PE Population and maturation: An Introductory View D I V I S I O N woRKING P O L I C Y R E S E A R C H Geoffrey McNicoll 2003 No. 174 Population and Development: An Introductory View Geoffrey McNicoll Geoffrey McNicoll is Senior Associate, Population Council, New York. This brief forecast is made up of material prepared for two extroverted encyclopedia entries: Population and development, in the cyclopaedia of Population, ed. Paul Demeny and Geoffrey McNicoll (New York: Macmillan Reference, 2003) and Demographic transition, in the Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History, ed. Joel Mokyr (New York: Oxford University Press, in press). Abstract A brief overview of the relationships between macrocosm change and economic development, written for readers unfamiliar with the subject. The paper touches on the scale and pace of world development, the economic consequences of population size of it and rate of growth, patterns of demographic transition, and the scope for policy measures aimed at focal ratio that transition. This material may not be reproduced without written permit from the author.

For a list of Policy Research Division Working Papers, including those uncommitted for d featureloading in PDF format, see www.popcouncil.org/publications/wp/prd/rdwplist.html. Economic development refers to the structural rendering of human society from subsistence economy to urban-industrialism, and to the sustained rise in productiveness and income that results. The transformation is seen in the structure of production, consumption, investment, and trade; in fiscal and other economic institutions; in occupations, educational levels, health conditions, and ruralurban residence; and in peoples perceptions of the social and natural worlds and of their own agency. Political development is in some respects an overlapping process, forsaking the institutions and values of... If you want to get a full essay, army it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com

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