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What governments and their peoples do today to influence the demographic future will set the terms for development strategy well into the next century. In the poorest countries of the world, and among the poorest groups within countries, poverty contributes to high mortality and even higher fertility. It thereby creates a vicious circle. Slowing population growth is a difficult challenge to humanity - but a challenge that must be and can be successfully addressed. This study concludes that in some countries development may not be possible at all unless slower population growth can be achieved soon, before higher real incomes would bring fertility down spontaneously. There is reason for hope: the experience of the past decade shows that education, health, and other development measures that raise parents' hopes for their children, along with widespread access to family planning services, create a powerful combination in reducing fertility. Development assistance is critical, in addressing many of the fundamental development issues of the era, including population. Although the direct costs of programs to reduce population growth are not large, a greater commitment by the internation

Author

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Groupe de la Banque mondiale, World Bank

Publisher

Published for the World Bank [by] Oxford University Press

Published

1985

Language

EN

ISBN

9780195204841

Subjects

Economics, Business