Population and development : implications for the World Bank

The population of the developing world will grow this decade by more than 80 million a year - more than ever before. Although growth rates are dropping, this surge will not abate for the next two or three decades, and will make it difficult for poor countries to provide social services, create jobs,...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Banco Mundial
Other Authors: Merrick, Tom, dir
Format: Book
Published: Washington, D.C. World Bank 1994
Series:Development in practice
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505 |a Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Executive summary -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Developing-country demographic trends -- 3. Rationales for public sector involvement in population -- 4. Demand and supply factors in fertility transitions -- 5. Social policy and population -- 6. Integrated approaches in reproductive health -- 7. Implications for the World Bank -- Appendixes: A. The international population assistance network -- B. Accounting for Bank spending in population -- C. Findings of major reviews of Bank work in population -- References. 
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