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Periodical article | Leiden University catalogue | WorldCat |
Title: | The population factor in economic growth theory |
Author: | Meilink, H.A. |
Year: | 1974 |
Periodical: | Kroniek van Afrika |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 6-19 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Africa |
Subjects: | population growth economic development |
Abstract: | Reviews briefly the role of population growth in economic growth theory and makes a few critical remarks on the applied methodology and the underlying assumptions. Emphasis is laid on the possible relationships between population and economic growth in the developing countries, but also Malthus' theory and the stagnationists' of the 1930's is discussed in order to acquire a better understanding of the development in this field. Sections: The claasical economists - The Stagnationists - The Leibenstein/Nelson thesis - The Coale and Hoover study - Myrdal's criticism - The neo-Malthusian approach - Kuznets' criticism of the New Malthusian approach - Boserup's approach - Type of development (Cameroun; Algeria; Ethiopia; Zambia). Notes, table. |