1st Edition

Population, Economic Growth and Agriculture in Less Developed Countries

By Nadia Cuffaro Copyright 2001
188 Pages
by Routledge

188 Pages
by Routledge

In 1950 the world population was 2.5 billion; fifty years later there are over 6 billion people. The demographic of this explosion has essentially occurred in the developing areas of the world. The key to understanding many contemporary development problems that have arisen from this rapid growth is in understanding the relationships between population and the economy. This book offers an analysis... Read more
1. Introduction
Part I: Population and Economic Growth
2. Population Pessimism
3. 'Revisionism': Theoretical Background
Part II: Population Growth and Agriculture
4. Endogenous Technical Progress in Agriculture
5. The Response of Institutions
6. Adjustment Failures
7. Environmental Implications
8. Future Challenges for World Agriculture
Conclusions

Biography

Cuffaro Nadia is a Researcher at the University of Cassino, Italy. She has also worked as Economist at the United Nations Secretariat, New York and as a Consultant for the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, Rome.