Recovery or Relapse in the World Economy? Population Change and Development; Population Data Supplement; World Development Indicators text review d Washington, D.C The World Bank 1984 monographic 0 e

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1 online resource (286 p.) Long-term needs and sustained effort are underlying themes in this year's report. As with most of its predecessors, it is divided into two parts. The first looks at economic performance, past and prospective. The second part is this year devoted to po pulation - the causes and consequences of rapid population growth, its link to development, why it has slowed down in some developing countries. The two parts mirror each other: economic policy and performance in the next decade will matter for population growth in the developing countries for several decades beyond. Population policy and change in the rest of this century will set the terms for the whole of development strategy in the next. In both cases, policy changes will not yield immediate benefits, but delay will reduce the room for maneuver that policy makers will have in years to come. Health, Nutrition and Population Population Policies 0195204603 9780195204605 0201 20251012174335.0 0000008589