Population Growth and Poverty

摘要: This chapter presents estimates of the number people in poverty and changes over time poverty, identifies factors that are related to evaluates role population growth plays determining poverty. Attention is paid both standard definition broader concept well-being. Little direct evidence on impact exists. Indirect evidence, however, suggests some possible links. First, rapid likely reduce per capita income well-being, which tends increase Second, densely populated poor nations with pressure land, increases landlessness hence incidence Finally, adverse effects child health, possibly education, will next generation. While direction these links reasonably clear, whether they have a quantitatively important (conventionally measured) unclear. What reduction most occur by interventions. Constraining represents an indirect policy probably not particularly large independent short-run, especially vis-a vis host alternative alleviation policies.