(including national leaders) worry that population growth depletes resources and can trigger social or economic catastrophe if it is not contained. As discussed in the preceding section‚ most of the projected population growth during this century will take place in developing nations. These countries have faced many challenges in recent decades‚ including low levels of education‚ poor health standards‚ poverty‚ scarce housing‚ natural resource depletion‚ wars‚ and economic and political domination by other
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Economic growth is considered as one of the most essential parts of the economics‚ and it is defined an increase of goods and services of a country within certain period (Acemoglu‚ 2012). Modis (2013) claimed that‚ this economic growth conception particularly relates to the growth of potential output and production which is measured by gross domestic product per capita (GDP). Economic growth ideology has a long history‚ though it has been existed since the mid-18th‚ economic growth has dominated
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Economic Growth Economic growth is the increase in the amount of the goods and services produced by an economy over time. It is conventionally measured as the percent rate of increase in real gross domestic product‚ or real GDP. Growth is usually calculated in real terms‚ i.e. inflation-adjusted terms‚ in order to obviate the distorting effect of inflation on the price of the goods produced. Economic growth typically refers to growth of potential output‚ i.e.‚ production at "full employment". It
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ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT Introduction Economies grow and develop‚ they expand and advance‚ and they progress and prosper. There are phases when they decline too‚ and there are economies that experience continuous decay. If one considers long stretches of human history‚ one knows that economies (civilizations) disappeared altogether. We will not take into account such long stretches of time. We shall not consider too distant a past either. We will leave them to historians‚ may be‚ economic
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INTRODUCTION - POPULATION GROWTH The world experienced dramatic population growth during the twentieth century‚ with the number of inhabitants doubling from 3 to 6 billion between 1960 and 2000. India‚ too‚ saw very rapid population growth during this period – from 448 million to 1.04 billion – and to 1.21 billion in 2010. The effects of past and projected future demographic change on economic growth in India is the main focus of this chapter. Figure 1 plots world population from 1950 to
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Economic Growth Economic growth is defined as a long-term expansion of the productive potential of the economy. Sustained economic growth should lead higher real living standards and rising employment. Short term growth is measured by the annual % change in real GDP. Economic growth is an increase in real national output or an expansion of the economy’s long-run productive potential. It is measured by the percentage change in real GDP or GNP. Inevitably there are fluctuations in the rate of growth
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PERSPECTIVES ON POPULATION GROWTH Based on the current trend‚ there will be a total to about 9.2 billion people on the earth by mid-century‚ fuelled by the birth of 220000 children a day and falling mortality rates (Population Institute‚ 2014). This estimate raises questions about the future of humanity and the planet we inhabit. The debate about an optimal size for human population is one that has waged over the years. The question is fundamentally about sustainability; whether the resources that
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Economic growth From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (April 2011) GDP real growth rates‚ 1990–1998 and 1990–2006‚ in selected countries. Rate of change of Gross domestic product‚ world and OECD‚ since 1961 Economic growth caused the production-possibility frontier to shift outward. Economic growth
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dynamics is the change in population in terms of size composition‚ age structure‚ and urbanization. This includes the causes and consequences of migration‚ fertility and mortality. These dynamics are different from the past since each and every country experiences changes in terms of living condition‚ number of people born and people who died in that particular time. This essay will discuss the current size of the population‚ how does it effect the economic development‚ the impact on the standard
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Consequences of Population Growth The effects of population growth on economic development differ between the developed and developing countries. In the developed countries‚ population growth has enhanced the growth of such economies because they are wealthy‚ have abundant capital and scarcity of labour. O n the contrary the consequences of rapid population growth on the development of LDCs are not the same. Most developing countries are poor‚ capital scarce and labour abundant; and therefore population growth
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