Open AccessT. Nirmala Devi. Population Growth and Development in SAARC. New Delhi: South Asian Publishers, 1996. Hardbound. Indian Rs 160.00
Author(s) -
Naushin Mahmood
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
pakistan development review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.154
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 0030-9729
DOI - 10.30541/v37i2pp.189-190
Subject(s) - new delhi , south asia , population , population growth , ideology , causality (physics) , development economics , economics , political science , demography , sociology , geography , history , ancient history , law , archaeology , metropolitan area , politics , physics , quantum mechanics
The complex relationship between population growth andsocio-economic development has long been debated. The arguments aboutthe direction and causality of the relationship between populationgrowth and development indicators remain inconclusive. The availableliterature on the subject reflects three main ideological groups.Nationalists see population growth as a stimulus to economicdevelopment, whereas the neo-Malthusians see it the other way round. TheMarxists, however, see the population problem being solved in terms ofdevelopment through a socialist model.