'Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE)'
Doi
Abstract
In most of the developing countries, sustained population
growth rates have been a dominant factor in decelerating socio-economic
development. The continuing decline in mortality rates has been a major
contributor to the acceleration of growth of population in these
countries which started in the period following the second World War,
and has not abated yet in most of the developing world. There is every
likelihood that the population of these developing countries will double
in the course of the next generation or so, because of the demographic
momentum that is built into their age structure. The rapidly increasing
population in low-income countries is not keeping pace with the
necessary cultural and technological changes that may help them to raise
the standard of living of their masses. Also, high rates of population
growth have become a barrier to a successful attainment of the desired
socioeconomic development, both quantitative and qualitative