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Title: | SOME CONCEPTUAL ISSUES IN POPULATION, GROWTH AND POVERTY |
Authors: | Nwokoye, Ebele Stella |
Keywords: | population labour force labour market population census over population Malthusian theory population growth poverty economic growth |
Issue Date: | Aug-2018 |
Publisher: | Djompol Printers and Publishers, Onitsha Nigeria |
Citation: | Principles of Economics II (pp.198-211) |
Abstract: | Objectives: This chapter tents to help its readers understand the concept of population and identify the three major factors that influence the population of a country; appreciate the dynamic nature of every population; differentiate between the concepts of labour force and labour market; recognize the importance of population census; understand the concept of overpopulation, stressing it causes and the means of curbing it; appreciate the Malthusian theory of population and its efficiency at interpreting the current trend in world population growth; identify the link between population growth and the growth of an economy and understand the concept of poverty and poverty reduction strategies in less developed countries. |
Description: | Book chapter |
URI: | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326842543 http://repository.unizik.edu.ng/handle/123456789/678 |
Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works |
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