For decades, economists and social thinkers have debated the influence of population
change on economic growth. Three alternative positions define this debate: that population …

Latin America and the Caribbean will soon face the challenges of an aging population. This
process, which took over a century in the rich world, will occur in two or three decades in the …

This paper reviews the literature and evidence on the population and poverty nexus. The
paper situates the role of demographic changes in development, in general, and poverty …

Exploiting heterogeneity across Brazilian micro-regions over the 1970–2000 period, this
paper examines whether the demographic dividend extends beyond a pure accounting …

Several related demographic trends are occurring in develo** countries: youth comprise a
large portion of populations, fertility rates are declining, and urban dwellers are increasing …

A discussão sobre população e desenvolvimento é tão antiga quanto o debate iluminista
sobre o progresso e as consequências da Revolução Industrial. De maneira bem resumida …

BACKGROUND Districts in India exhibit enormous variation in the level of socioeconomic
development and are at different stages of fertility transition. Though a large and growing …

In contemporary economies intergenerational transfers play a major role in redistributing
resources from people of working ages to children and the elderly (Lee 2003). Whereas the …

Changing population age-structures are sha** the trajectories of development in many
countries, bringing both opportunities and challenges. Rapid population growth is set to …

This chapter explores how poverty is linked to the life cycle in Latin America and the
Caribbean (LAC). Economic behavior varies across the life cycle. There are biological …