SOME CONCEPTUAL ISSUES IN POPULATION, GROWTH AND POVERTY

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.