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Although some might be interpreting the previous poster as having some bad motives for saying what they’re saying, it does seem to be objectively true that popu
by epicureanideal 3y ago
Although some might be interpreting the previous poster as having some bad motives for saying what they’re saying, it does seem to be objectively true that population growth in developing countries is absolutely huge. If the population level had remained the same as 50 years ago the level of development would be much higher. But of course the population growth rate is declining so standards of living should hopefully start to catch up.
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- genman 3y agoYes and no. This is my argument indeed that if the population growth stayed lower then a lot more people would have been able to rise above the poverty level (or even much higher). UN prediction for Africa is that they fall close to the reproduction threshold for the end of century. Until that the poverty trap will continue. It also means that by that time now 4 billion people require their needs satisfied instead. But the population growth has been huge and exponential. From 200 million to 4 billion in 150 years is an incredible amount of growth.