Population growth and economic development in low-income countries : a case study of India's prospects / by Ansley J. Coale and Edgar M. Hoover.

Foreword, v -- Preface, vii -- I. Introduction, 3 -- Part one. Relations between population and economic development -- II. The effects of economic development on population growth, 9 -- III. The effects of population growth on economic development, 18 -- Part two. Population trends and prospects in India -- IV. India's population-current and prospective, 29 -- V. Recent Indian mortality and fertility trends, 43 -- VI. Prospective changes in Indian mortality and fertility, 55 -- Part three. Factors in Indian economic development -- VII. Guiding principles in Indian economic development, 75 -- VIII. Potential development in agriculture, 85 -- IX. Agricultural manpower, 111 -- X. Agricultural and overall economic development, 119 -- XI. Non-agricultural and total output limiting factors and development policies, 141 -- XII. The financing of development, 148 -- XIII. The productivity of developmental outlays, 181 -- Part four. Influence of population growth on Indian economic development -- XIV. Demographic influences on India's prospective economic growth, 227 -- XV. Population growth and labor supply, 231 -- XVI. Population growth and the disposition of income, 238 -- XVII. Projections of the effect of reduced fertility on Indian economic growth, 259 -- XVIII. Summary and conclusions of part four, 284 -- Part five. Wider applicability of the analysis -- XIX. Introduction to part five, 295 -- XX. Population change and economic development in low-income areas with different demographic conditions, 297 -- XXI. Population change and economic development with different initial economic conditions, 304 -- XXII. The economic effects of different courses of fertility after 30 years, 321 -- XXIII. Population growth and economic development in low-income areas: summary, 332 -- Appendices: A. Methods employed in adjusting Indian population data and preparing projections of the Indian population, 1956-1986, 337 -- B. Methods employed in adjusting Mexican population data and preparing projections of the Mexican population, 1955-1985, 368 -- C. Notes on the population of Mexico, 375 -- Index, 385.