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By Partha S. Dasgupta
Notes
- Some would point that the population growth is the cause of poverty and environmental degradation
- Economists have typically not regarded poverty, population growth and the local environment as interconnected
- Focusing on the vast numbers of small, rural communities in the poorest regions of the world, the work has identified circumstances in which population growth, poverty and degradation of local resources often fuel one another
- A new perspective has significant implications for policies aimed at improving life for some of the world's most impoverished inhabitants
- With contrast of the new perspective, its focus on local experience, popular tracts on the environment and population growth have usually taken a global view
- Emphasizing the deleterious effects that a large population would have on our planet in the distant future
- Those who enjoy the greatest power within a family can often be identified by the way the household's resources are divided
- In poor households in the Indian subcontinent, for example, men and boys usually get more sustenance than do women and girls, and the elderly get less than the young
- Such inequities prevail over fertility choices as well. Here also men wield more influence, even though women typically bear the greater cost. To grasp how great the burden can be, consider the number of live babies a woman would normally have if she managed to survive through her childbearing year
- In a society where female life expectancy at birth is 50 years and the fertility rate is, say, seven, nearly half of a woman's adult life is spent either carrying a child in her womb or breast-feeding it
- In most poor countries, complications related to pregnancy constitute the largest single cause of death of women in their reproductive years
- High fertility, high rates of illiteracy, low share of paid employment and a high percentage working at home for no pay-they all hang together
- There is also good reason to think that lack of income-generating employment reduces women's power more directly than does lack of education
- Policies aimed at increasing women's productivity at home and improving their earnings in the marketplace would directly empower them, especially within the family
- The importance of gender inequality to overpopulation in poor nations is fortunately gaining international recognition
- Given such a high cost of procreation, one expects that women, given a choice, would opt for fewer children. But are birth rates in fact highest in societies where women have the least power within the family?
- From statistics alone, it is difficult to discern which of these factors are causing, and which are merely correlated with, high fertility
- Often there are norms encouraging high fertility rates that no household desires unilaterally to break
- Third World countries are, for the most part, subsistence economies
- Children, then, are needed as workers even when their parents are in their prime
- The need for many hands can lead to a destructive situation, especially when parents do not have to pay the full price of rearing their children but share those costs with the community
- The process of economic development can erode traditional methods of control. Increased urbanization and mobility can do so as well
- Families with greater access to resources are, however, in a position to limit their size and propel themselves into still higher income levels
- Family-planning services, and measures that empower women are certainly helpful
Summary
People believe that the population growth is the cause of poverty and environmental degradation and things have to worked to be able to improve life for the world's most impoverished inhabitants. There has also been an emphasis of the deleterious effects that a large population would have on our planet in the distant future and needs to be looked at. Countries around the world that suffer from economic issues (Third world countries like India) there has been an emphasis on family as they are highly needed in order to retain the household. Inequities prevail over fertility choices too with men wielding more influence even though women bear much greater cost than them. Poor countries have complications with pregnancy as it is the highest cause of death during the women's reproductive years. There has also been a huge emphasis on women's productivity at home and improving their earnings in the marketplace as it would empower them especially their family. There has also been a norm that encourages fertility rates that no household desires unilaterally to break. Family-planning services prove to be able to empower women which is seen as a positive.
Opinion
In my opinion this is an interesting topic as it involves the future for our population. Involving the growth, it is very concerning to know that may be caused or interfered with poverty and possibly environmental degradation. In anyways to improve life is the goal for us to have as we must find solutions to the environment. We have to keep track of what is going on as our world is changing everyday in front of our very eyes which we need to keep note of. The world is dealing with so many issues such as economic problems who have to focus on family as it is highly needed. Women are very important as they provide a key part in their fertility although women are not as valued compared to men. Concerns involved with poor countries have to due with pregnancy as it causes the highest death during the women's reproductive periods. There are many concerns and need to be focused as they revolve around our future.