Annotation # 2. Assignment 10

Isenburg, Irwin. The Developing Nations Poverty and Progress. 1. 41. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1969. 123-130. Print.  
        "The standard of living cannot be raised unless the total output increases more rapidly than total population." The economic rate of the country must be greater than the rate at which it grows. Population control is a large part of controlling poverty. Most of the world's population is made up of poor people. The rich people are greatly out numbered and therefore have a hard time being able to help out the poor countries who really need our help. The larger the population is the more money that country needs to maintain a stable economy. "In developed areas, such as in North America, the increase in population leads to increase production." "In less developed areas... rapid population growth contributes not to economies of large-scale production, but to diminishing returns." So in conclusion to this I believe the less developed countries should try to control their population and focus more on economic growth rather than population growth. It is so hard for the poor to achevie an economic balance that the rich nations find it almost impossible and pointless to help them out. There is to many people and the resources that we do give them end up being scarcely dispursed amoung the people. In this section of the book it explains how the population relates to the economic growth but the existing well established economy plays a bigger role in the reason why the country is poor. This leads me to wonder how America became so well established and other places such as Africa and India are struggling to live each day. I found this book through Concordia's researcher guide. The book was published in the late 60's which makes me question the relevancy of some of the facts but the reasoning behind the arguements made in this book I find are fairly accurate.