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Population and Development vs Quality of Life: A Sociological Appraisal

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  • Mohammad Taghi Sheykhi

    (Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran)

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The two variables of population and development affect each other in an indirect manner in which when population increase happens, development is reduced. The two effectively impact quality of life. It is strongly recommended to control population in order to achieve development. Sociologists are widely responsible to create the balance of population and development. As resources are limited in each country, an organized and planned population is needed towards any development. The phenomenon development being multi-lateral, needs an appropriate population size. It is worth mentioning that population naturally grows, but resources for development do not. Overall, Asia, Africa, and Latin America had very high population growth rate of 2.1% between 1955 and 1975. Fortunately, increase of literacy and education has caused population growth rates to decline in the past two decades in many parts of the developing countries. The only part of the developing world with high population growth rate is Africa in which the population will increase to over 4.2 billion by the year 2100; threatening other parts of the world. Such a situation will widely endanger quality of life.

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  • Mohammad Taghi Sheykhi, 2021. "Population and Development vs Quality of Life: A Sociological Appraisal," International Journal of Innovation and Economic Development, Inovatus Services Ltd., vol. 7(5), pages 45-51, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:mgs:ijoied:v:7:y:2021:i:5:p:45-51
    DOI: 10.18775/ijied.1849-7551-7020.2015.75.2004
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    Keywords

    Population growth; Imbalanced development; Fertility and quality of life; Women’s rights; Poverty decline;
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    • M00 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - General - - - General

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