Population, GDP and poverty - I

An urgent revisit to population policy is indispensable

The link between population, GDP and poverty could occur in two directions. The first, which is widely accepted by social scientists is that, as GDP per capita improves and the poverty rate falls, the population growth diminishes as well. The reverse has been more arguable: As the rate of population growth is controlled, per capita GDP growth should improve; but does the poverty rate diminish pari passu with it? Malthus had predicted so, that high population growth would lead to pestilence, poverty and famine. The reality is that population growth, GDP growth and poverty are associated in both directions, reinforcing