World Development Report 1984

8 The policy agenda 155
Population policy 155
Policy priorities in developing regions 161
Donor assistance policies 178
9 Ten years of experience 182
Economic adjustment 182
Population change: success and new challenge 183
Population data supplement 186
Bibliographical note 202
World Development Indicators 207
Text tables
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2.1 Population, GDP, and GDP per capita in 1980, and growth rates, 1960-83 11
2.2 Rates of growth in the real product wage and in labor productivity for the manufacturing
sector and the aggregate economy, by country, 1962-78 16
2.3 Total public expenditure of industrial countries as share of GDP, 1961-81 17
2.4 Real rates of return on corporate capital, by country, 1962-76 17
2.5 Percentage of industrial countries' imports covered by nontariff barriers 18
2.6 Net savings and savings by sector in industrial countries, 1964-81 22
2.7 Change in export prices and in terms of trade, 1965-83 24
2.8 Consumption, savings, and investment indicators for developing countries, 1970-81 24
2.9 Exports from developing countries, 1965-83 28
2.10 Current account balance and its financing, 1970-83 30
2.11 Debt indicators for developing countries, 1970-83 31
3.1 Average performance of industrial and developing economies, 1960-95 35
3.2 Growth of GDP per capita, 1960-95 36
3.3 Change in trade in developing countries, 1965-95 36
3.4 Current account balance and its financing in developing countries, 1983 and 1995 38
3.5 Growth of GDP in developing countries, Low scenario and variants, 1985-95 41
3.6 Growth of trade in developing countries, Low scenario and variants, 1985-95 42
4.1 Percentage decline in crude birth rates and in total fertility rates, selected countries, 1965-82 65
4.2 Comparison of age structures in developed and developing countries, 1980 67
4.3 Rural and urban population growth, 1950-2000 67
4.4 Permanent emigration as a percentage of increase in populations of emigrants' countries 69
4.5 Projections of population size in selected countries, 2000 and 2050 77
4.6 Population size and density in Bangladesh under two fertility assumptions, 1982-2050 78
5.1 Growth of population, GNP, and GNP per capita, 1955-80 82
5.2 Malawi: projected primary-school costs under alternative fertility and enrollment assumptions,
1980-2015 85
5.3 Potential savings in primary-school costs under rapid fertility decline, selected countries,
2000 and 2015 86
5.4 Gross domestic investment per potential new worker, selected countries, 1980 87
5.5 Kenya: projections of employment by sector, under two scenarios, 1976-2050 89
5.6 Growth rates of food output by region, 1960-80 90
5.7 Cereal yields and fertilizer use, selected countries, 1969-81 94
5.8 Export structure and human capital 103
6.1 Total fertility rates and reduction from total potential fecundity due to different determinants
of fertility, selected countries and years 114
7.1 Percentage of currently married women aged 15 to 49 using contraception, by region
and for selected countries 127
7.2 Percentage of married women aged 15 to 49 practicing efficient contraception among those
who want no more children 134