Population and Sustainability: Understanding Population, Environment, and Development Linkages

Daniel Clay () and Thomas Reardon
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Daniel Clay: Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University

No RW-FSRP-RR-03, International Development Collaborative Working Papers from Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University

Abstract: Three key aspects of the population-environment-development debate are discussed: first, the finding that inconsistencies between public and individual household behavior regarding childbearing and family planning constitute a veritable "demographic tragedy of the c ommons;" second, the tendency to conceptualize population variables as "unmanageable," and exogenous to environmental and economic change; third, the importance of land markets and land tenure as critical population-sustainability policy issues.

Keywords: food security; food policy; Rwanda; population; environment; development linkages (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: Written
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