Population and labour: a popular account of the implications of rapid population growth for the training, employment and welfare of workers
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Geneva
Internat. Labour Office
1973
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| Beschreibung: | IX, 163 S. zahlr. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt. |
| ISBN: | 9221010244 |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS Foreword............................................................................................................................ V THE BACKGROUND 1. Living and dying ................ .................................................. .............................. The two worlds............................................................................................................ The power of motivation .............................. The prospect....................................................................................................... 3 4 6 7 2. A race against time....................................................................................................... A doable drain............................................................................................................ The key question........................................................................................................ The profit-and-loss account......................................................................................... 11 12 14 16 3. The national reaction............................................. The Indian experience................................................. Pakistan....................................................................................................................... Kenya........................................................................................................................... Northern Afinca ........................................................................................................
The Middle East............................................. Latin America............................................. China......................................................... Japan.................................................................................... The main difficulty . ..................................................................................................... 19 19 21 21 22 22 23 25 26 27 4. International concern.................................................................................... The General Assembly resolution, 1962 ........................... , N................................... The World Population Conference, 1965 .................................................................. The International Conference on Human Rights, 1968 ........................................... The Declaration on Social Progress and Development, 1969 World Population Year, 1974 ...................................... 29 30 30 31 32 32 VII
Population and labour The United Nations Fund for Population Activities................................................ The ILO and population............................................................................................... 33 34 THE PROBLEMS 5. Education under straw................................................................................................... Millions more children................................................................................................... The struggle against illiteracy............................................................... The effect on national development........................................................................... 39 39 40 42 6. The training load...................................................................................................... Child workers: a special problem............................................................................... Facilities already inadequate............................... Training for full employment....................................................................................... 47 49 50 51 7. Training for rural development............................................... The worst of both worlds........................................................................... The viewpoint of youth................................................................................................... Training and land reform ...................................................................... Shortage of trained
manpower.......................................................................... A major constraint........................................................................................................... Backlog of neglect........................................................................................................... 55 58 58 59 60 62 63 8. Training and industry ................................................................................................... The plight of the newcomer ....................................................................................... The lack of opportunity............................................................................................... Financial implications................................................................................................... Another vicious circle.................................................................................. 65 68 69 71 71 9. The employment gap...................................................................................................... Capital formation.......................................................................................................... Some calculations.......................................................................................................... The effect of reduced fertility....................................................................................... The swelling army of workers....................................................................................... The prospect for youth
.............................................................................................. The widening gap.......................................................................................................... Fertility and working women....................................... How many unemployed?.............................................................................................. 73 77 78 80 81 85 87 88 90 10. Rural employment........................................................................................................ 93 The scourge of underemployment............................................................................... 94 Inequitable land distribution....................................................................................... 96 The Green Revolution.................................................................................................. 97 A long and costly process.............................................................................................. 98 The quality of life............................................................................................................... 101 Capital starvation.............................................................................. 102 VUI
Contents 11. Employment in the towns . Towards a stable workforce A grim outlook................ The cost of job creation . Industrial growth stultified 105 106 107 108 110 12. Population and workers’ earnings . Some recent estimates................ More consumers, fewer producers Extra mouths at the table . . . . Future food requirements . . . . Full employment versus wages . . Income distribution ....... 113 114 117 119 13. The squeeze on social security Social security and the birth rate Family allowances.................... Maternity benefit................... The real constraint.................... Helping the workless .... Security in old age ................ Pensions and employment . . A burden for the future . . . The dilemma........................... 125 125 127 129 132 132 134 135 136 138 120 122 124 14. The expansion of welfare services......................................................................................141 Medical care.....................................................................................................................142 A constantly rising demand............................................................. 143 Housing................................................................................................ 145 Financial difficulties..........................................................................................................147 A global problem ............................................................................................................. 148 ANNEXES I. Selected population statistics in 20
countries..........................................................152 П. The world and its people: population growth rates.............................................. 154 HI. Positions taken by the governments of the less developed countries on fertility regulation........................................................................................ ... . facing page 154 IV. A note on ILO population activities.......................................... ... .......................... 155 V. Guide to further reading............................................................................................ 159 VI. Notes on the photographs.........................................................................................161 TABLES 1. 2. 3. 4. X World population prospects as assessed in 1968 ...................................................... . National outlay on education as a percentage of total government expenditure ... Population aged 15 to 19 years on different fertility assumptions........................... Urban and rural population.......................................... .............................................. 8 44 48 57 IX
Population and labour 5. Anticipated growth of the labour force in 15 years.................................................... 83 6. Hypothetical income per head on the basis of a 1 per cent fertility rate..................... 117 7. Dependency load per 1,000 persons aged 15 to 64: some typical figures from 1970 . 138 FIGURES 1. Average number of children bom per woman, at age 44........................................ 5 2. World population, 1750-2000 ........................................... 9 3. Future world population on different fertility assumptions............................... 10 4. Growth of population over 25 years at different rates . ............................................ 15 5. Population structure by age-group: high fertility and low fertility country . ... 17 6. The struggle against illiteracy: world population aged 15 and over................ ... . 41 7. School enrolments in India as a percentage of all children in the relevant age-groups 43 8. Urban and rural populations of the less developed regions, 1950-2000 ..... 56 9. Growth of cities, 1950, I960, 1970 ....................................... 67 10. Projected growth of the labour force in Colombia and growth of employment at recentrâtes....................................................................................................................... 76 11. Gains from economic development................................... 79 12. Projected growth of Jamaica’s labour force on different assumptions.................... 84 13. Agricultural output per hectare and per male worker
.................................................100 14. Projected incomes per head over a period of 150 years................................... 116 15. Number of persons below the $100 a year poverty line at different fertility rates . 123 16. The dependency load............................................................................................... 137 Acknowledgments The International Labour Office wishes to make acknowledgment to the following for permission to reproduce photographs in this book: Bibliothèque publique et universitaire, Geneva (facing p. 6, a); World Health Organization, Geneva (facing pp. 6, b; 119, b; 134); Centre international de reportages et d’in formation culturelle (CIRIC), Geneva (facing pp. 7; 70; 71, b; 86; 87, a); Camera Press Ltd., London/Len Sirman Press, Geneva (facing p. 71, a); Len Siman Press, Geneva (facing p. 118). The remaining photographs are taken from the ILO Photo Library, Geneva. Acknowledgment is also extended to the Parents’ Magazine Press, New York, in respect of figure 1 on p. 5.
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