1. Population growth in developing nations has proceeded at unprecedented rates over the past few decades. Compare and contrast the present rate of population growth in less developed countries with that of the modern developed nations during their early growth years. What has been the major factor contributing to rapid developing country population growth since the Second World War? Explain your answer.
2. What is the relationship between the age structure of a population and its dependency burden? Is the dependency burden higher or lower in developing countries? Why?
3. Explain the notion of the hidden momentum of population growth. Why is this an important concept for projecting future population trends in different developing nations?
4. Describe briefly the theory of the demographic transition. At what stage in this transition do most developing countries seem to be? Explain your answer.
5. How does the microeconomic theory of fertility relate to the theory of consumer choice? Do you think that economic incentives and disincentives influence family size decisions? Explain your answer, giving some specific examples of such incentives and disincentives.
6. List and briefly describe the principal causes of high population growth in developing countries and the major consequences.
7. Explain why fertility rates are falling much more rapidly in some developing countries than in others.
8. Outline and comment briefly on some of the arguments in support of the idea that population growth is a serious problem in developing nations.
9. Outline and comment briefly on the various policy options available to developing countries' governments in their attempt to modify or limit the rate of population growth.