Horace Belshaw was Professor of Economics at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

‘…a careful and well-written consideration of the development problem in the heavily populated agrarian economies of Asia that puts the population aspect in its proper perspective.’ Harvey Leibenstein, Journal of Political Economy, Vol 66, No. 1‘This book is a most valuable contribution…’ Q. M. Fareed, Pakistan Horizon Vol 9, No. 3

• Part 1: Aspects of the Population Situation in Asian Countries 1. The population Situation 2. Demographic Attitudes 3. Some Conclusions Summarily Stated Part 2: Some Fundamental Relations 4. A ‘Development’ Equation 5. Economies of Scale 6. Investment 7. Savings 8. Population and Effective Supply of Labour 9. Innovations: Social Costs and Obstacles 10. Innovations and Growth: Some Requirements Part 3: Conclusions 11. Some Conclusions and Inferences 12. Some Observations on International Aid.