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David Bloom
David E. Bloom is Professor of Economics and Demography at the Harvard School of Public Health.
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The Challenging Billions
David Bloom Series: Frontiers of Growth 2011-08-17While the human race took perhaps one million years to reach one billion people (around the year 1800), we have been adding successive billions every 10-20 years since 1960. Will we be able to meet the population challenge, just as we have met previous challenges, through technological and institutional innovation?... read Comments: 4 Recommended: 0 Read: 9832
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Old Europe, Young World
David Bloom and Bo Malmberg Series: Frontiers of Growth 2007-05-23By 2050, the ratio of working-age to non-working-age people in Europe will fall to around 1.4, while in the developing world it will be considerably higher. Relaxing immigration restrictions would help Europe overcome the negative effects of its aging population, but so would measures aimed at encouraging greater workforce participation by women and the elderly.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 18966
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Bombs, Books, and Bucks
Joel E. Cohen and David Bloom Series: Science and Society 2005-07-07The $82 billion “emergency supplemental” bill to finance American military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan leaves the United States spending more money on military power than is needed on a yearly basis to permit every child in the world to receive, within one decade, both primary and secondary education. Clearly, the question is not whether universal education is affordable, but whether America and the world can afford to neglect the political, economic, social, and health benefits of educating the roughly 380 million children around the globe who currently do not attend school. ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 39378
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Recasting Governance in Asia
David Bloom, David Steven and Mark Weston Series: The Asian Century 2003-04-11Governance--the way in which decisions that affect the public interest are made--has emerged as a key factor in determining a country's pace of development. Successful governance brings purposeful change. Failure is punished by unrest, disaffection, and stagnation. On April 18 th , a conference in Bangkok will dissect the prospects for improved governance in Asia. ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 15985
