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Demographic
transition “theory” is weak in explanation of population change. It does not specify
the mechanisms of such change. Progress through the demographic transition is not
automatic, and the “theory” fails to account for any reversal that might occur in the
process. Demographic transition “theory’ has informed prediction of population
growth. Knowledge of this “theory’ permitted demographers to predict the
rapid population growth of Asia, Latin America and Africa during the second half of the
twentieth century. |
