Reasons for More Rapid Population Growth in Countries with Lower Levels of Economic Development

A) Throughout history and today, population growth tends to be most rapid in countries with lower levels of economic development. Specifically this tends two be "stage two" countries. This is for several reasons. First, a characteristic of a "stage two" country is it's heightening crude death rate (cdr). Higher levels of cdr are typically in response from medical advances in more developed countries (mdc) that are then sent to lesser-developed countries (ldc) in the form of foreign aid. These advances in medical technology in turn raise life expectancy and increase the cdr. …