title: Did Mauritius really provide a "case study in Malthusian economics"?
abstract: "In the early 1960s James Meade visited Mauritius as adviser to a Commission evaluating population structure and growth.  Out of that visit emerged two papers which were Malthusian in their prognosis of economic prospects for Mauritius.  This paper reconsiders the Meade Evaluation and compares his predictions with actual outcomes.  As it turns out, his pessimism was not justified.  The factors which led him to reach his set of conclusions, and the factors which explain actual economic performance, are both assessed in detail."
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Greenaway
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Milner
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D017954:Africa South of the Sahara; D000351:Africa, Eastern; D000352:Africa, Northern; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D008436:Mauritius; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011158:Population Growth; D012106:Research; D012942:Social Sciences
keywords: Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Case Studies; Demographic Factors; Demography; Developing Countries; Eastern Africa; Economic Development; Economic Factors; English Speaking Africa; French Speaking Africa; Malthusianism; Mauritius; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Growth; Population Theory; Research Methodology; Social Sciences; Studies