title: [Population and development in Mexico:  a synthesis of recent experience].
abstract: Changes in the relationship between population factors and the development process in Mexico from 1940 to the present are reviewed. The authors show how the development that occurred up to about 1970 both absorbed and encouraged rapid population growth.  They then describe how the emergence of problems concerning this relationship led to the development of a population policy during the 1970s.  "The paper then takes up the implementation of that policy and the determinants of the fertility decline that took place afterwards, and closes with a brief review of the implications that demographic considerations have for Mexico's future." (SUMMARY IN ENG)
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Alba
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Potter
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D002489:Central America; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D005298:Fertility; D007843:Latin America; D008800:Mexico; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011158:Population Growth; D011640:Public Policy; D012922:Social Change
keywords: Americas; Central America; Demographic Factors; Demographic Transition; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Economic Development; Economic Factors; Fertility; Latin America; Mexico; North America; Policy; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Growth; Population Policy; Social Development; Social Policy