Low productivity Low per capita income Rapid population growth Low levels of investment in physical and human capital Low level Low level of saving of demand FIGURE 39W.3 The vicious circle of poverty. Low per capita incomes make it difficult for poor nations to save and invest, a condition that perpetuates low productivity and low incomes. Furthermore, rapid population growth may quickly absorb increases in per capita real income and thereby destroy the possibility of breaking out of the poverty circle.
Low productivity Low per capita income Rapid population growth Low levels of investment in physical and human capital Low level Low level of saving of demand FIGURE 39W.3 The vicious circle of poverty. Low per capita incomes make it difficult for poor nations to save and invest, a condition that perpetuates low productivity and low incomes. Furthermore, rapid population growth may quickly absorb increases in per capita real income and thereby destroy the possibility of breaking out of the poverty circle.
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