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relevant.
These policy recolm'lendations appear to be
In this respect the question is can
"development- alone be considered as a suitable
policy measure. for reducing fertility and thus
ar resting the growth of population? If the answer
the
is inLaffirmative then this follows one more relevant
question i.e.,are the present levels of
socio-economic conditions high enough to bring
about a genuine fertility transition? These
questions could be answered with the help of wellknown
threshold
hypothesis. The threshold hypothesis
postulates that: -in a developing country,
the fertility is initially high.
Improving economic
and social conditionS are likely to have litt4e if
any effect on fertility until a certain economic
and social level is reached, but once that level is
achieved, fertility is likely to enter a decided
decline) and to continue downward until it is again
stabilized on a much lower planeR (UN, 19651 143).
Attempt has been made to gather the information on
some selected indicators of socio-economic development
for the country as well as its regions to
compare them wi th given threshold level. From