On: 2014 Gates Annual Letter: Myths that block progres...

[nostromo]

It seems they could have the causation arrow exactly backwards.

Alternate hypothesis: Countries with fewer children have more resources to put towards those children.

The Gates Foundation is super smart, so I'm hopeful they've seen enough data to consider and refute this.

[alphydan → nostromo]

A good place to start for an overview on the research on that causation is Hans Rosling, http://www.nooventures.org/hans-rosling-on-global-population... and http://www.gapminder.org/