Hakutulokset: population and development
yhteensä 259 hakutulosta
From Parent to Child
How do parents allocate human capital among their children? To what extent do parental decisions about resource allocation determine children's eventual economic success? The …
A Line Drawn in the Sand
In the nearly three decades since the AIDS epidemic was first recognized, scientists have made tremendous strides in devising treatments for people living with HIV/AIDS. Yet in …
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
In the early 19th century, thousands of emancipated and freeborn blacks from the United States returned to Africa to colonize the area now known as Liberia. In this systematic …
Fertility Change in Contemporary Japan
The authors examine the striking decline in Japan's birthrate in light of the rapid urbanization, industrialization, and socioeconomic development experienced by the nation since …
Population and Development
Many experts believe that population growth is the greatest threat facing humanity. Others argue that the link between population growth and insecurity is unproven. This concise …
Commission on Population and Development
UN publications sales no. EE0437
Below-Replacement Fertility in Industrial Societies
Noted economists, demographers, and sociologists discuss the demographic effects of below-replacement fertility.
Birth Quake
Between 1965 and 1985, the Western world - and the United States in particular - experienced a staggering amount of social and economic change. In Birth Quake, Diane J. Macunovich …
The Struggle for International Consensus on Population and Development
Tracing the population assistance movement from its tentative beginnings to today, this book employs history to examine the new paradigm created from the Cairo Conference - the …
Commission on Population and Development
UN publications sales no. EE0464
Population and Development in North East India
This compendium of 28 papers attempt to examine the population dynamics and development pattern in North-East India. Taking a close look at the population of agricultural workers …
Struggle for International Consensus on Population and Development
Tracing the population assistance movement from its tentative beginnings to today, this book employs history to examine the new paradigm created from the Cairo Conference - the …