W.T.S. Gould is an Emeritus Professor of Geography at Liverpool University, UK, where he has taught and researched the relationships between population and development for over 40 years. His research has involved field research and consultancy in Asia, the Caribbean, and sub-Saharan Africa.

'Since the publication of the first edition in 2009, Bill Gould’s Population and Development has been the core text for my final-year undergraduate course with the same title. It is ideally geared to senior undergraduates or commencing postgraduate students studying population as it provides a broad coverage of the whole field. This second edition is to be much welcomed. It keeps the basic structure of the first, with the statistics updated to 2012-2013. Future cohorts of students will also thank Bill Gould for this lucid revised edition.'Professor Ronald Skeldon, University of Sussex, UK, and Maastricht University, The Netherlands'Population and Development is an excellent textbook; an essential resource for both undergraduate and postgraduate students. I am extremely impressed with the core coverage of the text as well as the focused analysis and recommendations on concepts and policy. As the world moves towards the new global development framework, the Sustainable Development Goals, Population and Development offers both empirical and policy background that can shape thinking on the role of population in sustainable development.'Dr Joseph K. Assan, Center for Global Development and Sustainability, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Massachusetts, USA

• Introduction 1. Population and Development 2. How Population Affects Development 3. How Development Affects Population 4. Mortality, Disease and Development 5. Fertility, Culture and Development 6. Migration and Development 7. Population Age Structures and Development 8. Human Resource Development 9. Population Planning 10. Global Population Futures

W.T.S. Gould is an Emeritus Professor of Geography at Liverpool University, UK, where he has taught and researched the relationships between population and development for over 40 years. His research has involved field research and consultancy in Asia, the Caribbean, and sub-Saharan Africa.

'Since the publication of the first edition in 2009, Bill Gould’s Population and Development has been the core text for my final-year undergraduate course with the same title. It is ideally geared to senior undergraduates or commencing postgraduate students studying population as it provides a broad coverage of the whole field. This second edition is to be much welcomed. It keeps the basic structure of the first, with the statistics updated to 2012-2013. Future cohorts of students will also thank Bill Gould for this lucid revised edition.'Professor Ronald Skeldon, University of Sussex, UK, and Maastricht University, The Netherlands'Population and Development is an excellent textbook; an essential resource for both undergraduate and postgraduate students. I am extremely impressed with the core coverage of the text as well as the focused analysis and recommendations on concepts and policy. As the world moves towards the new global development framework, the Sustainable Development Goals, Population and Development offers both empirical and policy background that can shape thinking on the role of population in sustainable development.'Dr Joseph K. Assan, Center for Global Development and Sustainability, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Massachusetts, USA

• Introduction 1. Population and Development 2. How Population Affects Development 3. How Development Affects Population 4. Mortality, Disease and Development 5. Fertility, Culture and Development 6. Migration and Development 7. Population Age Structures and Development 8. Human Resource Development 9. Population Planning 10. Global Population Futures

W.T.S. Gould is an Emeritus Professor of Geography at Liverpool University, UK, where he has taught and researched the relationships between population and development for over 40 years. His research has involved field research and consultancy in Asia, the Caribbean, and sub-Saharan Africa.

'Since the publication of the first edition in 2009, Bill Gould’s Population and Development has been the core text for my final-year undergraduate course with the same title. It is ideally geared to senior undergraduates or commencing postgraduate students studying population as it provides a broad coverage of the whole field. This second edition is to be much welcomed. It keeps the basic structure of the first, with the statistics updated to 2012-2013. Future cohorts of students will also thank Bill Gould for this lucid revised edition.'Professor Ronald Skeldon, University of Sussex, UK, and Maastricht University, The Netherlands'Population and Development is an excellent textbook; an essential resource for both undergraduate and postgraduate students. I am extremely impressed with the core coverage of the text as well as the focused analysis and recommendations on concepts and policy. As the world moves towards the new global development framework, the Sustainable Development Goals, Population and Development offers both empirical and policy background that can shape thinking on the role of population in sustainable development.'Dr Joseph K. Assan, Center for Global Development and Sustainability, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Massachusetts, USA

• Introduction 1. Population and Development 2. How Population Affects Development 3. How Development Affects Population 4. Mortality, Disease and Development 5. Fertility, Culture and Development 6. Migration and Development 7. Population Age Structures and Development 8. Human Resource Development 9. Population Planning 10. Global Population Futures