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34 produkter
Del 10 - Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development
Dimensions of Resilience in Developing Countries
Informality, Solidarities and Carework
Inbunden, Engelska, 2019
540 kr
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This book provides the latest empirical data on the three forms of resilience: informality, solidarities and unpaid care-work. It uncovers and quantifies these three forms of resilience that are generally invisible or ill recognised, whereas these play a major role in the livelihoods of poor and vulnerable populations. The book shows how the slow but constant unveiling of these forms over the past four decades has gradually changed our vision of progress and development and is impacting the norms and concepts that shape our vision of the economy and society. The book also emphasizes the role of informal economy through explaining the origins of the concept, its definitions and the methods of data collection and measurement. As such the book will be of interest to students, researchers and policy makers in population studies, economics, and international development.
Del 11 - Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development
Gender-Biased Sex Selection in South Korea, India and Vietnam
Assessing the Influence of Public Policy
Inbunden, Engelska, 2019
540 kr
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This book provides an in-depth analysis of the influence of public policy on sex selection. Three Asian countries were chosen for the comparative policy analysis, namely South Korea, India and Vietnam that share in common a historical legacy of son preference, high levels of sex imbalances and active policy response to curbing the growing demographic masculinization of their nations. The research based on the data collected from field work in the three countries shows that despite the adoption of very similar anti-sex selection policies the outcomes have been markedly different for each of the three countries. These unexpected diverse outcomes are explained partly by their different historical and cultural contexts, and partly to the different social, political and economic institutions and dynamics. This monograph offers careful and detailed explanations of both within and across country diversities in policy outcomes, pointing to the importance and the limits of cross-national policylearning and adoption, and raising questions about the efficacy of international organizations’ current approaches to global policy and knowledge transfer.
Del 11 - Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development
Gender-Biased Sex Selection in South Korea, India and Vietnam
Assessing the Influence of Public Policy
Häftad, Engelska, 2020
540 kr
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Three Asian countries were chosen for the comparative policy analysis, namely South Korea, India and Vietnam that share in common a historical legacy of son preference, high levels of sex imbalances and active policy response to curbing the growing demographic masculinization of their nations.
Del 12 - Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development
Breastfeeding in Rural Niger
Lessons from Child Healthcare Promotion
Inbunden, Engelska, 2019
556 kr
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This book investigates the most effective behavior change communication (BCC) strategies to reach socio-economically vulnerable mothers to promote early initiation of breastfeeding after birth in rural Niger. It thereby goes beyond conventional research frameworks by looking into multifaceted indicators including socio-economic and demographic status of mothers, environmental health, family and community based social network and typology of field activities. The book analyses demographic indicators by using field based pragmatic perspectives to scrutinise what the numbers tell in the local context. It also analyses a unique dataset of non-health related indicators such as income poverty to measure socio-economic vulnerability of mothers, involvement of and interactions with other family and community actors in child healthcare in addition to conventional socio-economic, demographic and health seeking behavioural indicators. The book draws policy and strategy recommendations based on the thorough analysis of each risk and protective factor for breastfeeding after birth to redirect technical and financial investment towards its most effective use for the optimal coverage of populations deprived from access to basic health and social services. As such this book is a very valuable read to researchers, public health and nutrition experts and decision makers in child health.
Del 12 - Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development
Breastfeeding in Rural Niger
Lessons from Child Healthcare Promotion
Häftad, Engelska, 2020
556 kr
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This book investigates the most effective behavior change communication (BCC) strategies to reach socio-economically vulnerable mothers to promote early initiation of breastfeeding after birth in rural Niger.
1 393 kr
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This book provides an analysis of theoretical and empirical researches on the effects of remittances and brain drain on the development of less developed countries (LDCs).
1 393 kr
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This book provides an analysis of theoretical and empirical researches on the effects of remittances and brain drain on the development of less developed countries (LDCs).
Del 15 - Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development
Gender Inequalities and Vulnerability of sub-Saharan Adolescents
The Case of Benin
Inbunden, Engelska, 2023
1 179 kr
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This book analyses the vulnerability of adolescent girls, which results from cumulative inequalities: gender, lack of education, residential, and poverty. It is based on original analyses of data from the national survey carried out by the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Analysis in collaboration with UNICEF.The book discusses three main themes. First, the experience of adolescence: access to globalization, via access to TIC (Trusted Internet Connections) and mass media; subjective well-being; smoking and alcohol consumption; child discipline and domestic violence are discussed. Secondly, the book focusses on the beginning of fertile life: child marriage; early pregnancy; prenatal care; birth weight and breastfeeding. HIV/AIDS and sexuality.The third theme touches on the potential contribution of adolescents to harvesting the demographic dividend: fertility and contraception; postnatal care and vaccination of children; pre-school learning; education andgender; household health vulnerability (water and sanitation). On the basis of the analyses of data, implications regarding concrete policy measures aimed at reducing the vulnerability of adolescents are identified at the end of each chapter.Through the richness of the analyses and the methodological rigor, this book provides an interesting read to both specialists and non-specialists interested in adolescence and the future of Benin, Africa and beyond.The [basis of the] English translation of this book from its French original manuscript was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision of the content was done by the author.
Del 15 - Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development
Gender Inequalities and Vulnerability of sub-Saharan Adolescents
The Case of Benin
Häftad, Engelska, 2024
1 179 kr
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This book analyses the vulnerability of adolescent girls, which results from cumulative inequalities: gender, lack of education, residential, and poverty. It is based on original analyses of data from the national survey carried out by the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Analysis in collaboration with UNICEF.The book discusses three main themes. First, the experience of adolescence: access to globalization, via access to TIC (Trusted Internet Connections) and mass media; subjective well-being; smoking and alcohol consumption; child discipline and domestic violence are discussed. Secondly, the book focusses on the beginning of fertile life: child marriage; early pregnancy; prenatal care; birth weight and breastfeeding. HIV/AIDS and sexuality.The third theme touches on the potential contribution of adolescents to harvesting the demographic dividend: fertility and contraception; postnatal care and vaccination of children; pre-school learning; education andgender; household health vulnerability (water and sanitation). On the basis of the analyses of data, implications regarding concrete policy measures aimed at reducing the vulnerability of adolescents are identified at the end of each chapter.Through the richness of the analyses and the methodological rigor, this book provides an interesting read to both specialists and non-specialists interested in adolescence and the future of Benin, Africa and beyond.The [basis of the] English translation of this book from its French original manuscript was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision of the content was done by the author.
Del 14 - Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development
Development Outlook of Education and Migration
An Indian Perspective
Inbunden, Engelska, 2023
1 286 kr
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This book describes the movement of un-skilled and skilled workers both within and from India and its fallout on education and development. It furthers the evidence on the contribution of education and international migration in development with specific reference to India as a major source country of migrant population.
Del 14 - Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development
Development Outlook of Education and Migration
An Indian Perspective
Häftad, Engelska, 2024
1 286 kr
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This book describes the movement of un-skilled and skilled workers both within and from India and its fallout on education and development. It furthers the evidence on the contribution of education and international migration in development with specific reference to India as a major source country of migrant population.
Del 16 - Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development
Atlas of Gender and Health Inequalities in India
Inbunden, Engelska, 2024
1 324 kr
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Most themes explored in this book illustrate the entangled nature of the social and regional determinants of gender and health imbalances in India.Through its rich cartography of contemporary India, the book represents the first Atlas exploiting district-level figures drawn from the latest sociodemographic survey conducted in 2019-21.
Del 16 - Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development
Atlas of Gender and Health Inequalities in India
Häftad, Engelska, 2025
1 324 kr
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Most themes explored in this book illustrate the entangled nature of the social and regional determinants of gender and health imbalances in India.Through its rich cartography of contemporary India, the book represents the first Atlas exploiting district-level figures drawn from the latest sociodemographic survey conducted in 2019-21.
Del 17 - Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development
Private Higher Education and Inequalities in the Global South
Lessons from Africa, Latin America and Asia
Inbunden, Engelska, 2024
1 353 kr
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Based on original findings from research carried out in six low- and middle-income countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, this book brings together conceptual and empirical analyses of private higher education and social and academic inequality, a topic largely unexplored in the social science literature, particularly on private higher education. Field surveys of different categories of actors in numerous private universities have combined common methods and tools in countries chosen for the differences in their social structures and the characteristics, organization and development of their private higher education systems. Based on these qualitative surveys, combined with available quantitative data on higher education, this book analyzes the production and reproduction of social and academic inequalities in countries as diverse as Argentina, Mexico, Peru, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal and Vietnam.Finally, the historical and social structuringof the private education systems in the selected countries provides the framework for analyses that go beyond the traditional higher education demand/supply and public policy approaches to explore the perspective of the actors – institutional administrators, teaching staff and students.
Del 17 - Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development
Private Higher Education and Inequalities in the Global South
Lessons from Africa, Latin America and Asia
Häftad, Engelska, 2025
1 353 kr
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Based on original findings from research carried out in six low- and middle-income countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, this book brings together conceptual and empirical analyses of private higher education and social and academic inequality, a topic largely unexplored in the social science literature, particularly on private higher education. Field surveys of different categories of actors in numerous private universities have combined common methods and tools in countries chosen for the differences in their social structures and the characteristics, organization and development of their private higher education systems. Based on these qualitative surveys, combined with available quantitative data on higher education, this book analyzes the production and reproduction of social and academic inequalities in countries as diverse as Argentina, Mexico, Peru, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal and Vietnam.Finally, the historical and social structuringof the private education systems in the selected countries provides the framework for analyses that go beyond the traditional higher education demand/supply and public policy approaches to explore the perspective of the actors – institutional administrators, teaching staff and students.
Social Innovations to address the Grand Challenge of School Education in India
Ensuring Quality Education Among Marginalized Communities
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
1 520 kr
Kommande
This book brings together integrated knowledge on how social innovations can effectively address the societal grand challenge of providing quality school education to marginalized communities in India. The volume explores innovative prosocial models that target marginalized groups, tackling complex issues of gender, caste, class, location, and religious marginalization.Real-world case studies of social innovation are curated, showcasing novel solutions to persistent educational inequalities. These models offer more effective, efficient, sustainable, and just approaches than traditional methods, aiming for long-term social change by transforming educational organizations, practices, and systems. This book sheds light on the roles of diverse stakeholders – corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives, grassroots community efforts, government schemes, and NGOs – in promoting inclusive education.A critical focus is placed on the dual role of elites in driving both the privatization of education and social innovations, with acknowledgement of how these efforts can sometimes inadvertently undermine public education systems. By examining prosocial organizing and cross-sector collaborations, this volume reveals how innovative school models provide opportunities for girls, religious minorities, marginalized castes, and differently-abled children to thrive.As such, this book offers valuable lessons for policymakers, educators, researchers, and practitioners seeking to enhance inclusion and improve learning outcomes in government and private education systems, contributing to broader social sustainability and equity goals. Chapter “Building Bridges: Sharing Cultural Capital to Address the Grand Challenge in School Education” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
Del 4 - Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development
Violence, Statistics, and the Politics of Accounting for the Dead
Inbunden, Engelska, 2016
540 kr
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Violence, Statistics, and the Politics of Accounting for the Dead
Del 3 - Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development
Colonization and Development in New Zealand between 1769 and 1900
The Seeds of Rangiatea
Inbunden, Engelska, 2015
1 105 kr
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It adopts demographic methodologies, most typically used in developing countries, which allow the mapping of broad changes in Maori society, particularly their survival as a people.The book raises general theoretical questions about how populations react to the introduction of diseases to which they have no natural immunity.
Del 5 - Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development
Contemporary Demographic Transformations in China, India and Indonesia
Inbunden, Engelska, 2015
1 073 kr
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This book examines the profound demographic transformation affecting China, India, and Indonesia, where 40% of the world's people live. It offers a systematic, comparative approach that will help readers to better understand the changing social and regional recomposition of the population in these regions.The chapters present a detailed investigation and mapping of regional trends in mortality, fertility, migration and urbanization, education, and aging. Throughout, the analysis carefully considers how these trends affect economic and social development. Coverage also raises global, theoretical questions about the singular ways in which each of these three countries have achieved their demographic transition.As the authors reveal, demographic trends seem to be somewhat linear and anticipatable, providing Asia’s three demographic giants and their governments a formidable advantage in planning for the future. But the evolution of human mobility in China, India, and Indonesia, closely intertwined as it is with changing economic conditions, appears less predictable and ranks high among the major challenges to demographic knowledge in the coming decades.Offering an insightful look into the components, implications, and regional variations of a changing population, this book will appeal to social scientists, demographers, anthropologists, sociologists, epidemiologists, and specialists in Asian studies.
Del 6 - Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development
Demographic Dividends: Emerging Challenges and Policy Implications
Inbunden, Engelska, 2016
540 kr
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This book examines potential economic opportunities that countries can experience when fertility rates fall and the average life expectancy of the working age population increases. It presents detailed demographic and economic analysis of middle-income countries throughout the world in order to show how these countries can take advantage of this demographic bonus. The book first traces the common link between policies that contribute to fertility transition as well as create the right kind of environment for reaping the benefit of demographic dividend. Next, it explores different countries and regions who are at different levels of development. It assesses the long term impact of gender equality on economic growth and development in Latin America; describes the life-cycle saving patterns of Mexican households; and examines demographic determinants of economic growth in BRICS. The book also offers demographic and economic analysis of the Mediterranean area, Sub-Saharan Africa, and New Zealand. The comparison between the different territorial contexts allow for the identification of three typologies of demographic dividend: the first dividend, when the working population grows faster than total population, the second dividend, as active generations get older and invest their savings in the production system of their country, and the third dividend, based on the coexistence of two populations age structure strongly contrasting. Overall, this book argues for the need to capitalize on the opportunities that come from the demographic dividend by investing heavily in education programs, training programs for the population working age, health programs, the creation of health insurance systems as well as programs to reduce or increase fertility levels.
Del 3 - Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development
Colonization and Development in New Zealand between 1769 and 1900
The Seeds of Rangiatea
Häftad, Engelska, 2016
1 073 kr
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It adopts demographic methodologies, most typically used in developing countries, which allow the mapping of broad changes in Maori society, particularly their survival as a people.The book raises general theoretical questions about how populations react to the introduction of diseases to which they have no natural immunity.
Del 7 - Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development
Population Studies and Development from Theory to Fieldwork
Inbunden, Engelska, 2017
1 286 kr
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This book addresses major population and development issues: fertility and reproductive health, migrations, gender, education, poverty and inequalities. To that aim it revisits and considerably enlarges Kingsley Davis’ 1963 theory of change and response, using interdisciplinary methodologies. On the basis of four decades of field research (1985-2015), it questions the rationality of the actors, how culture shapes socio-demographic behaviours, in a context of modernity and globalisation. More specifically, it casts new light on the interactions of individuals, families, networks and local communities with the State and its population policy.
Del 8 - Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development
Scarce Women and Surplus Men in China and India
Macro Demographics versus Local Dynamics
Inbunden, Engelska, 2017
540 kr
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This volume documents how families, communities and some groups (single men, young ‘scarce’ women, parents) adapt and adjust to recent demographic shifts in China and India. It discusses how demographic change interacts with other processes of change, including changes with respect to economic development and globalization, gender, class, caste, families, migration and work. The chapters offer micro-level analyses contextualized in larger processes of change and push further existing understandings of the consequences of the demographic imbalance between men and women in China and/or India, particularly from a gender perspective. As such this book will be of interest to scholars and students in population studies, sociology, international development, gender studies, and Asian studies.
Del 4 - Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development
Violence, Statistics, and the Politics of Accounting for the Dead
Häftad, Engelska, 2019
540 kr
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This book examines the methodological problems of accounting for the dead in armed conflicts as well as how the process itself is open to manipulation and controversy. Inspired by the work of the International Practitioner Network of casualty recording organizations, the book features thematic analysis, case studies and historical discussion on the use of the body count towards political, humanitarian and military ends.The book begins with a strategic analysis of the body count that introduces a general discussion on the measurement of war violence; its treatment by the media, humanitarian organizations, governments and the military; and its legal and political implications. It then examines the accounting for civilian war casualties in past and future conflicts, investigates the way the International Committee of the Red Cross has dealt with the issue of missing persons and the identification of dead bodies in armed conflicts and explores the role of statistics in aid policydebates, especially in regards to humanitarian workers.Next, the book details the field of casualty recording as practiced by civil society organizations, with insights from a study of 40 practitioners. It also features narrative case studies that detail the ways human losses were documented during recent conflicts in Northeastern India (2006-2009) and Croatia (1991-1995). In addition, one case study looks at the usefulness of casualty recording in engaging policymakers on the impacts of particular technologies of violence.This book offers an insightful investigation into violence, statistics and the politics of accounting for the dead. It will appeal to a broad audience of policy-makers, human rights activists, humanitarian practitioners as well as academics.
Del 5 - Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development
Contemporary Demographic Transformations in China, India and Indonesia
Häftad, Engelska, 2019
1 073 kr
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This book examines the profound demographic transformation affecting China, India, and Indonesia, where 40% of the world's people live. It offers a systematic, comparative approach that will help readers to better understand the changing social and regional recomposition of the population in these regions.The chapters present a detailed investigation and mapping of regional trends in mortality, fertility, migration and urbanization, education, and aging. Throughout, the analysis carefully considers how these trends affect economic and social development. Coverage also raises global, theoretical questions about the singular ways in which each of these three countries have achieved their demographic transition.As the authors reveal, demographic trends seem to be somewhat linear and anticipatable, providing Asia’s three demographic giants and their governments a formidable advantage in planning for the future. But the evolution of human mobility in China, India, and Indonesia, closely intertwined as it is with changing economic conditions, appears less predictable and ranks high among the major challenges to demographic knowledge in the coming decades.Offering an insightful look into the components, implications, and regional variations of a changing population, this book will appeal to social scientists, demographers, anthropologists, sociologists, epidemiologists, and specialists in Asian studies.
Del 6 - Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development
Demographic Dividends: Emerging Challenges and Policy Implications
Häftad, Engelska, 2018
540 kr
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This book examines potential economic opportunities that countries can experience when fertility rates fall and the average life expectancy of the working age population increases. It presents detailed demographic and economic analysis of middle-income countries throughout the world in order to show how these countries can take advantage of this demographic bonus. The book first traces the common link between policies that contribute to fertility transition as well as create the right kind of environment for reaping the benefit of demographic dividend. Next, it explores different countries and regions who are at different levels of development. It assesses the long term impact of gender equality on economic growth and development in Latin America; describes the life-cycle saving patterns of Mexican households; and examines demographic determinants of economic growth in BRICS. The book also offers demographic and economic analysis of the Mediterranean area, Sub-Saharan Africa, and New Zealand. The comparison between the different territorial contexts allow for the identification of three typologies of demographic dividend: the first dividend, when the working population grows faster than total population, the second dividend, as active generations get older and invest their savings in the production system of their country, and the third dividend, based on the coexistence of two populations age structure strongly contrasting. Overall, this book argues for the need to capitalize on the opportunities that come from the demographic dividend by investing heavily in education programs, training programs for the population working age, health programs, the creation of health insurance systems as well as programs to reduce or increase fertility levels.
Del 7 - Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development
Population Studies and Development from Theory to Fieldwork
Häftad, Engelska, 2018
913 kr
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This book addresses major population and development issues: fertility and reproductive health, migrations, gender, education, poverty and inequalities. More specifically, it casts new light on the interactions of individuals, families, networks and local communities with the State and its population policy.
Del 8 - Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development
Scarce Women and Surplus Men in China and India
Macro Demographics versus Local Dynamics
Häftad, Engelska, 2018
540 kr
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It discusses how demographic change interacts with other processes of change, including changes with respect to economic development and globalization, gender, class, caste, families, migration and work.
Del 1 - Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development
Counting Populations, Understanding Societies
Towards a Interpretative Demography
Inbunden, Engelska, 2013
1 073 kr
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The core aim of this book is to determine how anthropology and demography can be used in conjunction in the field of population and development. The boundaries of demography are not as clearly defined or as stable as one might think, especially in view of the tension between a formal demography centered on the ‘core of procedures and references’ and a more open form of demography, generally referred to as Population Studies.Many rapprochements, missed opportunities and isolated attempts marked the disciplinary history of anthropology and demography, both disciplines being founded on distinct and highly differentiated traditions and practices. Moreover, the role and the place assigned to epistemology differ significantly in ethnology and demography. Yet, anthropology and demography provide complementary models and research instruments and this book shows that neither discipline can afford to overlook their respective contributions.Based on research conducted in West Africa over more than twenty years, it is a defense of field demography that makes case for a continuum ranging from the initial conception of fieldwork and research to its effective implementation and to data analysis. Changes in behaviors relating to fertility, poverty or migration cannot be interpreted without invoking the cultural factor at some stage. Representations in their collective and individual dimensions also fit into the extended explanatory space of demography.
Del 2 - Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development
Population and Health in Developing Countries
Inbunden, Engelska, 2013
1 105 kr
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This book provides an overview of the health of developing nations in the early twenty-first century. The book devotes a full chapter to women’s health, and its chapter-length analysis of morbidity highlights the double burden weighing down developing populations and concludes with an analysis of health systems in developing countries.