Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development – serie
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Dimensions of Resilience in Developing Countries
Informality, Solidarities and Carework
Inbunden, 2019
551 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 …
Gender-Biased Sex Selection in South Korea, India and Vietnam
Assessing the Influence of Public Policy
Av Laura Rahm
Inbunden, 2019
551 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 …
Gender-Biased Sex Selection in South Korea, India and Vietnam
Assessing the Influence of Public Policy
Av Laura Rahm
Häftad, 2020
551 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 …
Breastfeeding in Rural Niger
Lessons from Child Healthcare Promotion
Av Naoko Horii
Inbunden, 2019
568 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 …
Breastfeeding in Rural Niger
Lessons from Child Healthcare Promotion
Av Naoko Horii
Häftad, 2020
568 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 …
International Migration, Remittances and Brain Drain
Impacts on Development
Av Serge Feld
Inbunden, 2021
1422 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). It analyzes the most recent global, regional and national data as well as the arguments for and against the emigration of …
International Migration, Remittances and Brain Drain
Impacts on Development
Av Serge Feld
Häftad, 2022
1422 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). It analyzes the most recent global, regional and national data as well as the arguments for and against the emigration of …
Gender Inequalities and Vulnerability of sub-Saharan Adolescents
The Case of Benin
Av Yves Charbit, Mustapha Omrane
Inbunden, 2023
1204 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 …
Gender Inequalities and Vulnerability of sub-Saharan Adolescents
The Case of Benin
Av Yves Charbit, Mustapha Omrane
Häftad, 2024
1204 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 …
Development Outlook of Education and Migration
An Indian Perspective
Av Basant Potnuru, Narender Thakur m. fl.
Inbunden, 2023
1313 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 …
Development Outlook of Education and Migration
An Indian Perspective
Av Basant Potnuru, Narender Thakur m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
1313 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 …
Atlas of Gender and Health Inequalities in India
Inbunden, 2024
1352 kr
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How will the world's largest population approach its inequality challenges? This volume addresses this question by unraveling different strands of India's emerging health and gender geographies. It is the first book to offer a comparative study of these disparities in India, stressing the deep …
Atlas of Gender and Health Inequalities in India
Häftad, 2025
1352 kr
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How will the world's largest population approach its inequality challenges? This volume addresses this question by unraveling different strands of India's emerging health and gender geographies. It is the first book to offer a comparative study of these disparities in India, stressing the deep …
Private Higher Education and Inequalities in the Global South
Lessons from Africa, Latin America and Asia
Inbunden, 2024
1382 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 …
Private Higher Education and Inequalities in the Global South
Lessons from Africa, Latin America and Asia
Häftad, 2025
1382 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 …
Social Innovations to address the Grand Challenge of School Education in India
Ensuring Quality Education Among Marginalized Communities
Av Ahmad Faraz Khan, Arjun Bhardwaj m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
1487 kr
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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 …
Violence, Statistics, and the Politics of Accounting for the Dead
Av Marc-Antoine Pérouse de Montclos, Elizabeth Minor m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
551 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 …
Colonization and Development in New Zealand between 1769 and 1900
The Seeds of Rangiatea
Av Ian Pool
Inbunden, 2015
1128 kr
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This book details the interactions between the Seeds of Rangiatea, New Zealand’s Maori people of Polynesian origin, and Europe from 1769 to 1900. It provides a case-study of the way Imperial era contact and colonization negatively affected naturally evolving demographic/epidemiologic transitions …
Contemporary Demographic Transformations in China, India and Indonesia
Av Christophe Z. Guilmoto, Gavin W. Jones
Inbunden, 2015
1095 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 …
Demographic Dividends: Emerging Challenges and Policy Implications
Av Roberta Pace, Roberto Ham-Chande
Inbunden, 2016
551 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 …
Colonization and Development in New Zealand between 1769 and 1900
The Seeds of Rangiatea
Av Ian Pool
Häftad, 2016
1095 kr
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This book details the interactions between the Seeds of Rangiatea, New Zealand’s Maori people of Polynesian origin, and Europe from 1769 to 1900. It provides a case-study of the way Imperial era contact and colonization negatively affected naturally evolving demographic/epidemiologic transitions …
Population Studies and Development from Theory to Fieldwork
Inbunden, 2017
1313 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 …
Scarce Women and Surplus Men in China and India
Macro Demographics versus Local Dynamics
Av Sharada Srinivasan, Shuzhuo Li
Inbunden, 2017
551 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 …
Violence, Statistics, and the Politics of Accounting for the Dead
Av Marc-Antoine Pérouse de Montclos, Elizabeth Minor m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
551 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 …
Contemporary Demographic Transformations in China, India and Indonesia
Av Christophe Z. Guilmoto, Gavin W. Jones
Häftad, 2019
1095 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 …
Demographic Dividends: Emerging Challenges and Policy Implications
Av Roberta Pace, Roberto Ham-Chande
Häftad, 2018
551 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 …
Population Studies and Development from Theory to Fieldwork
Häftad, 2018
932 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 …
Scarce Women and Surplus Men in China and India
Macro Demographics versus Local Dynamics
Av Sharada Srinivasan, Shuzhuo Li
Häftad, 2018
551 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 …
Counting Populations, Understanding Societies
Towards a Interpretative Demography
Inbunden, 2013
1095 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 …
Population and Health in Developing Countries
Inbunden, 2013
1128 kr
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This book provides an overview of the health of developing nations in the early twenty-first century. The basic assumption is that the health of a population is not independent of broader demographic trends, and does follow the health transition model. The coverage is broad, ranging from health …
