Expert Group Meeting on Completing the Fertility Transition, New York, 11-14 March 2002
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File Size : 27,4 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Fertility, Human
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File Size : 27,4 MB
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Category : Fertility, Human
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Author : United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Population Division
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Page : 200 pages
File Size : 38,9 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Fertility, Human
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Publisher : HSRC Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 33,19 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 9780796920355
Based on the 2002 conference Fertility: The Current South African Issues of Poverty, HIV/AIDS, and Youth emanating from the partnership between the Department of Social Development, the South African Regional Poverty Network (SARPN), and the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), this book examines the underlying link between fertility and socio-economic development. The complex features in the current fertility trends in post-apartheid South Africa are examined, including the demographic fertility profile of South Africa's population, determinants of fertility-related behaviours such as sexual initiation in the context of AIDS, contraceptive use, and the broader regional fertility issues.
Author : Carolyn P. Edwards
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 44,56 MB
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780803248090
Ngecha is the monumental and intimate study of modernization and nationalization in rural Africa in the early years following Kenyan independence in 1963, as experienced by the people of Ngecha, a village outside Nairobi. From 1968 to 1973 Ngecha was a research site of the Child Development Research Unit, a team that brought together Kenyan and non-Kenyan social scientists under the leadership of John Whiting and Beatrice Blyth Whiting. The study documents how families adapted to changing opportunities and conditions as their former colony became a modern nation, and the key role that women played as agents of change as they became small-scale cash-crop farmers and entrepreneurs. Mothers modified the culture of their parents to meet the evolving national economy, and they participated in the shift from an agrarian to a wage economy in ways that transformed their workloads and perceptions of isolation and individualism within and between households, thereby challenging traditional family-based morals and obligations. Their children, in turn, experienced evolving educational practices and achievement expectations. The elders faced new situations as well as new modes of treatment. Completing this valuable record of a nation in transition are the long-term reassessments of the observations and conclusions of the research team, and a description of Ngecha today as viewed by Kenyans who participated in the original study.
Author : Gary T. Gardner
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 30,52 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780393323863
In this 2003 edition, the Worldwatch Institute's award-winning research team provides concerned citizens and national leaders with comprehensive analysis of global environmental problems, together with detailed descriptions of practical, innovative solutions.
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Publisher : United Nations Publications
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 47,97 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789211513707
This series focuses on population studies carried out by the United Nations, its specialized agencies and other organizations. This issue deals with the guidelines for the projection of fertility. The publication aims to increase understanding of likely fertility trends in the diverse countries of the world.
Author : M. Louise Fox
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 18,62 MB
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821374435
"This book reviews the literature and presents original research by the authors analyzing job creation in Sub-Saharan Africa in light of economic performance over the decade and more since 1995. The book identifies factors that impact job creation, both inside the labor market (such as labor supply and demand) and outside of it (overall investment climate)."--Jacket.
Author : Worldwatch Institute
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 42,81 MB
Release : 2010-09-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1136533400
This volume takes a look at the trends that have put the global economy on a collision course with the Earth's ecosystems. It aims to provide a vital synthesis ranging across a wide spectrum of both the social and natural sciences. Published annually in 28 languages, each edition draws on the knowledge of the Worldwatch Institute's team of writers and researchers.
Author : Pieter Kok (Zuid-Afrika.)
Publisher : HSRC Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 24,91 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780796921130
Covers three broad areas: macro-level migration trends in sub-Saharan Africa; micro-level factors in South African migration; and a synthesis of current migration theory.
Author : United Nations Population Fund
Publisher : United Nations Publications
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 49,51 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
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Fertility and population growth are highest in the world's poorest countries, with the least-developed countries estimated to triple their populations from 600 million in 1995 to 1.8 billion by 2050. Dealing with population and reproductive health concerns within the broad framework of the UN Millennium Goals is crucial to achieving sustainable development objectives. This report reviews some key issues involved in progress to tackle global poverty including: the many dimensions of poverty; demographics and macroeconomics; gender inequality; health differentials and financing; HIV/AIDS; and access to education. It outlines a development framework for action including: better programme targeting to ensure benefits reach the poor, especially the most vulnerable; the extension of microcredit schemes; and the need for better monitoring and data systems.