Population and Poverty in the Developing World - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0198293003 ISBN 13: 9780198293002

Casa editrice: OUP Oxford, 1999

Riassunto

The increasing gap between developed and developing world will be one of the most important themes of the 21st century. The contributions contained in this volume take a multidisciplinary approach to the problem, offering a comprehensive review of the theoretical issues and empirical findings that relate to the complex and multidirectional link between poverty and demographic behaviours and outcomes in the contemporary developing world.

The starting point of the volume is an exact definition of poverty. The contributors go on to analyse in the detail its causes and effects, both at the micro and macro level, concentrating on those factors and consequences which relate more directly to the demographic sphere. Population growth, household structure and labour, fertility, AIDS, urbanization, migration, and mortality are amongst the areas covered, with the major themes discussed and elaborated in an introductory overview chapter.

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Contenuti

• 1: Massimo Livi-Bacci and Gustavo De Santis: Introduction
• 2: Sudhir Anand and Jonathan Morduch: Poverty and the `Population Problem'
• 3: Michael Lipton: Population and Poverty: How do they Interact?
• 4: A. Ferro-Luzzi and F. Branca: Coping with Poverty: The Biological Impact of Nutririon Insecurity
• 5: S. R. Osmani: Famine, Demography, and Endemic Poverty
• 6: Cynthia B. Lloyd: Household Structure and Poverty: What are the Connections?
• 7: Patricia H. David: High Fertility and Short Birth Spacing: The Poverty Consequences of Family-building Patterns
• 8: Anastasia J. Gage: The Social Implications of Adolescent Fertility
• 9: Alaka Malwade Basu: Poverty and AIDS: The Vicious Circle
• 10: René Wéry with Christine Oppong: Household Labour Allocation and Mobility in Times of Crisis
• 11: David Satterthwaite: Rapid Urbanization and the Urban Environment
• 12: Giovanni Andrea Cornia and Renato Paniccià: The Transition's Population Crisis: Nuptiality, Fertility, and Mortality Changes in Severely Distressed Economies
• References
• Index

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: OUP Oxford
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0198293003
• ISBN 13: 9780198293002
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 316
• Redattore: Livi-Bacci Massimo, Santis Gustavo De
• Contatto del produttore: Messaggerie Libri; ufficio.anagrafiche@meli.it; ; Via Verdi, 8.; Assago Milano; 20090; Italia