A K Shiva Kumar, Pradeep Panda, Rajani R Ved

Handbook of Population and Development in India

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This handbook provides a comprehensive understanding of the population-development linkages through an engagement with human development, human rights, and gender justice perspectives.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. November 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 180mm x 239mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9780198088233
• ISBN-10: 019808823X
• Artikelnr.: 36597623

Autorenporträt

A. K. Shiva Kumar is a development economist and Adviser to UNICEF India; Pradeep Panda is Deputy Director of Research, Micro Insurance Academy, New Delhi; Rajani R. Ved is Adviser, National Health Systems Resource Centre, New Delhi.

Inhaltsangabe

* List of Tables
* Figures, and Boxes
* List of Contributors
* Foreword by M.S. Swaminathan
* 1. Population and Human Development: Contemporary Concerns
* 2. Reaping the Demographic Dividend
* 3. Population, Environment and Climate Change
* 4. Why Penalize People?
* 5. Population and Food Security;
* 6. Revisiting India's Population Policies
* 7. National Population Policy 2000: What Can It Achieve
Realistically?
* 8. Reducing Maternal Mortality
* 9. Fertility and Epidemiological Transitions: Cracks in India's
Health Policy
* 10. Fertility Decline in South Indian States
* 11. Fertility Transition: Lessons from South India
* 12. Understanding the Young Mind
* 13. The Unwanted Girl Child
* 14. An Explosion of Aspirations
* 15. Reproductive Rights and Community Action
* 16. Media and Public Health: Neither Fish nor Fowl
* 17. Women in India's National Population Policy: Is Empowerment
Enough?
* 18. The Changing Context and Meaning of Women's Empowerment
* Appendix 1: National Population Policy of India 2000
* Appendix 2: Population Statistics
* Glossary