Handbook of population and development in India
By: edited by A.K. Shiva Kumar, Pradeep Panda, Rajani R. Ved
Contributors: Institute for Human Development (New Delhi, India)
Publisher: Institute for Human Development; Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New Delhi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780198069294
Subjects: Social aspects; Economic aspects; Population policy; Population
Description: "The Indian demographic scenario is characterized by large regional variations in population trends, uneven human development, adverse sex ratios, growing urbanization, and internal rural-to-urban migration. This handbook provides a comprehensive understanding of the population-development linkages, through an engagement with human development, human rights, and gender justice perspectives.

The linkages between population size, birth rates, economic well-being, environmental sustainability, and economic growth are complex. Using the latest Census and National Family Health Survey data, this volume analyses a wide range of topical issues-food security, fertility, opportunities for the youth and the girl child, media and public health, and women's empowerment. Identifying past trends and future challenges, the volume calls for a more humane approach to population stabilization and endorses the popular tenet--"take care of people and the population will take care of itself"."--Pub. desc.
Notes: Contributed articles.

Includes bibliographical references.