Family, population and development in Africa
By: edited by Aderanti Adepoju.
Contributors: Adepoju, Aderanti.
Publisher: Zed Books
Published: 1997
Place of publication: London; Atlantic Highlands, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
Subjects: Family -- Economic aspects -- Africa; Households -- Africa; Africa -- Population; Africa -- Economic conditions -- 1960-
Other titles: Family, population & development in Africa
Description: This book investigates the challenges facing the African family and their multiple effects from an extremely broad perspective. The contributors explore the nature of available data on which current policies are premised, marriage patterns, the role of the family in agriculture, the changing roles and status of women, the transformations generated by mass migration, the strains and tensions wrought by structural adjustment programmes and the functioning of family law.

Throughout, the book makes clear the importance of the family to the development process. The contributors call on development strategists to see the family as a dynamic source of change as much as the recipient of it; as such this book is essential reading for students, academics and activists in development studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-224) and index.