Twenty-First Century India: Population, Economy, Human Development, and the Environment

Author:   Tim Dyson (Professor of Population and Development, London School of Economics & Political Science) ,  Robert Cassen (Visiting Professor, Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics & Political Science) ,  Leela Visaria (Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780199283828


Pages:   440
Publication Date:   05 May 2005
Format:   Paperback
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Twenty-First Century India: Population, Economy, Human Development, and the Environment


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Author:   Tim Dyson (Professor of Population and Development, London School of Economics & Political Science) ,  Robert Cassen (Visiting Professor, Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics & Political Science) ,  Leela Visaria (Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.30cm
Weight:   0.640kg
ISBN:  

9780199283828


ISBN 10:   0199283826
Pages:   440
Publication Date:   05 May 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: Overview Demography 2: India's Population: The Past 3: Mortality Trends and the Health Transition 4: The Continuing Fertility Transition 5: India's Population: The Future 6: Migration and Urbanization: Retrospect and Prospects Social Sectors and the Economy 7: Education and Literacy 8: Employment 9: The Condition of the People 10: The Economy, the Past, and the Future Population, Food, and Environment 11: Prospects for Food Demand and Supply 12: Modelling the Environment 13: India's Urban Environment, Current Knowledge, and Future Possibilities 14: Water 15: Common Pool Resources Policy 16: Lessons and Policies

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A valuable reference book and a model of quantitative analysis and sound prediction --Foreign Affairs<br>


A valuable reference book and a model of quantitative analysis and sound prediction --Foreign Affairs


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Tim Dyson is Professor of Population Studies at the Development Studies Institute at the London School of Economics. Educated in England and Canada, he has held visiting positions at the Australian National University in Canberra, the International Institute of Population Sciences in Mumbai, and the American University of Beirut. Between 1994 and 1996 he was President of the British Society for Population Studies, and in 2001 he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy. Robert Cassen is Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics. He has held positions at Queen Elizabeth House and St. Antony's College at the University of Oxford, the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, and the World Bank. Leela Visaria is Professor at the Gujarat Institute of Development Research, Ahmedabad. She has been an Associate Professor at the Sardar Patel Institute of Economic and Social Research in Ahmedabad, a research demographer at the Population Reference Bureau in Washington DC, and a demographer at the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in Bangkok, Thailand.

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