Kenya's Population Growth and Development to the Year 2000
Author: Simeon Hongo Ominde
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Published: 1988
Total Pages: 141
ISBN-13: 9780821409169
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Simeon Hongo Ominde
Publisher:
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 141
ISBN-13: 9780821409169
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Kenya National Academy for Advancement of Arts and Sciences. Symposium
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Published: 1980
Total Pages: 176
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Jean-Claude Chesnais
Publisher:
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 656
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Demographic transition constitutes one of the most fundamental modern historical changes; people live much longer, have fewer children, and experience higher mobility. This book examines the basic mechanisms behind the modernisation of demographic behaviour. The author has marshalled an impressive array of statistical material relating to sixty-seven countries, half of them less developed countries. Most of the tables are time-series, covering many decades and sometimes go back to the nineteenth, and even eighteenth centuries. The whole sweep of western experience is dealt with here impartially. Though technically sophisticated, the book also covers issues of interpretation and analysis. The author puts forward a number of challenging propositions: mortality decrease is shown to necessarily precede fertility and decline, so-called execptions being simply false exceptions. He shows how the decline of fertility is dependent on important and manifold social transformations. The strong connections between international migration and the course of demographic transition are demonstrated, as is the fact that less developed countries are following the same general patterns as MDCs. There is also discussion of why the theory of demographic transition must include the effect of population changes on the economic progress of society.
Author: Simeon Hongo Ominde
Publisher: James Currey
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 160
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: George Thomas Kurian
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Facts on File
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 832
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: David Bloom
Publisher: Rand Corporation
Published: 2003-02-13
Total Pages: 127
ISBN-13: 0833033735
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →There is long-standing debate on how population growth affects national economies. A new report from Population Matters examines the history of this debate and synthesizes current research on the topic. The authors, led by Harvard economist David Bloom, conclude that population age structure, more than size or growth per se, affects economic development, and that reducing high fertility can create opportunities for economic growth if the right kinds of educational, health, and labor-market policies are in place. The report also examines specific regions of the world and how their differing policy environments have affected the relationship between population change and economic development.
Author: Robert A. Obudho
Publisher: East African Publishers
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9789966250070
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Namulundah Florence
Publisher: Lantern Books
Published: 2014-10-07
Total Pages: 348
ISBN-13: 1590564529
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Nobel Peace Prize laureate, fighter for democratic space, founder of the Green Belt Movement, and inspiration for women and grassroots activists throughout the world, the environmentalist Wangari Maathai (1940–2011) was a complex and multifaceted figure. In this book, fellow Kenyan Namulundah Florence offers an expansive examination of Maathai’s role as a public figure, educator inside and beyond the academy, symbol of resistance to oppression, and very visible woman in a patriarchal society. Examining Maathai through the lens of feminist theory, Florence unpacks the social and political background of Maathai’s life and work and places her within the context of women’s struggles in Africa for self-determination and access to education and political power. In so doing, Florence reveals the complexities and many dimensions of this fascinating and extraordinary voice for women in Africa and beyond.