Population, Health and Human Resources in India's Development

by Gulati, S. C.

• ISBN13: 9788171887859
• ISBN10: 8171887856
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-04-01
• Publisher: Academic Foundation

Summary

Population stabilisation efforts in India have largely been conceptualised, implemented, monitored and evaluated independently of the broader social and economic develop-ment processes despite intricate inter- linkages between the socioeconomic and demographic development processes. A two day international conference was organised at the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi as a part of its Golden Jubilee Celebrations, to deliberate on the significant body of know-ledge on the linkages between population, health and human resources and socio-economic development, in retrospect and prospect, in India. This book represents synthesis of 26 selected papers presented in the Conference by nationally and internationally eminent scholars. The volume provides detailed account of demographic transition and its consequen-ces for urbanisation and development process in India. It also provides critical appraisal and evolution of population and health policies and paradigm shifts therein and also what remains to be done to achieve an optimum quality of life in India. The themes discussed in this book include: demographic transition and its consequen-ces; population and health policies; fertility, mortality and contraception; maternal and child health; nutritional status and HIV/AIDS; ageing and health insurance; and population growth prospects and its developmental implications. This book being rich in data and technical analysis, will be useful primary source and research tool for social scientists, economi-sts, policy makers, bureaucrats and journalists.

Author Biography

S. Gulati (Editor) : S.C. Gulati is Professor in Population Research Centre, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi. He has authored and co-authored several books including: Fertility in India: An Econometric Analysis of a Metropolis; Women’s Status and Reproductive Health Rights; Reproductive Health in Delhi Slums; Contraceptive Use in India; Socioeconomic Root Causes of Biodiversity Loss in Chilika Lake; Migration, Common Property Resources and Environmental Degradation; and India: The State of Population 2007. He has published more than 70 articles in reputed national and international journals covering a wide range of population, health, development and environmental issues in India. He has coordinated several crucial research projects for World Resource Institute (WRI), World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), World Bank, Planning Commi-ssion, National Commission for Women (NCW), etc. He has been associated in various capacities as coordinator/ consultant in technical advisory committees and task force member set up by Government of India, etc. He was principal coordinator for large scale primary data based reproductive and child health projects like National Family Health Surveys (NFHS) and District Level Health Surveys (DLHS). His main areas of interest have been population, health, development, and environment.