Population and Poverty in the Developing World

by Livi-Bacci, Massimo; De Santis, Gustavo

• ISBN13: 9780198293002
• ISBN10: 0198293003
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-06-10
• Publisher: Clarendon Press

Summary

This volume concentrates on all aspects of the population and poverty problem: what poverty is, what effects poverty has, what creates poverty, and what can be done to eradicate it. By collecting together papers from a variety of disciplines, and by combining detailed empirical study with the necessary theoretical frameworks, the editors are able to clearly identify the most important themes and potential solutions to a problem that the world cannot afford to ignore.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	vii
List of Figures	viii
List of Tables	ix
Introduction	1	(8)
Massimo Livi-Bacci
Gustavo De Santis
Poverty and the `Population Problem'	9	(16)
Sudhir Anand
Jonathan Morduch
Population and Poverty: How Do They Interact?	25	(24)
Michael Lipton
Coping with Poverty: The Biological Impact of Nutrition Insecurity	49	(12)
Anna Ferro-Luzzi
Francesco Branca
Famine, Demography, and Endemic Poverty	61	(23)
Siddiqur R. Osmani
Household Structure and Poverty: What Are the Connections?	84	(19)
Cynthia B. Lloyd
High Fertility and Short Birth Spacing: The Poverty Consequences of Family-building Patterns	103	(17)
Patricia H. David
The Social Implications of Adolescent Fertility	120	(24)
Anastasia J. Gage
Poverty and AIDS: The Vicious Circle	144	(17)
Alaka Malwade Basu
Household Labour Allocation and Mobility in Times of Crisis	161	(28)
Rene Wery with
Christine Oppong
Rapid Urbanization and the Urban Environment	189	(28)
David Satterthwaite
The Transition's Population Crisis: Nuptiality, Fertility, and Mortality Changes in Severely Distressed Economies	217	(34)
Giovanni
Renato Paniccia
References	251	(44)
Index	295