Population growth and poverty in Rural South Asia : a study prepared for the International Labour Office within the framework of the World Employment Programme

Contributor(s): Rodgers, Gerry : (Editor)Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Delhi ; London : Sage Publication, 1989Description: 249 p. : illustrationsISBN: 0803996004 ; 9780803996007 ; 8170361389 ; 9788170361381Subject(s): Rural population | Poverty | Collection of essays | OverpopulationDDC classification: 304.60959
Contents:
An Overview - Gerry RodgersDemographic Patterns and Poverty Among Households in Rural Bihar - G Rodgers, S Gupta, A N Sharma, and B SharmaPoverty, Class Structure and Household Demographic Behaviour in Rural Pakistan - Mohammed IrfanThe Size and Structure of Agricultural Labour Households in India - N KrishnajiPopulation Pressure and its Effects on Changes in Agrarian Structure and Productivity in Rural Bangladesh - Rafiqul Huda ChaudhuryPopulation and Poverty in Nepal - David Seddon
Summary: The interaction of population and poverty in the rural areas of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal is the subject of this book. The contributors examine two major premises: that the indirect effects of population growth on poverty are as important as the direct effects because population growth affects the balance of economic, social and technological forces involved in production and distribution; that poverty is a multi-dimensional phenomenon, which may include both absolute and relative deprivation and involve not only consumption levels but factors such as assets, health and education.
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An Overview - Gerry RodgersDemographic Patterns and Poverty Among Households in Rural Bihar - G Rodgers, S Gupta, A N Sharma, and B SharmaPoverty, Class Structure and Household Demographic Behaviour in Rural Pakistan - Mohammed IrfanThe Size and Structure of Agricultural Labour Households in India - N KrishnajiPopulation Pressure and its Effects on Changes in Agrarian Structure and Productivity in Rural Bangladesh - Rafiqul Huda ChaudhuryPopulation and Poverty in Nepal - David Seddon

The interaction of population and poverty in the rural areas of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal is the subject of this book. The contributors examine two major premises: that the indirect effects of population growth on poverty are as important as the direct effects because population growth affects the balance of economic, social and technological forces involved in production and distribution; that poverty is a multi-dimensional phenomenon, which may include both absolute and relative deprivation and involve not only consumption levels but factors such as assets, health and education.

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