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245			_aHandbook of Population and Development in India / _cA.K. Shiva Kumar | Pradeep Panda | Rajani R. Ved
260			_aNew Delhi: _bOxford University Press, _c2010.
300			_avi; 242p. ; _bSoft-Bound, _c22cm.
505			_a1. Population and human development: Contemporary concerns; 2. Reaping the demographic dividend; 3. Population, Environment, and climate change; 4. Why penalize people?; 5. Population and food security; 6. Revisiting India's population politics; 7. National population policy 2000: What can it achieve realistically; 8. Reducing maternal mortality; 9. Fertility and epidemiological transitions: Cracks in India's health policy; 10. Fertility decline in the south indian states; 11. Fertility transition: Lessons from south India; 12. Understanding the young mind; 13. The unwanted girl child; 14. An explorsion of aspirations; 15.Reproductive rights and community action; 16. Media and public health: Neither fish nor fowl; 17. Women in India's national population policy: Is empowerment enough?; 18. The changing context and meaning of women's empowerment.
520			_aEngaging with the diverse perspectives on human development, human rights, and gender justice, this handbook provides a comprehensive understanding of the development-population linkages. taking forward the debates and policy questions raised by the national population policy 2000, the handbook analyses a wide range of issues such as: Food security, climate change, and the environment Potential of and opportunities for youth and the girl child; Public health and reproductive health services; Women's empowerment and fertility choices; and Role of law, media, and public action in population stabilization.
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