Population policy : research priorities in the developing world

The first comprehensive review of social science research on population problems in the developing world, this book reports the findings and recommendations of the International Review Group of Social Science Research on Population and Development (IRG). The authors propose, on the basis of the review, an agenda for future research, focusing on the issues and priorities that are of particular rele vance for population policies in the developing countries of Subsaharan Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Arab countries, with special reference to mortality, fertility, internal migra tion, and international migration. The recom mendations of the Group, substantively docu mented by a series of regional reviews prepared by members of the IRG and commissioned papers by exper in the developed and develop ing world, are addressed to the social science community throughout the world, policy makers in the developing countries, and the international donor community.