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What does the data tell us about past and likely future trends in population and socio-economic development?

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Collections of Articles:

 

Wolfgang Lutz, (editor), The Future Population of the World: What Can We Assume Today?, Earthscan Publications, London, 1994.

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Monographs

 

United Nations, Long Range World Population Projections, United Nations, New York, 1992.

 

Bryant Robey, Two Hundred Years and Counting: The 1990 Census, Washington, D.C., Population Reference Bureau, April, 1989.

 

Allen Findlay and Anne Findlay, Population and Development in the Third World, Methuen and Co., New York, 1987.

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Articles:

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THE UNITED STATES

 

Dennis A. Ahlburg and James W. Vaupel, "Alternative Projections of the U.S, Population" in Demography, Vol. 27, No. 4 November 1990, pp. 639-652.

 

Norman B. Ryder, "What is Going to Happen to American Fertility?" in the Population and Development Review, Vol. 16, No. 3, September 1990, pp. 433-454.

 

Leon F. Bouvier, "U.S. Population in the 21st Century: Which Scenario is Reasonable?", Population and Environment, Vol. 11, No. 3, Spring 1990, pp. 193-202.

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THE WORLD

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Trends

 

Nicholas Eberstadt, "Population Food and Income: Global trends in the Twentieth Century", in The True State of the Planet, Ronald Baily (editor), The free Press, New York, 1994.

 

M.A. El Badry, "World Population Change; A Long Range Perspective" in Ambio, Vol. 21, No. 1, February 1992, pp. 18-23.

 

M. A. El Badry, "The Growth of World Population: Past, Present and Future" in Consequences of Rapid Population Growth in Developing Countries, New York, Taylor and Francis Publishers, 1991, pp. 15-40.

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Projections

 

Thomas W. Merrick, "Population Dynamics in Developing Countries", in Robert Cassen, (editor), Population and Development: Old Debates, New Conclusions, Transactions Press, Oxford, 1994, pp. 79-105.

 

Wolfgang Lutz and Christpher Prinz, "New World Population Scenarios", in Options

Autumn 1994, pp. 4-7.

 

Gaston Fischer, "The Population Explosion: Where is it Leading?", Population and Environment, Vol. 15, No. 2, November 1993, pp. 130-153.

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Critiques of Projections

 

J. Mayone Stycos, "Population, Projections and Policy: A Cautionary Perspective Population and Environment, Vol. 16, No. 3, January 1995, pp. 205-219.

 

Tomas Frejka, "Long Range Global Population Projections: Lessons Learned" in The Future Population of the World: What Can We Assume Today?, edited by Wolfgang Lutz, Earthscan Publications, London, 1994.

 

Ronald D. Lee, "Long-Run Global Population Forecasts: A Critical Appraisal", in Resources, Environment and Population, Kingsley Davis and Mikhail S. Bernstam (editors), New York, Oxford University Press, 1991, pp. 44-71.

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