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All Our People: Population Policy With A Human Face [Paperback]

Karin Schmitt (Author), Klaus M. Leisinger (Author), Robert S. McNamara (Foreword)

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ISBN-10: 1559632933 | ISBN-13: 978-1559632935 | Publication Date: June 1, 1994 | Edition: 1

Responding to those who argue that resources spent saving lives in impoverished and overpopulated regions are wasted, Klaus Leisinger and Karin Schmitt set forth the components of strategies that can bring down birth rates in an ethically acceptable way. They explain that development must: foster a political, legal, and economic environment that supports human development focus on the satisfaction of basic human needs improve the social status of women "All Our People" provides an in-depth, balanced treatment of such factors as human consumption patterns, the ethical issues surrounding population policy, and the role of women in development issues. The authors consider the wide range of conditions necessary to mitigate problems associated with population growth and the environment, including reformed attitudes and behavior patterns among people in industrial countries as well as global changes in economic, social, and political structures.

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Paperback: 280 pages
Publisher: Island Press; 1 edition (June 1, 1994)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1559632933
ISBN-13: 978-1559632935
Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,207,421 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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First Sentence:
While you are reading this sentence, world population will grow by about 20 people. Read the first page

Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
population policy debate, population policy measures, effective family planning programs, procreative behavior, postpartum abstinence, demographic transition theory

Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
World Bank, New York, Latin America, Third World, United States, Oxford University Press, World Development Report, Sri Lanka, United Nations, World Fertility Survey, Population Fund, Costa Rica, Selected Countries, Sierra Leone, Population Reference Bureau, Enquete Commission, World War, Federal Republic of Germany, Hong Kong, Human Development Report, Julian Simon, Middle East, World Population Data Sheet, World Resources Institute, Burkina Faso

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This book cites 94 books:

State of the World 1986: A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Toward a Sustainable Society by Lester R. Brown on 7 pages
Ethics and Population by Michael D. Bayles on 5 pages
State of the World 2003 by The Worldwatch Institute on 5 pages
Mortality and Society in Sub-Saharan Africa (International Studies in Demography) by Etienne Van de Walle on 5 pages
Household Consequences of High Fertility in Pakistan (World Bank Discussion Paper) by Susan Hill Cochrane in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)

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