World population and U.S. policy : the choices ahead / Jane Menken, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Menken, Jane, 1939-

American Assembly.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Population assistance, American.

United States--Population policy.

United States.

Population policy.

Physical Description:

viii, 255 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : W.W. Norton, [1986]

Summary:

In mid-1986, world population stood at 5 billion. The United Nations now projects that in less than fifty years world population will at least double, and may reach over 12 billion. Is this cause for alarm? What are the choices ahead for the United States? The experts shed light on these questions and others in this new collection from the American Assembly.

Contents:

The world demographic situation / Paul Demeny

Are the economic consequences of population growth a sound basis for population policy? / Samuel H. Preston

Population trends and economic development / Ansley J. Coale

The transition in reproductive behavior in the Third World / John Bongaarts

Intersections / Michael S. Teitelbaum

Family planning programs / George B. Simmons

Population policy / David E. Bell.

Notes:

At head of title: The American Assembly, Columbia University.

Includes index.

ISBN:

0393024199

0393303993

OCLC:

13794727