Cantrelle, Pierre et al [Editor]

Population in African Development [2 Volumes]

Dolhain, Belgium: Ordina Editions, for the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, 1974. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (medium). Near Fine. Item #017706

Red cloth, lettered in gilt, viii, 550pp; iii, 9-345pp, library label with 'withdrawn' stamps on front paste-downs, owner name on the front free end-paper, numbered rubber stamp at bottom of contents page and partial library pockets on rear free end-papers, sticker ghosts at foot of spines, spine faded on each volume, withdrawn stamps on top edges. Near Fine. Proceedings of the FIRST African Population Conference held in Accra, from December 9th to 18th, 1971. Papers exam the socio-economics of policy changes, program developments, as well as empirical research. Volume One contains four parts: Population Prospects in Africa, Demographic Data Collection, Analysis and Presentation of Demographic Data for the Use of Planners and Administrators, and Application of Demography in Planning for Social and Economic Development. Volume Two contains three parts: Population Policy and Programmes, Demographic Training and Research, and Techniques and Methods. This was the first occasion where demographers, sociologists, geographers, physicians, planners and others working in the field of population with an interest in Africa, met together to discuss issues relating to the continent.

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