Population Dynamics and Human Development : Opportunities and Challenges, Vols I and II Book

Contents: Vol. I: Acknowledgements. Preface. List of contributors. I. Population Dynamics and Its Consequences: 1. Population growth and its consequences/T. Lakshmanasamy. 2. Population dynamics and the dynamics of the economy: fluxing paradigm and policy perspectives/T. Lakshmanasamy. 3. Major issues in population dynamics/R. Balasubramaniyan. II. Demographic Aspects of Population Dynamics: 4. Demographic dividend in India/K. Navaneetham. 5. Demographic dividend in India: a challenge or opportunity?/R. Naagarjan. 6. Demographic transition in Kerala: trends, determinants and concerns/P. Uma and Lakshmy Devi. 7. Changes in adult heights: comparing Tamil Nadu with Punjab/Brinda Viswanathan. 8. Factors contributing to the declining trend in sex-differentials in mortality in India: an exploratory analysis/D. Jayaraj. III. Population Ageing and Old-Age Security: 9. Population ageing and development in India/A. Balasubramanian. 10. Population policy and programmes in Tamil Nadu: an overview/Sukanya Srinivasan. 11. New dimensions of elderly care in current context: role of old age homes/Kanchan Bharati. 12. The economic so withering flowers: issues relating to elderly care in India/K. Shanthi. 13. Pension system in India and lessons for pension reforms/P. Arumugam.

Vol. II: IV. Population and Economic Development: 14. Population growth and development in India/J. Srinivasan. 15. Population growth and regional disparities in India/K.R. Shanmugam and S. Satya Moorthi. 16. Inter-state disparities between population growth and human development in India/R. Annapoorani and P.K. Sudha. 17. Economic growth and human development in India: testing of convergence hypothesis/J. Srinivasan and S. Prakash. 18. Special economic zones and displacement of population in India/P. Arunachalam. V. Population and Labour: 19. Dynamics of rural labour transformation in Tamil Nadu vis-a-vis All India/R. Arunachalam and K. Ramesh Kumar. 20. Women employment in un-organized sector: insights from NSSO data/Parna Ray. 21. A study of labour force with reference to population and poverty in India/K.S.S. Uduman Mohideen and K. Nanda Kumar. 22. Trade liberalisation and internal female migration in India/Brinda Viswanathan and K. Shanthi. 23. Migration and remittances: an econometric analysis of decision making/D. Sathiyavan and D. Vel Murugan. 24. Some problems faced by the software professionals in India: an overview/P. Govinda Reddy. VI. Population and Human Development: 25. The human development and entitlement issues/R. Elango. 26. Human development: dimensions and strategies/Himanshu Sekhar Rout and Prasant Kumar Panda. 27. Gaps in educational statistics in Andhra Pradesh/B. Shiva Reddy and K. Anji Reddy. 28. Micro studies on health: an overview of conceptual issue sand estimation/D. Sathiyavan. 29. Social interactions and network formation: an economic approach/T. Lakshmanasamy and C. Anil. 30. Psychological inputs for health and happiness/V.D. Swaminathan. 31. The economics of relative status: income and happiness/T. Lakshmanasamy and Lalawmpuii Zadeng.

Many developing countries around the world, especially India and China in Asia, are in the midst of crucial transition phase in which the dynamics of population and economic changes are bringing marked improvements in human development. It is expected that the power of these third world countries is gradually increasing to shape the global trends in this century itself with their surge in growth rates, reduction in poverty, increase in skill development, improvements in heath, control of population, and with their global integration through structural reforms and globalization. India is currently experiencing a demographic dividend, a window of opportunity provided by the demographic transition. There exists an enormous size of working age population whose potentials may foster effective development if properly utilized. However, providing better health and education continues to be a challenging problem, besides the perennial poverty and unemployment issues. The growing elderly population and the faster growth in urbanization are also the cause for institutional and infrastructural challenges. The opportunities and challenges of this type of population dynamics are many and have profound implications for human development. The papers in this volume collectively highlight the different contours of these opportunities and challenges of population growth, highlighting the dynamics of demographic change, sex balance, ageing, elderly care, social security, mobility, health, employment, regional disparities, wellbeing, institutions and the policies and programmes in economic, social and human development contexts. The holistic approach of this book shows the need for a shift in the paradigm and policy perspectives towards a sound population management paradigm and policy that not only aims control of population growth, but also designs and channels population dividend into a meaningful human resource base that paves the way for real economic growth and hence genuine human development.