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International Migration, Remittances and Brain Drain

Serge Feld

This book provides an analysis of theoretical and empirical researches on the effects of remittances and brain drain on the development of less developed countries (LDCs). It analyzes the most recent global, regional and national data as well as the arguments for and...



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Breastfeeding in Rural Niger

Naoko Horii

This book investigates the most effective behavior change communication (BCC) strategies to reach socio-economically vulnerable mothers to promote early initiation of breastfeeding after birth in rural Niger.  It thereby goes beyond conventional research frameworks...



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Gender-Biased Sex Selection in South Korea, India and Vietnam

Laura Rahm

This book provides an in-depth analysis of the influence of public policy on sex selection. Three Asian countries were chosen for the comparative policy analysis, namely South Korea, India and Vietnam that share in common a historical legacy of son preference, high...



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Dimensions of Resilience in Developing Countries

Jacques Charmes

This book provides the latest empirical data on the three forms of resilience: informality, solidarities and unpaid care-work. It uncovers and quantifies these three forms of resilience that are generally invisible or ill recognised, whereas these play a major role in...



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Colonization and Development in New Zealand between 1769 and 1900

Ian Pool

This book details the interactions between the Seeds of Rangiatea, New Zealand’s Maori people of Polynesian origin, and Europe from 1769 to 1900. It provides a case-study of the way Imperial era contact and colonization negatively affected naturally evolving...



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Population and Health in Developing Countries

Maryse Gaimard

This book provides an overview of the health of developing nations in the early twenty-first century. The basic assumption is that the health of a population is not independent of broader demographic trends, and does follow the health transition model. The coverage is...



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Counting Populations, Understanding Societies

Véronique Petit

The core aim of this book is to determine how anthropology and demography can be used in conjunction in the field of population and development.The boundaries of demography are not as clearly defined or as stable as one might think, especially in view of the tension...



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