Handbook of population and development in India / edited by A.K. Shiva Kumar, Pradeep Panda, Rajani R. Ved.

Contributed articles.

"The research for this book was supported by a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation."--T.p verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Population and human development : contemporary concerns / A.K. Shiva Kumar -- Reaping the demographic dividend / C.P. Chandrasekhar, Jayati Ghosh, and Anamitra Roychowdhury -- Population, environment, and climate change / Sunita Narain -- Why penalize people? / Mohan Rao -- Population and food security / Madhura Swaminathan -- Revisiting India's population policies / Gautam Bhan and Pradeep Panda -- National Population Policy 2000 : what can it achieve realistically / A.R. Nanda -- Reducing maternal mortality / Rajani R. Ved -- Fertility and epidemiological transitions : cracks in India's health policy / Radhika Ramasubban -- Fertility decline in the South Indian states / K. Nagaraj -- Fertility transition : lessons from South India / Leela Visaria -- Understanding the young mind / Vikram Patel -- The unwanted girl child / Preet Rustagi -- An explosion of aspirations / Claire Noranha and Meera Samson -- Reproductive rights and community action / Abhijit Das -- Media and public health : neither fish nor fowl / Kalpana Sharma -- Women in India's National Population Policy : is empowerment enough? / Kalyani Menon-Sen -- The changing context and meaning of women's empowerment / Srilatha Batliwala -- National Population Policy of India 2000 -- Population statistics.

This handbook provides a comprehensive understanding of the population-development linkages through an engagement with human development, human rights, and gender justice perspectives.