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Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Integrating Development and Population Planning in Thailand
Author: Bangkok Bound
Author: Ellen BoccuzziPublisher: Silkworm Books
ISBN: 162840566X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
With the acceleration of global migration, literature by migrant writers has emerged as a powerful medium for describing the ways in which global forces are experienced at the personal level. Migrant literature offers a compelling counter‐narrative to abstract visions of globalization, grounding large‐scale processes in real‐life stories of individuals. In Thailand, migrant writers have documented the social and cultural impacts of fifty years of rural‐urban migration through hundreds of stories, poems, and novels. Bangkok Bound is the first book to examine this body of literature and the messages that Thai migrant writers convey about their experiences. These stories powerfully describe the ways in which migrants who leave their homes bound for Bangkok are quickly bound to Bangkok through the transformative force of modern city life. And they show the ways in which those who remain behind in the village are transformed, too, as they struggle to maintain a rural way of life in a rapidly urbanizing world. Bangkok Bound will be of interest to anyone working on migration or urbanization, as well as to scholars of Thailand and Thai literature. Specialists in migration will find it a welcome addition to the growing field of migration studies through examination of narrative fiction. What others are saying “This is an engaging and authoritative study of literary representations of migration from the provinces to Bangkok based on wide reading of short stories written over the last four decades and interviews with major writers and critics. It will be of interest not only to students of literature, but also to anyone interested in social change in Thailand in the late twentieth century and the way that it has been perceived and recorded by local writers.” —David Smyth, SOAS, University of London Highlights - Useful for an introductory course on Thai or Southeast Asian studies; offers a springboard for conversations on development, rural‐urban inequality, migration, and the impacts of rapid urbanization in Asia - First book to examine the theme of migration in Thai literature, a significant contemporary genre - Contributes to the growing field of migration studies through examination of narrative fiction - Provides a window into how migration and urbanization are experienced at the personal level of interest to migration scholars as well as scholars of Thailand, Thai cultural studies, and Thai literature
The Integration of Community-based Family Planning and Development in Thailand
Author: Integration of Population and Development Programmes
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Category : Economic development projects
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
The Thai Economy
Author: Chris DixonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113497485X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
The Thai Economy examines the origins and consequences of the Thai economy's accelerated growth since the mid-1980s. The authors place a particular emphasis on the historical development and contemporary economic structure that tends to set Thailand apart from other developing countries.
Population, Land Use, and Environment
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309096553
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
Population, Land Use, and Environment: Research Directions offers recommendations for future research to improve understanding of how changes in human populations affect the natural environment by means of changes in land use, such as deforestation, urban development, and development of coastal zones. It also features a set of state-of-the-art papers by leading researchers that analyze population-land useenvironment relationships in urban and rural settings in developed and underdeveloped countries and that show how remote sensing and other observational methods are being applied to these issues. This book will serve as a resource for researchers, research funders, and students.
Integration of Population Resources Environment and Development
Author: United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the PacificPublisher:
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Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Socioeconomic development, the ultimate goal of which is a better quality of life, depends on many factors, including population, resources and environment. The relationship between population, resources, environment and development is complex and its many facets often interact amplifying each other. UN definitions of these 4 terms are used in this paper. Integration refers to the bringing together of specialized and differential units or activities into a single or more coordinated whole set of activities; it implies interdependence and interactivity of population and development programs. Despite the great contribution of the international conferences of the 1970s, integration has been a slow process in the ESCAP region. The present situation is not encouraging--great majority of countries consider current population growth rates a serious challenge to their socioeconomic development. Major problems are poverty and shortage of resources. The very low domestic food supply is causing a considerable proportion of the population to be underfed. Lack of sufficient energy resources, especially petroleum, and the increasing prices in the world market pose a serious threat. Under development is itself an environmental problem. The most common problem of population units or higher level committees attempts for integration is the lack of adequately trained manpower, particularly in demographic analysis and development planning. In some countries, however, no deliberate attempts to make use of available trained manpower have been effected. The structure of the units lacks the necessary power to influence overall planning. The authority over the budgetary provisions of other ministeries is unsatisfactory. Available knowledge on population development interrelationships is not consistent and does not significantly contribute to integrated development planning. Qualitative data and good research are essential. Although development plans and policies give the impression that population, resources, environment and development are successfully integrated, operationally, this is not so. Adequately trained manpower and carefully designed research are crucial to development planning.
Current Catalog
Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)Publisher:
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 1628
Book Description
First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
Frameworks for Population and Development Integration
Author: The Demographic Dividend
Author: David BloomPublisher: Rand Corporation
ISBN: 0833033735
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
There is long-standing debate on how population growth affects national economies. A new report from Population Matters examines the history of this debate and synthesizes current research on the topic. The authors, led by Harvard economist David Bloom, conclude that population age structure, more than size or growth per se, affects economic development, and that reducing high fertility can create opportunities for economic growth if the right kinds of educational, health, and labor-market policies are in place. The report also examines specific regions of the world and how their differing policy environments have affected the relationship between population change and economic development.