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Download full textAbegaz, Berhanu, Ed. – Studies in Third World Societies, 1986
The four papers in this volume discuss various facets of the poverty-demography interaction: the rationale for the desired family size of the poor, the problems of attaining such size, the effect of family size/structure on household economy, and the future well-being of the children of the poor. "Mass Poverty, Demography, and Development…
Descriptors: Children, Demography, Developing Nations, Development
Peer reviewedBrown, Antoinette B.; Partridge, William L. – Urban Anthropology and Studies of Cultural Systems and World Economic Development, 1987
Reports on the impact on malnutrition of Mexico's Sistema de Alementacion Mexicana (SAM) program, which tried to make the country self-sufficient in basic foods. Concludes that the food problem in Mexico is not so much one of production as it is a problem of distribution and consumption. (PS)
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Agricultural Trends, Disadvantaged Environment, Financial Policy
