LEADER 03946nam 2200505 450 001 9910814961003321 005 20230808194133.0 010 $a0-19-108668-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000000747341 035 $a(EBL)4706163 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4706163 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4706163 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11274437 035 $a(OCoLC)953456291 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000747341 100 $a20161013h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aHow population change will transform our world /$fSarah Harper 210 1$aOxford, [England] ;$aNew York, New York :$cOxford University Press,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (257 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-108669-X 311 $a0-19-878409-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover ; HOW POPULATION CHANGE WILL TRANSFORM OUR WORLD, SARAH HARPER ; Copyright ; Dedication ; FOREWORD ; What Is Myth and What Is Science?; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; CONTENTS ; LIST OF FIGURES ; LIST OF TABLES ; CHAPTER ONE: The Age Narrative ; The changing age composition of the world ; The demographic drivers of change ; Three lives . . . ; The stories of three women born in 1975 ; SAMIRA, NIGER; VARYA, MALAYSIA; LISA, ITALY ; . . . in three regions ; The impact of age-structural change ; Advanced economies ; Emerging economies ; Least developed economies ; Economic and societal consequences 327 $aLet's question the assumptions Institutional frameworks ; Producing, consuming, and paying taxes ; The second demographic dividend ; The challenge of increasing longevity ; Longer, healthy lives or just longer lives? ; CHAPTER FOUR: Youth: Peril or Dividend? ; MENA countries ; Unemployment ; Arab Spring or Asian Tiger? ; Youth bulge into demographic dividend ; First there was China, now there is India ; What has happened elsewhere? ; South Korea ; The Tiger Cubs: Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand ; Thailand ; Vietnam ; Latin America ; The role of demographic change 327 $aCHAPTER FIVE: Too Many Children? A continent of child dependents ; Slow fertility transition and fertility stalling ; Children and adolescents: vulnerability ; Adolescents ; Potential for growth held back by dependents ; The role of education and developing human capital ; CHAPTER SIX: Our Future Selves ; Summary ; Addressing the trends through population policy ; The modification of fertility trends ; Pro-natalist policies ; Policies to reduce fertility ; Migration ; Importance of human capital ; A confluence of twenty-first century challenges ; The role of climate change 327 $aThe impact of technological change Integrating demography into understanding ; Twentieth-century institutions, twenty-first century challenges ; AFTERWORD ; I would like many cows ; I want to become a computer scientist ; I want to be a fashion designer ; APPENDICES ; Appendix 1; Appendix 2 ; Appendix 3 ; NOTES AND REFERENCES ; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Afterword; INDEX 330 $aIn How Population Will Transform Our World , Sarah Harper looks at fertility rates and age structures of populations in different regions of the world against the backdrop of urbanization and climate change, drawing out the profound implications and challenges for societies, economies, and the environment in the decades to come. 606 $aPopulation$xEnvironmental aspects 615 0$aPopulation$xEnvironmental aspects. 676 $a338.98107 700 $aHarper$b Sarah$01634388 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814961003321 996 $aHow population change will transform our world$93974572 997 $aUNINA