Product Description: Since its inception in 1945, the Republic of Indonesia has experienced a series of profound social changes. The spread of schooling, the transformation of the economy, and the consolidation of a unified state have transformed the lives of Indonesian citizens...read more

Product Description: This volume offers insights into the demographic planning process in the world's most populous country. The population of China is well over 1.1 billion and it could reach 1.7 billion by the year 2025 unless the birth rate is further reduced...read more

Product Description: Integrating the approaches of demography, economics, geography, and sociology, this is the first detailed analysis of population growth in Indonesia as it affects national development. The chapters cover a broad range of topics--historical population trends, regional differences in social and economic development, fertility and mortality trends, mobility and urbanization, the growth of the labor force, and population planning--and together provide a comprehensive and readable treatment of an important and complex subject...read more