Measuring Population in Africa: A Selected Guide to Current Studies

AFRICAN BIBLIOGRAPHIC CENTER. African Economic Affairs, 1965–1966: A Select Bibliographical Survey. Washington, D.C., 1966–67. 4 v. $17.75. Comprehensive listing of materials relevant to demographic studies in Africa.

Broek Jan O. M. and Webb John W. . A Geography of Mankind. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1968. 527 pp. maps. $9.95. Cultural geography thematically arranged.

Brook S. and Kozlov V. . “Demography and the Third World.” In: Aziya i Segodnya, Moscow, no. 4, 1968, pp. 5–10, illus. Discusses population problems of developing nations and technical assistance by international organizations. In Russian with summary in English.

Caldwell John C. and Okonjo Chukuka , eds. The Population of Tropical Africa. New York, Columbia University, 1968. 457 pp. illus., maps, tables. $10.00. “This work forms a record of the first African Population Conference sponsored by the University of Ibadan in cooperation with the Population Council and held at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 3–7 January 1966.”

“The Characteristics of Population, Production, and Trade.” In: Problems and Prospects of Economic Integration in West Africa, by Plessz Nicholas G. , Montreal, Published for the Centre for Developing-Area Studies, McGill University by McGill University Press, 1968, pp. 25–46, tables.

“Le Contrôle de l'urbanisation.” In: Civilisations, Paris, v. 17, no. 1–2, 1967, pp. 2–108. Collected essays on urbanization in developing countries.

Dotson Floyd and Dotson Lillian O. . The Indian Minority of Zambia, Rhodesia, and Malawi. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1968. 444 pp. $10.00 Systematic examination of role of East Indians in Central African Society.

Gardner Richard N. “Toward a World Population Program.” In: The Global Partnership, ed. by the author and Millikan Max F. , N. Y., Praeger, 1968, pp. 332–361, chart. Objectives for United Nations in family planning revolution.

Hance William A. Population and Poverty in Africa. Paper delivered at 10th annual meeting of African Studies Association, November 1–4, 1967. 50¢. Available from Executive Secretary, African Studies Association, 622 West 113th Street, N. Y. 10025.

Hance William A. “The Race Between Population and Resources: A Challenge to the Prevailing View that Africa Need Not Worry About Population Pressures.” In: Africa Report, Washington, D.C., January 1968, pp. 6–12, map.

Mirkina I. “Social Structure in Developing Countries.” In: International Affairs, Moscow, April 1968, pp. 97–99. Stresses multiplicity of social groups and absence of clear-cut divisions between them.

Molnos Angela . Attitudes Toward Family Planning in East Africa. Munich, Weltforum Verlag, 1967. 407 p. tables. DM. 38; $9.50.

Discusses population problems and attitudes toward family planning around Lake Victoria and in Nairobi.

Notestein Frank W. “The Population Crisis: Reasons for Hope.” In: Foreign Affairs, New York, October 1967, pp. 167–180. Surveys rate of population growth in developing nations and prospects for future.

Ohlin Goran . Population Control and Economic Development. Paris, Development Centre of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, 1967. 138 pp. tables. $4.00. Analyzes possible policy for population control in developing countries. Includes bibliography.

Okonjo Chukuka . “Demographic Research and Training in Africa.” In: Journal of Modern African Studies, Cambridge, Eng., v. 4, no. 5, 1966, pp. 540–548, tables. Contents: “Some Constraints on Demographic Research.”—“Intermediate Programme of Research and Training.”—“Long-range Programme of Technical Assistance.”—“The Principal of Foreign-Local Partnership.”

ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY. Handbook of Demographic Research in Underdeveloped Countries. Addis Ababa, 1967. 1 v. $5.00.

Peppelenbosch P. G. N. “Community Development and Human Geography.” In: Community Development Journal, Manchester, England, July 1967, pp. 15–21.

Prothero R. Mansell . Migrants and Malaria in Africa. Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1968. 148 pp. illus. $1.50, paperback. Originally published by Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1965.

Revelle Roger . “International Cooperation in Food and Population.” In: The Global Partnership, ed. by Gardner R. N. & Millikan Max F. , N. Y., Praeger, 1968, pp. 362–389.

Santos Milton . “L'alimentation des populations urbaines des pays sousdéveloppés.” In: Revue Tiers-Monde, Paris, July-September 1967.

TEXAS. UNIVERSITY. POPULATION RESEARCH CENTER. International Population Census Bibliography. Supplement, 1968.

Austin, 1968. 154 pp. (Census bibliography, no. 7) Supplementary references in Africa and other continents of world.

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. Assistance for Family Planning Programs in Developing Countries. Washington, D.C., 1967. l v. Summarizes assistance by AID to population programs in developing nations of Africa, Asia, and Latin America.