Course Code: GY202

Revision Topic: Population and Fertility Management Exam Date: 19th May

Past Exam Questions: Sub Topics: Trends, Demographic Ageing, Conceptual Perspectives on population and development, Population control and fertility management While Reproductive behaviour is affected by a multiplicity of factors, such as culture, education, income, migration, urbanisation, a significant role has been that of family planning programs. Discuss. Explore the reasons for limited adoption of modern contraceptive methods among some groups of the population in the global south What evidence is there to suggest that family planning programmes have frequently been driven more by imperatives of population control than birth control. Essential Readings: Bryant, John (2007) Theories of Fertility Decline and the Evidence from Development Indictors Population and Development Review 33(1) Hartmann, Betsy (1995) Reproductive Rights and Wrongs: The Global Politics of Population Control and Contraceptive Choice South End Press: Massachussetts (2nd Edition) Desai, Vandana & Potter, B. Robert (2008) The Companion to Development Studies Hodder Education: London - Several Authors (See Notes)

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