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Lecture notes and summary Population and Development, University of Groningen
Population and development book summary (W.T.S Gould, 2015)
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Population and Development: Lecture
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Week 8 2
Hoorcollege 15th January: 2
Week 7 4
Hoorcollege 8th January: 4
Hoorcollege 10th January: 10
Literature 17
Chapter 2 - How population affects development: Malthus and Boserup 18
Chapter 10 - Global population futures 20
Week 5 23
Literature 23
Chapter 6 - Migration and development 23
Week 4 27
Hoorcollege 4th December: 27
Hoorcollege 6th December: 28
Literature 33
Chapter 5 - Fertility, culture and development 33
Week 3 36
Hoorcollege 27th November: 36
Hoorcollege 29th November: 43
Literature 49
Chapter 3 - How development affects population: demographic and mobility transitions 49
Chapter 4 - Mortality, disease and development 51
Chapter 7 - Population age structures and development 53
Week 1 71
Hoorcollege 13th November: 71
Hoorcollege 15th November: 72
Literature: 75
Introduction 75
Chapter 1 - population and development: the core issues in historical perspective 76
Chapter 9 - Population policies and planning 78
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Week 8
Hoorcollege 15th January:
Plenary synthesis in preparation of exam
Learning outcomes:
- Able to link what was learned in the lecture to the course objectives
- Understand what they can expect in the final exam
- Have asked their questions about the essay, exam and completion of the course
Maternal health and development
- How could we see this from a capability approach: It shows the freedom of the
lecturer, she could bring here baby, making it capable for her to give a lecture well
being on maternity leave.
Fertility in Uganda
- The in class discussion was on lowering fertility we should focus on development and
on family planning. Linked to the DTM and fertility rate -> fertility rate in ugana is
staying high, how can we bring this down and should we bring it down?
Conference Migration and development
- discussion was mainly on north african migration from an european perspectives.
- And how should europe help africans -> one perspective was that we need to help
them (HRBA), they have rights.
- A lot was US (europeans) and THEM (africans).
Maternal health and development
- Three delays model
Capability approach towards nutrition
- Are they able to eat
- what are they able to eat
- What is their knowledge on nutrition
- Overnutrition and undernutrition
Social and medical perspective on nutrition
Overall learning outcomes
- Discuss the ways in which population change and development are intertwined and
vary across space and time
- Discuss the role of population policies in population change and development
- Apply prevailing population and human rights perspectives and theoretical …
Development -> linked to capability approach, human rights and Sustainable development
goals (SDG) .
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Week 7
Hoorcollege 8th January:
Nutrition and food security: views on nutrition and health
THE ACTUAL OPPORTUNITIES A PERSON HAS - NUTRITION AND DEVELOPMENT-
Today:
- Understand the role of nutrition can play in development
- Understand how the capability approach can be used to understand food oatterns
- Understand intergenerational persepctives on food and health
- Be able to apply the capability approach to the topic of food patterns and food
securtiy
- Be able to discuss how plitice scan influence the raltion of food
Why naturtion and development
- Nutrition is an important determinant of mortality and health outcomes
- Nutrituion is impoirtant for all ages, all populations
- Nutrition is an important vehicle for health itnerventions to improve health outcomes
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Link between epidemiological and nutrition transition
- In developing countries, malnutrition is often included in vicious cycle of infection
and disease
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