The workshop provided an opportunity for U.S. technical specialists and policy makers to review the growing body of information on the Chinese population and to discuss ways to promote collaborative population research involving both Chinese and American experts. Demographic research is the focus of the papers in part 1. Current prospects for…

The papers in this volume are selected from the material prepared for a conference held on social science research on population and development. The general purpose of the meeting is to improve common understanding of the state of social science research on development problems and to identify new opportunities for international agencies to…