55:20772
Kwafo-Akoto, Kate O. Dissertations submitted at
the Regional Institute for Population Studies, 1972-1987: an annotated
bibliography. RIPS Bibliography Series, No. 2, Aug 1988. 200 pp.
University of Ghana, Regional Institute for Population Studies [RIPS]:
Legon, Ghana. In Eng.
This is an annotated bibliography of the
dissertations on population topics that were presented during the
period 1982-1987 to the Regional Institute for Population Studies
(RIPS) at the University of Ghana in Legon. The work is organized by
topic, including data sources, general population, population
distribution, population size and growth, mortality and morbidity,
health, fertility, nuptiality and the family, migration, urbanization,
demographic and economic interrelations, rural development, and
population policy. Citations are arranged alphabetically by author
within these topics. An author index is provided. The primary
geographical focus is on Africa.
Correspondence: RIPS,
University of Ghana, P.O. Box 96, Legon, Ghana. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:20773 Podzimek,
Jaroslav. Bibliography of Czechoslovak statistics and
demography, 1987. [Bibliografie Ceskoslovenske statistiky a
demografie 1987.] Vol. 22, 1988. 163, vi pp. Vyzkumny Ustav Socialne
Ekonomickych Informaci a Automatizace v Rizeni: Prague, Czechoslovakia.
In Cze.
This is a two-part bibliography of the literature on
statistics and demography published in Czechoslovakia in 1987. The
citations are organized separately for statistics and demography, and
are divided into books and monographs, journal articles and data
sources. Selected items are provided with abstracts in Czech. The
table of contents is in English, German, and Russian.
For the 1986
edition of this bibliography, published in 1987, see 54:20885.
Correspondence: VUSEI Information Centre Library, Federal
Office of Statistics, Sokolovska 142, 186 00 Prague 8, Czechoslovakia.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:20774 Population
Center Foundation (Manila, Philippines). Union catalog of
population literature in Philippine libraries. Second supplement.
LC 87-410725. 1986. xvi, 430 pp. Manila, Philippines. In Eng.
This
is the second supplement to the Union Catalog of Population Literature
in Philippine Libraries, originally published in 1979. It covers
materials published from 1982 to 1985 that are available in 56
Philippine libraries. Information is included on the location of
items.
For the publication to which this is a supplement, published
in 1979, see 50:20751.
Location: U.S. Library of Congress,
Washington, D.C.
55:20775 Pressat,
Roland. A dictionary of demography. [Diccionario de
demografia.] Colleccion Ciencias Geograficas, No. 11, ISBN
84-281-0597-9. 1987. 248 pp. Oikos-Tau: Barcelona, Spain. In Spa.
This volume, a Spanish version of the original French-language
demographic dictionary compiled by Roland Pressat, contains defined
demographic terms arranged in alphabetical order together with a
Spanish-French and French-Spanish dictionary of terms. A system of
cross-references to other relevant terms listed in the dictionary is
also provided.
Translated from the French by D. Bas and J.
Garcia-Bosch.
For the original French edition, published in 1979,
see 46:1748.
Correspondence: Oikos-Tau, Apartado 5347,
Vilassa de Mar, 08080 Barcelona, Spain. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
55:20776 United
Nations Population Fund [UNFPA] (New York, New York).
Directory of training courses in family planning and maternal and
child health. Feb 1989. xiii, 335 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
This is the first edition of a directory to family planning and
maternal and child health training courses around the world. The
information primarily concerns short-term courses offered in 1988 and
1989 in clinical training; information, education, and communication
training; management training; other types of training; and trainer
instruction. Indexes are included on organizations, language of
courses, and region.
Correspondence: UNFPA, 220 East 42nd
Street, New York, NY 10017. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
55:20777 United
Nations. Centro Latinoamericano de Demografia [CELADE] (Santiago,
Chile); Programa Latinoamericano de Actividades en Poblacion [PROLAP]
(Buenos Aires, Argentina). Information on population for
development in Latin America and the Caribbean. [Informacion sobre
poblacion para el desarrollo en America Latina y el Caribe.] CELADE
Serie E, No. 33; LC/DEM/G.71, Dec 1988. 133 pp. Santiago, Chile. In
Spa. with sum. in Eng.
This publication is the product of a joint
CELADE-PROLAP seminar held in Santiago, Chile, July 28-31, 1987, at
which the Latin American and Caribbean regional component of POPIN, the
worldwide population information network, was set up. This regional
network is to be called IPALCA (Informacion sobre Poblacion para
America Latina y el Caribe) and will be developed under the joint
leadership of CELADE and PROLAP. The meeting brought together 58
representatives from 17 countries in the region who discussed ways of
consolidating and collaborating with regard to demographic data and
information. A list of recommendations for future action is
included.
Correspondence: CELADE, Edificio Naciones Unidas,
Avenida Dag Hammarskjold, Casilla 91, Santiago, Chile.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:20778 United
Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia [ESCWA]
(Baghdad, Iraq); International Union for the Scientific Study of
Population [IUSSP] (Liege, Belgium). Trilingual
demographic dictionary. [Lexique demographique trilingue.] No.
88-0147, Pub. Order No. E/ESCWA/Pop/88/3. [1988]. vii, 214, [115] pp.
Baghdad, Iraq. In Eng; Fre; Ara.
This trilingual demographic
dictionary is based on the English, French, and Arabic versions of the
Multilingual Demographic Dictionary. It is in three parts:
English-French-Arabic, French-English-Arabic, and
Arabic-English-French. The appropriate four- or five-digit reference
number from the Multilingual Demographic Dictionary is included for
each term.
Correspondence: UNESCWA, P.O. Box 27, Baghdad,
Iraq. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:20779 United
States. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
[NICHD]. Office of Planning and Evaluation (Bethesda, Maryland); United
States. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
[NICHD]. Center for Population Research (Bethesda, Maryland); United
States. Interagency Committee on Population Research (Washington,
D.C.). Population Sciences: inventory and analysis of
federal population research, fiscal year 1987. [1989?]. iii, 219
pp. U.S. National Institutes of Health [NIH]: Bethesda, Maryland. In
Eng.
This report lists population research projects supported by
the U.S. federal government, together with an index of investigators, a
list of projects started in 1987, and an overall analysis of trends in
government-supported population research. "The scope of the Inventory
encompasses a broad spectrum of research in the biological, medical,
social and behavioral sciences and covers all projects--grants and
contracts, intramural and extramural--in which population research
constitutes a major substantive category, classified according to the
principal focus of the research."
For a previous edition for fiscal
year 1985, see 53:10840.
Correspondence: NIH, Bethesda, MD
20892. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
55:20780 Zimmerman,
Diana; Avrin, Nancy; Della Cava, Olha. A directory of
international migration study centers, research programs and library
resources. ISBN 0-934733-18-X. LC 86-28418. 1987. ix, 299 pp.
Center for Migration Studies: Staten Island, New York. In Eng.
This
is a directory of migration study centers, research programs, and
library resources around the world. The directory is organized
geographically by major region and alphabetically by country within
regions. Information is included on "the structure, staff, size and
location of centers/programs concerned with international migration, as
well as their current projects, research activities, publications and
library resources." A geographical and title index is
included.
Correspondence: Center for Migration Studies, 209
Flagg Place, Staten Island, NY 10304-1148. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
