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In French, with selections in Greek. ; Includes bibliographical references and index. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Bangladesh seeks to attain middle-income status by 2021, the 50th anniversary of its independence. To accelerate growth enough to do so, Bangladesh needs to build a competitive urban space that is innovative, connected and livable. Bangladesh's urban areas have to take proactive measures to improve and sustain all three drivers of competitiveness - innovation, connectivity and livability. The results of a survey of 1,000 garment firms - conducted to provide a lens through which to investigate urban competitiveness - reveal that Dhaka City is the most productive location for garment firms in Ba

Population Growth and Economic Development: Policy Questions -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- BACKGROUND -- FOCUS ON FERTILITY DECLINE AND ECONOMIC WELFARE -- UNDERSTANDING THE CONSEQUENCES OF FERTILITY DECLINE -- 1 Will Slower Population Growth Increase the Growth Rate of Per Capita Income through Increasing... -- MARKETS AND NATURAL RESOURCE PRICES -- POPULATION AND EXHAUSTIBLE RESOURCES -- CONCLUSIONS -- 2 Will Slower Population Growth Increase the Growth Rate of Per Capita Income through Increasing... -- DIMINISHING RETURNS TO LABOR IN AGRICULTURE -- Historical Responses to Diminishing Returns -- Future Prospects for Agricultural Intensification -- DEGRADATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES -- FORESTS AND FISHERIES -- CONCLUSIONS -- 3 Will Slower Population Growth Alleviate Pollution and the Degradation of the Natural Environment? -- CONCLUSIONS -- 4 Will Slower Population Growth Lead to More Capital per Worker, thereby Increasing per Worker Output... -- CONCLUSIONS -- 5 Do Lower Population Densities Lead to Lower Per Capita Incomes via a Reduced Stimulus to Technological... -- MANUFACTURING -- AGRICULTURE -- CONCLUSIONS -- 6 Will Slower Population Growth Increase Per Capita Levels of Schooling and Health? -- HUMAN CAPITAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT -- FAMILY SIZE AND CHILDREN'S HEALTH AND EDUCATION -- POPULATION GROWTH AND PUBLIC HEALTH AND EDUCATION -- CONCLUSIONS -- 7 Will Slower Population Growth Decrease the Degree of Inequality in the Distribution of Income? -- CONCLUSIONS -- 8 Will Slower Population Growth Facilitate the Absorption of Workers into the Modern Economic Sector... -- THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CITIES -- POPULATION GROWTH, CITY GROWTH, AND URBANIZATION -- URBANIZATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH -- RAPID POPULATION GROWTH AND LABOR MARKETS.

File originally titled "Colonial Federal Society (Lands of Four Trees). Agreement to exempt said society from all taxes for 5 years in order to urbanize said lands. To the government of the District. – October 24, 1924". The File includes an original record and a copy of an agreement signed by President Alvaro Obregón, exempting the Colonial Federal Society from tax payments in order to promote the urbanization of their lands. / Expediente titulado originalmente "Sociedad Colonial Federal (Terrenos de Cuatro Arboles). Acuerdo para que se exima a dicha sociedad de todo impuesto durante 5 años para urbanización de dichos terrenos. Al gobierno del Distrito.- Octubre 24 de 1924". Contiene una minuta original y copia de un acuerdo firmado por el Presidente Alvaro Obregón, eximiendo del pago de impuestos a la Sociedad Colonial Federal para promover su urbanización.

The Building of Cities -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1. DEVELOPMENT AND CONFLICT -- The Central Issues of Change -- Leadership -- Nature of a Project and Individual Response -- Environment of the Proposal -- Approaching the Issues -- Summary -- 2. CITY BUILDING -- Urbanization -- Urban Land Development: Social Values -- Urban Land Development: The Process -- Factors Influencing the Sequence of Decisions -- Interaction of Participants in the Process -- Summary -- 3. LYSANDER (RADISSON) -- Project Description -- The Urban Development Corporation -- Voices of Concern -- Community Advisory Committee -- Strategy of Dissent -- UDC's Strategy of Persuasion -- Summary -- 4. GANANDA -- Project Description -- Course of Events -- Local Government and Agency Approval -- Education: A Knotty Problem -- Management Problems -- Summary -- 5. RIVERTON -- Project Background -- Robert E. Simon and the Management Team -- Project Development -- Master Plan Development -- Town Review of the PUD Application -- Regional and Federal Project Review -- Avoiding Controversy: A Continuing Task -- Summary -- 6. URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND NEW COMMUNITIES -- Factors Affecting the Development Process -- Summary -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Macedon-Walworth New Community District Zoning Ordinance -- Index.

A Common Destiny -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Summary and Conclusions -- SUMMARY OF MAJOR FINDINGS -- Blacks and Whites in a Changing Society -- Determinants of Black Status -- A RECORD OF THE STATUS OF BLACK AMERICANS -- Attitudes, Participation, Identity, and Institutions -- Political Participation -- Economic Status -- Schooling -- Health -- Crime and Criminal Justice -- Children and Families -- THE FUTURE: ALTERNATIVES AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- Blacks' Status in the Near Future -- Residential Segregation -- Income and Poverty -- Policy Alternatives -- Black Perspectives -- CONCLUSION -- 1 Overview: Then and Now -- CHANGE AND CONTINUITY IN BLACK-WHITE STATUS SINCE 1940 -- The Baseline Cohort -- The Most Recent Cohort -- Uneven Changes -- DATA, FINDINGS, AND INTERPRETATIONS: CONCEPTS AND METHODS -- Study Methods -- Determinants of Black Status -- Interpreting Data -- Explaining Black-White Differences -- Residential Segregation and Its Effects -- Description of the Report -- REFERENCES -- NOTE -- 2 Black Participation in American Society -- THE BASELINE PERIOD: 1935-1945 -- Social Relations Under Jim Crow -- Migration and Urbanization -- Rising Black Protest -- BLACK PARTICIPATION IN SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS SINCE 1945 -- The Military -- Desegregation of the Armed Forces -- The Modern Military -- Public Schools -- Trends in School Desegregation -- Effects of School Desegregation -- Resegregation Within Desegregated Schools -- Blacks, Whites, and School Desegregation -- PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS AND WORK ENVIRONMENTS -- Workplaces -- Labor Unions and Equal Employment -- RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION -- Metropolitan Areas -- Neighborhoods -- BLACK PARTICIPATION IN SOCIAL LIFE SINCE 1945 -- Churches And Religious Life -- Organized Sports -- ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 3 Racial Attitudes and Behavior.

SOCIAL DYNAMICS OF ADOLESCENT FERTILITY IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA -- POPULATION DYNAMICS OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- CHANGES IN TWO CONFIGURATIONS OF ADOLESCENT FERTILITY -- ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORKS FOR EXPLAINING CHANGE IN ADOLESCENT FERTILITY -- OUR APPROACH: SOCIAL INFLUENCES ON THE OUTCOMES OF ADOLESCENT FERTILITY -- PLAN OF THE REPORT -- 2 Levels and Trends in Adolescent Fertility -- LEVELS OF EDUCATION, SEXUAL EXPERIENCE, MARRIAGE, FERTILITY, AND CONTRACEPTIVE USE AMONG ADOLESCENTS -- TRENDS IN EDUCATION, MARRIAGE, AND FERTILITY AMONG ADOLESCENTS -- Education -- Marriage -- Fertility -- PUTTING THE INDICATORS TOGETHER -- Group 1 -- Group 2 -- Group 3 -- CONCLUSION -- 3 Marriage: New Forms, New Ambiguities -- CUSTOMARY" MARRIAGE IN AFRICA -- Bridewealth -- Participation of Kin -- Polygyny -- Problems in Defining Customary Marriage -- Variance in Marital Forms -- Marriage as a Process -- EFFECTS OF AMBIGUOUS MARITAL STATUS ON LEGITIMATE REPRODUCTION -- CHANGES IN MARRIAGE IN CONTEMPORARY AFRICA -- Economics -- New Legislation -- Religion: Islam and Christianity -- Education -- Urbanization -- EFFECT OF THESE CHANGES ON MARRIAGE -- EFFECTS OF MARITAL CHANGES ON PREMARITAL SEXUALITY AND REPRODUCTION -- 4 Reproductive Entitlement: The Social Context of Fertility and Parenthood -- THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF MARRIAGE AND REPRODUCTION -- THE VALUE OF CHILDREN -- REPRODUCTION WITHIN THE SEQUENCE OF LIFE EVENTS -- EARNING REPRODUCTIVE ENTITLEMENT -- THE BOUNDARIES OF ADOLESCENT SEXUALITY -- THE REGULATION OF PATERNITY -- CHANGES IN ADOLESCENT SEXUALITY AND REPRODUCTION -- New Patterns of Male Sexuality and Reproduction -- New Pressures on Women -- CHANGES IN UNSANCTIONED BIRTHS -- 5 Education and Adolescent Fertility -- THE "CULTURE" OF FORMAL EDUCATION: AN EXAMPLE FROM SIERRA LEONE.