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Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff
Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff
Pages 507-514
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His main research areas are urban politics in the developing world and comparative public administration. His major publications include Housing the Urban Poor in Africa, African Cities in Crisis, Sustainable Cities, An Urban Problematique, Socially Sustainable Cities, and The Challenge of Urban Government: Policies and Practices.
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, Indian Urbanization and Economic Growth Since 1960 (with Edwin Mills and Jeffrey Williamson, published by the Johns Hopkins University Press in 1992) , and Beyond Urban Bias: African Cities in an Age of Structural Adjustment (with Andrew Hamer and Andrew Morrison, published by Heinemann and James Currey Ltd.
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(published by the Population Council, Policy Research Division, in 1993~; Fertility and Family Planning in African Cities: The Impact of Female Migration (published by the Population Council, Policy Research Division in 1994~; The Impact of Rural-Urban Migration on Child Survival (published in Health Transition Review 4:127-149, 1994~; The Poverty of Cities in the Developing World (written with Ellen Brennan, published by the Population Council, Policy Research Division in 1996~; Migration, Sexual Behavior and HIV Diffusion in Kenya (written with Ann E Biddlecom, Population Council, Policy Research Division in 1998)
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He has also served as scientific advisor to the Urban Development Programme of the Federal District Department (1985-1988~; associate member of the Centro de Estudios Prospectivos, A.C., Mexico City (1987-present) ; member of the Board of Editors of the Institute of Geography of the National University (1988-present)
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He has held previous appointments in the University of Malaya, Victoria University (New Zealand) , Hong Kong University, and the Research School of Pacific Studies in the Institute of Advanced Studies at Australia National University.
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He has served as an advisor on urban issues to many international agencies including UNICEF, UN-Habitat, Department of International Development, the World Health Organization, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, the Development Directorate of the European Commission, the United Nations Population Division, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, ActionAid, WaterAid, and the Brundtland Commission. He is the author or editor of 15 books on various aspects of urban development, including An Urbanizing World: Global Report on Human Settlements 1996 (published by Oxford University Press)
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He published numerous articles and books on mortality, fertility, migration, urbanization, labor force and employment, population projections, censuses and surveys, poverty, and population policy, especially in the Indian context. He also held leadership positions with many important academic and policy organizations, including the Indian Association for the Study of Population, the National Sample Survey Organization of India, and the Gujarat Economic Association.
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Recent books include Globalization and the World of Large Cities (written with Fu-chen Lo, published by UNU Press in 1998) , Urban Development in Asia (published by CUHK in 1998)
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