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Pages 218-224

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... , "Can the growing human population feed itself? " and "Population policy options in the developing world." Bongaarts currently serves on both the Committee on Population and the Board on Sustainable Development of the National Research Council.
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... Census Bureau and the National Research Council, he has been employed overseas at the Centro Latinoamericano de Demographia in Costa Rica and the Ministry of Planning in Uganda.
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... From 1988 to 1994, Hill served on the National Research Council's Committee on Population and chaired its Panel on the Population Dynamics of Sub-Saharan Africa.
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... His works include University and Society and Measurement and Analysis of Mortality: New Approaches. He currently serves on the National Research Council's Committee on Population and previously served on the Panel on Decennial Census Methodology.
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... She has served as a member of two United Nations Expert Groups on international migration and is currently a member of the Academic Advisory Board of the International Organization for Migration and the National Research Council's Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration. She has master's degrees from Harvard University and the University of Chicago and a Ph.D.
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... He previously directed the World Bank's annual population projections and has worked on projections in various areas, including causes of death. He has also helped develop and evaluate population projects in developing countries.
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... His works include University and Society and Measurement and Analysis of Mortality: New Approaches. He urrently serves on the National Research Council's Committee on Popuation and previously served on the Panel on Decennial Census Method~logy.
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  • american economic
  • reproductive health
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