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Population and Development in Africa: The Persistence of Conventional Wisdom - Croissance démographique et évolution socio-économique en Afrique de l'ouest edited by John C. Caldwell, assisted by N. O. Addo, S. K. Gaisie, A. Igun, and P. O. Olusanya New York, Population Council, 1973. Pp.xiv + 1,028. The English version is Population Growth and Socioeconomic Change in West Africa (New York and London, Columbia University Press, 1975). Pp. xiii + 763. $30.00.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2008

Joel Gregory  and
Victor Piché
Joel Gregory
Affiliation:
Département de démographie, Université de Montréal
Victor Piché
Affiliation:
Département de démographie, Université de Montréal
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The Journal of Modern African Studies , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , June 1976 , pp. 370 - 375
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page 370 note 1 The page numbers we use refer to the French text, although the translations have been taken from the English edition.

page 371 note 1 Pradervand, Pierre, ‘Les Politiques de Ia population en Afrique francophone de l'ouest: obstacles et possibilités’, Ph.D. dissertation, Université de Paris, 1973.Google Scholar

page 371 note 2 These problems are documented in detail by Piché, Victor, ‘Social Change, Family, and Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa: theoretical and methodological appraisal’, Ph.D. dissertation, Cornell University, Ithaca, 1974, pt. III.Google Scholar

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