The Indian Ocean island of Mauritius was chosen as a case study for an in-depth analysis of the complex and controversial interactions between population, economic development, and environmental constraints. Mauritius, with one of the world's highest population densities, has excellent data for...

1. Introduction 2. A University for Men 3. The Demand for and Supply of Higher Education for Women 4. The Founding of the Women's Colleges: Why Were the Women's Colleges Founded? 5. Why Did Single-Sex Colleges Exist, Persist, and Perish? 6. New College Starts a Revolution 7. A Changing...

This book evaluates the evidence on the impacts of population growth on well-being in developing countries and concludes that slowing population growth from high current levels, especially in poor, agrarian societies facing pressure on land and resources, is advantageous to economic development,...