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Limiting Population Growth and the Ford Foundation Contribution
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Limiting Population Growth and the Ford Foundation Contribution




Ford spent $270 million on population activities ranging from research on human reproduction to demography to family planning programs from 1952 to 1983. This book describes Ford's pioneering role in the population field. Chapters describe the history of demography, Ford's interventions into population control and education and plans for upcoming decades.

Caldwell, John and Pat.
1986
202 pages


Contents
Preface
The Approach
The Establishment of the Population Field
Ford Foundation Population Activities in the 1950S
The Unique Role of India
The United Nations Demographic Centres
Change in Public Opinion
The Ford Foundation Enters the Population Field
First Steps
The First Population Programs
The Ford Foundation Expands Its Population Activities
The Public Health Programs
A Turning-Point, 1965-1967
Third World University Programs
The Later Programs
The Ford Foundation Changes Course
What Was Achieved?
The Institutionalization of Population Programs
The Unfinished Task and the Future
Notes
Index