Population and Development in India : Interdisciplinary and Historical Approach

该项目的主要研究成果是：（1）在当代人口学和人口政策领域，Sagaza在印度进行了一项关于老龄化问题的实地工作，其成果将在适当时候以英文出版。西川考察了战后时期的生育率转变，并对各省的统计数据进行了详细分析。(2)On Saito估计，历史上的马德拉斯和旁遮普的总生育率和预期寿命都为0。在新德里举行的一次会议上介绍了这些成果，受到印度专家的好评。Kaneko利用相同的数据集应用GIP方法，这是一项开创性的尝试，其工作将很快完成。最后，Wakimura重点讨论了殖民时期疟疾与人口和发展的关系。他的一项成果在加州的一次会议上发表。（3）在农业、家庭经济和环境方面，黑崎对印度和巴基斯坦的长期农业发展做了大量的工作。Usami利用国家统计局的微观数据调查家庭结构与贫困之间的关系，而Shinoda则通过汇编历史统计数据研究牲畜所有权和贫困的历史变化。最后，吉纯先生回顾了大量关于森林和毁林过程的文献，野间先生则考察了历史上孟加拉的三角洲形成和人口变化的地理情况。这些研究成果的大部分都在2003年12月在大坂举行的国际研讨会上作了介绍，我们的成员以及两位印度人口学家Irudaya Rajan和Arup Maharatna对论文的各个方面进行了热烈的讨论。日本和印度学者在研究成果和方法方面的密集交流也是我们项目的重要成果。

Major research results from this project are :(1)In the area of contemporary demography and population policy, Sagaza did a field work on ageing in India, whose outcome will be published in English in due course. Nishikawa looked at fertility transition in the post-war period and conducted a detailed analysis of provincial statistics.(2)On historical processes, Saito estimated both total fertility rate and life expectancy at 0 for historic Madras and Punjab. The presentation of the results at a conference in New Delhi was well received by Indian experts. Kaneko utilized the same dataset for the application of GIP methodology, a pioneering attempt whose work will be finalized shortly. Finally, Wakimura focused on malaria in relation to population and development in the colonial period. One of his results was presented at a conference in California(3)For agriculture, household economy and the environment, a good deal of work was done by Kurosaki on long-tern agricultural development in India and Pakistan. Usami utilized NSS micro-data to investigate into the relationships between household structure and poverty, while Shinoda looked at historical changes in livestock ownership and poverty by compiling historical statistics. Finally, Yoshizumi went over the extensive literature on forests and deforestation processes, while Noma looked at the geography of delta formation and population changes in historic Bengal.Most of these research results were presented at an international workshop held in Osaka, December 2003, where lively discussion was made on various aspects of the papers by our members and also by two Indian demographers, Irudaya Rajan and Arup Maharatna. This intensive exchange between Japanese and Indian scholar with respect to research findings and methodology was also an important product of our project.