Population and Development in India : Interdisciplinary and Historical Approach

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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.