Population and Development in India : Interdisciplinary and Historical Approach

该项目的主要研究成果有：(1)在当代人口学和人口政策领域，Sagaza对印度的老龄化问题进行了实地调查，其结果将在适当时候以英文发表。西川研究了战后日本的生育率转变，并对各省的统计数据进行了详细的分析。(2)在历史进程方面，Saito估计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的结果受到了印度专家的好评。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将重点放在疟疾与殖民时期人口和发展的关系上。他的一项研究成果在加利福尼亚的一次会议上发表。在农业、家庭经济和环境方面，Kurosaki在印度和巴基斯坦的长期农业发展方面做了大量的工作。Usami利用NSS微观数据调查了家庭结构与贫困之间的关系，Shinoda通过编制历史统计数据研究了牲畜所有权与贫困的历史变化。最后，Yoshizumi回顾了大量关于森林和森林砍伐过程的文献，而Noma则研究了历史上孟加拉三角洲形成的地理和人口变化。这些研究成果大多在2003年12月在大阪举行的一次国际研讨会上发表，会上我们的成员以及两位印度人口统计学家Irudaya Rajan和Arup Maharatna就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.