Friday, April 2 / 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM   •   Beacon G

Session 94:
Population, Development, and the Urban Environment

Chair: Mark R. Montgomery, Population Council
Discussant: John R. Logan, University at Albany, State University of New York

  1. A Spatial Analysis of Childhood Mortality in West AfricaDeborah Balk, Columbia University ; Thomas W. Pullum, University of Texas at Austin ; Adam Storeygard, Columbia University ; Fern Greenwell, ORC Macro ; Melissa Neuman, Columbia University

  2. Struggling with Population Heterogeneity in African Cities: The Urban Health and Equity PuzzleGabriel Pictet, Université de Ouagadougou ; Robert Pond, Université de Ouagadougou

  3. Socioeconomic Determinants of Mortality at Young AgesMario F.G. Monteiro, Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ) ; Maria Isabel C.A. Parahyba, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE)

  4. The Effect of a Livelihoods Intervention in an Urban Slum in India: Does Vocational Counseling and Training Alter the Attitudes and Behavior of Adolescent Girls?Barbara Mensch, Population Council ; Monica Grant, Population Council ; Mary Sebastian, Population Council ; Paul Hewett, Population Council ; Dale Huntington, World Bank Group

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