title: Population, poverty and social transformation:  an alternative paradigm.
abstract: "In this paper I have proposed a new alternative paradigm on the interrelations between population, poverty and the related concerns [in India].  Its central thesis is that the population problem has also the concomitant social problems [of] unemployment, ill health, [and] crime, [with] (1) poverty as their 'immediate' determinant, (2) such evils as inequality, consumerism, military expenditure, defective planning...as their 'intermediate' determinants, and (3) out-moded non-egalitarian social structures, vicious human psyche and spiritual degradation as their 'ultimate' determinants.  This new paradigm has implications for policy and programme logistics that are fundamentally different from official policy."
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Pethe
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004194:Disease; D004467:Economics; D004651:Employment; D007194:India; D009017:Morbidity; D010684:Philosophy; D011153:Population; D011156:Population Density; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011158:Population Growth; D011203:Poverty; D011640:Public Policy; D012940:Social Problems; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014478:Unemployment
keywords: Asia; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Diseases; Economic Factors; Employment; India; Inequalities; Macroeconomic Factors; Morbidity; Philosophical Overview; Policy; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Growth; Population Policy; Population Size; Poverty; Social Policy; Social Problems; Socioeconomic Factors; Southern Asia; Unemployment