organizations (NGOs) that receive such assistance. The intent of the policy is to reduce the use of abortion in developing countries … reduces the use of abortion as a result of the policy. On the contrary, rural women significantly increase abortions. This … significantly reduced height and weight for age, relative to their siblings. Rather than reducing abortion, this policy increased …

human fertility. Little comprehensive research, however, has been done on the effects of those technologies themselves on … human fertility leaving unanswered the question of whether particular types of agricultural technologies were actually … agricultural change (from 1961 to 1981) and changes in human fertility (from 1971 to 1981) to assess the impact of the former on …

place despite declining fertility rates and identify a number of factors. Well-designed population policies are broad in … discrimination against women and improve the lives of children, as well as those seeking to reduce fertility and population growth …

Human fertility is likely to affect agricultural production through its effect on the supply of agricultural labor … Uganda—a country that combines a dominant agricultural sector with one of the highest fertility rates in the world. We found … that fertility has a sizable negative effect on household labor allocation to subsistence agriculture. Households with …

promoting improved soil-fertility management, raising concern about the sustainability of potential productivity increases. Now …