Welcome note
Dear students,
Welcome to this module focused on population theories and policies. It is the only module of this kind in your master program.
The module aims at introduce you to consequences of population trends on socio economic development and implication for policy. Specifically, the module examines the relations between population and development and their potential consequences from a sociological, economic and geographical perspective. A particular attention will be drawn to various population policies in developing countries including family planning.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this module, students will be able to:
- Understand the main demographic concepts, principles and theories, and policies run across the world
- Understanding different analytic approaches to the main interrelationships between population change and socio-economic development.
- Understand the interrelations between population change and socio-economic and environmental developments.
- Analyse a country’s population policies and draw conclusions, and therefore formulate a meaningful policy.
Facilitator contacts
The module will be facilitated by Dr. Dieudonne Muhoza,
Demographer and Senior Lecturer in the School of Economics
(Tel. +250)788 85 30 39
dmuhoza@ur.ac.rw