Family and Population Index
The following are articles and data sources related to population and family issues
I. ARTICLES AND PRESENTATIONS
(this section includes not-published version of these papers, to access the published versions please go to Publications)
A. In English
· Family and Economic Development
1. The Development of the treatment of the Family in UN Documents
2. The Treatment of the Family in the United Nations
· Power Point Presentation at World Family Policy Center, Brigham Young University, July 16-19
· United Nations Policy and the Family: Redefining the Ties that Bind (This paper can be accessed at the Journal of Public Law, BYU J. Reuben Clark Law School)
3. Human Rights and the Family within United Nation’s Policy, Veritas, 34:1, 2001.
4. Working Mothers' Contribution to Family Income: Proportions and Effects
5. Does the Family Have a Place in Habitat?, Columbia University, June 2001.
6. The Family: Human Capital Implications and The Cost to Society
7. Microcredit Strategies and Funding: Lending to Sustainable Development?
8. The Family: Human Capital Implications and Real Sustainable Economic Growth
9. Effective Measures Against Poverty, World Congress of Families III, Mexico, March 2004.
10. The Family and Economic Development, Family as Foundation for Social Development, Focus on the
Family, July, 2004.
11. The Family and Economic Development: Socio-economic Relevance and Policy Design, Paper
Geneva, August 2004
13. The HIPC Initiative and its Effects on the Family
14. Economic Development: Women and the Family, Presented at UN 49th Session of the CSW, March 2005.
15. Millennium Development Goals: Background Paper, June 2005.
16. Creating Effective Links: ABC in Uganda: Evaluation and Success, UNESCO, Buenos Aires,
Argentina, February 2006
17. Family Dinning, Excellence in the Home, London, UK, May, 2006.
· PowerPoint Presentation: Family Dinning, Excellence in the Home, London, UK, May, 2006.
· Maria Sophia Aguirre, “The Economy Begins in the Kitchen”, MercatorNet:, June 14th, 2006.
· Maria Sophia Aguirre, “Family Dinner and Food Distribution: Planting the Seeds of Economic Growth”, March 2007.
18. Business, Family and Human Capital: Harvesting the Seeds of Economic Growth, El Salvador,
February 1st, 2007. (PowerPoint)
19. "Family Structure, Wealth, and Economic Growth”, at World Conference of Families IV, Warsaw,
Poland, May 11-13th, 2007.
20. “Food Distribution and Economic Growth”, at 2nd Cross-Cultural Dialogue on Family Harmony and
Economic Growth, Beijing University, Beijing, China, May 15-16th.
21. "Family and Economic Development", Institut, Catholique de Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar,
June 14th, 2007.
Policy Forum: Achieving Development without Losing our Families, BYU, July 9-11, 2007.
23. "Determinants of Economic Growth, Population and Family Wealth: The Case of Guatemala”,
September 8th, Guatemala, 2007
· Power Point Presentation: Spanish
· Power Point Presentation: English
24. "Business, Family and Human Capital", Women of Vision,. Chicago, November 8, 2007.
25. “Family Population, and Sustainable Development”, UIC, Barcelona, Spain, May, 15-17, 2008
26. "Family and Economic Development: Harvesting the Seeds of Economic Growth", Cuarto
Congreso Internacional de la Familia, Universidad de la Sabana, Bogotá, May 25-26, 2008
· Power Point Presentation paper
· Paper
· Global Worming and Demographic Aging: Its effects on Global Prosperity
27. “The Feminine Vocation and the Economy”, Conference Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of
Mulieris Dignitatis, CUA, October, 3-4, 2008.
· Data Only
28. “Qualities of the Teaching family: Economic Aspects”, IV World Meeting of Families, Pontifical
Council of Families, Mexico City, Mexico, November 14th-19th, 2009.
· English presentation (for a Spanish version, please see the next section)
· Text
29. “Achieving Sustainable Development: An Integral Approach to an Economic Perspective”, The
Ethics of Sustainable Development, Strathmore University, October 28th-29th, 2010.
· English Presentation
30. "The
Family and Economic Development: the Role of the Family in Alliviating
Poverty",
2012 Global Family Forum, January 27-28, 2012.
B. In Spanish
1. Desarrollo Sostenido: Porqué el Énfasis en Población? El Caso de Honduras
2. Desarrollo Sostenido: Porqué el Énfasis en Población? El Caso de El Salvador
3. Desarrollo Sostenido: Porqué el Énfasis en Población? El Caso de Nicaragua
4. Alcances Socioeconómicos de la Perspectiva del Género
5. Países en Vías de Desarrollo en una Economía Global Creciente: Mercados Financieros, Privatización, y Políticas de Integración versus Protección
6. La Mujer: Clave para el Desarrollo - El Caso de Centro America
7. La Mujer: Clave para el Desarrollo - El Caso de Centro America y Honduras
8. La Familia: Clave para el Desarrollo- Argentina
9. Un Modelo de Sociedad Elegido por Nosotros o Impuesto? - Argentina
10. Jóvenes y…¿Algo Más?- Argentina
11. “Crecimineto Economico y Estructura Familiar”, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago de Chile, August 21, 2008.
12. “Qualities of the Teaching family: Economic Aspects”, IV World Meeting of Families, Pontifical Council of Families, Mexico City, Mexico, November 14th-19th, 2009.
· Spanish presentation
13. “Familia y Desarrollo”, Universidad del Itsmo, May 2009.
· Population
A. In English
1. Population, Resources, and Environment: A Survey of the Debate
2. Population, Resources and Environment: Why the Focus on Population?
3. Sustainable Development: Why the Focus on Population?
4. Hindered Growth: The Ideology and Implications of Population Assistance
5. The Ideology of Population Assistance, The Family in America, 15:2, 2001.
6. Population Assistance and the Need for True Development, The Family in America, 15:2, 2001.
7. United Nations' Policy and the Family in the Context of Population Control, Veritas, 34:1, 2001.
8. Sustainable Development: Why the Focus on Population?, UVA, October 2004
9. "Aging Population: Paying the Consequences", World and I, April, 2000, pp. 66-71.
10. "Putting a Price on an Aging Population"
II. DATA
1. Population Sites Index