The impact of population and economic growth on the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals • Iñaki Permanyer, Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics (CED), UAB

Structure of population, women status and development at local level: the case of Sub-Saharan countries • Fausta Ongaro, Università di Padova ; Silvana Salvini, Università di Firenze

The “first” demographic transition: refurbishment and revision of a classical model in search of main drivers of the process • Bernhard Koeppen, Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB) ; Marc Luy, Vienna Institute of Demography

Grabbed land: the socio-demographic determinants • Anna Paterno, Università degli Studi di Bari ; Laura Terzera, Università degli Studi di Milano - Bicocca

Women, weather, and woes: the triangular dynamics of female-headed households, economic vulnerability, and climate variability in South Africa • Martin Flatø, Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research, and Education (NIFU) ; Raya Muttarak, Wittgenstein Centre (IIASA, VID/ÖAW, WU) ; André J. Pelser, University of the Free State