The Role of Communication in Economic and Social Development in The Less Developed Countries; With Particular Reference to Family Planning in Nigeria

This dissertation examines the role that communication can play to aid economic and social development in the less developed countries of Africa, Asia, and Latin America in general, and Nigeria in particular. An analysis of the problems and prospects of development in these countries reveals that the basic challenge is to prevent rapid population growth from neutralizing, or even reversing, improvements already made in per capita levels of living. In addition, further improvement in the levels of living of the populations also demand deliberate population planning. Hence, most of these countries have national family planning policies and programs. Therefore, the role of communication in this development effort is to inform people about population constraints to economic and social development and to motivate them to practice birth spacing.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Speech Communication

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Daramola, Abayomi Charles

• Mass Communications

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8302845

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/77264