K S James Institute for Social and Economic Change   Institute for Social and Economic Change Nagarbhavi Bangalore, Karnataka 560072 India   james@isec.ac.in   www.isec.ac.in/james.htm   Biographical Sketch: I am a professor of Population Research Centre at the Institute for Social and Ecoomic Change, Bangalore. My publication records include a paper in Science, and other demographic journals. My Ph.D is from India again on interlinkages bwetween demography and economics.   Primary Research Focus: I work on demograpy and specialised in formal demography, interlinkages between population and development in India   JEL Areas: J1 : Demographic Economics: General