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He has been at the Center for Policy and Implementation Studies in Jakarta, Indonesia, and is currently at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Laxenburg, Austria. His many publications include Applied Mathematical Demographyand Population Change and Social Policy.
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Keyfitz, N. The asian road to democracy. Society 26, 71–76 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02698320
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