Human Development Index-like Small Area Estimates for Africa computed from IPUMS-International integrated census microdata • Robert McCaa, University of Minnesota ; Iñaki Permanyer, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ; Joan Garcia Roman, University of Minnesota ; Albert Esteve, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Benefits of international migrations for socio-ecological resilience of rural households in the home country • Fabrice C. E. M. Demoulin, Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Belgium ; Raul Vanegas, Université de Namur ; Sabine J. F. Henry, Université de Namur

Time-of-survey dependence of apparent educational participation • Bilal Barakat, Wittgenstein Centre (IIASA, VID/ÖAW, WU)

Demographic trends in developing countries: convergence or divergence processes? • Anna Paterno, Università degli Studi di Bari ; Isabella Corazziari, Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT) ; Giuseppe Gabrielli, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II ; Silvana Salvini, Università di Firenze

Do people leave when the wells go dry? An interdisciplinary model of environmental change and local development • Laszlo J. Kulcsar, Kansas State University