Review and Appraisal of the Asia-Pacific Call for Action on Population and Development

Review and Appraisal of the Asia-Pacific Call for Action on Population and Development
Author: United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Publisher:
Total Pages: 88
Release: 1988
Genre: Asia
ISBN:

The Ad Hoc Expert Group Meeting on Integration of Population and Development Policies was held at Bangkok, August 29-September 2, 1988, organized by the Population Division of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). This conference follows the Asia-Pacific Call for Action initiated in 1982. The object of the meeting was to develop methods for review, appraisal and analysis of the interim progress, and to issue guidelines for further implementation of the recommendations. The meeting report is structured into sections on review and appraisal of achievements of the objectives, strategies to strengthen integration of population and each objective, review of current related policies in the member countries, and further recommendations. Each section follows the order of the 5 objectives or strategies: 1) institutional framework; 2) policy formulation and implementation; 3) population data and research; 4) training and manpower development; and 5) monitoring and evaluation. 10 abstracts of papers presented are appended. Hong Kong, Korea and Singapore are close to reaching their population goals of replacement fertility by 2000, but only 3 countries have met health goals of infant mortality

Selected Papers

Selected Papers
Author: Naciones Unidas Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Publisher:
Total Pages: 364
Release: 1984
Genre:
ISBN:

Population and Development

Population and Development
Author: United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Publisher: New York : United Nations
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003
Genre: Asia
ISBN: 9789211203615

This report contains background papers prepared for the fifth Asian and Pacific Population Conference, held in Bangkok in December 2002, organised by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific and the UN Population Fund, focusing on the links between population, poverty and development, fertility levels and trends, trends in population ageing and policy responses.