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Population and development
Over the past decade population issues have been increasingly recognized as a fundamental element of development planning and that to be realistic development activities must reflect the inextricable links between population and development.
Repositioning population research and policy in Asia: New issues and new opportunities
Youth statement at the sixth Asian and Pacific Population Conference, Bangkok, 16-20 September 2013
The aging of China’s population: Perspectives and implications
Since the late 1970s China has been making strong efforts to accelerate the pace of modernization. Because the Chinese Government considers poor economic development and rapid population growth to be the main obstacles to modernization it has emphasised both of those aspects.
Access of older persons to health insurance and health-care services in viet nam: current state and policy options
Population and status of women
Women are not accorded equal status with men in practically all countries of the world. Compared with men women have very limited opportunities in most spheres of economic and social activities (Sadik 1986; Curtin 1982). However there is a close association between various aspects of women’s status or position in society and demographic patterns of fertility mortality and migration. This association is shown to be more pronounced with regard to fertility and the social processes associated with it (United Nations 1975).
The fertility of Korean minority women in China: 1950-1985
Between the time of the second and third population censuses of China (1964-1982) the annual growth rate of the Chinese population averaged 2.1 per cent. The annual growth rate of the Han majority was 2.0 per cent; the growth rates for all other ethinc groups were higher than the national average except for the Korean minority whose average annual growth rate was 1.5 per cent.
The Economic Impact of Migration in the Russian Federation: Taxation of Migrant Workers
The article contains an outline of migration and taxation in the Russian Federation. The characteristics of migration the legal and regulatory situation of migrant workers with regard to taxation actual practices in this regard and the steps required to bridge the gap between potential tax payments from migrants and actual taxation practices are considered. Attention is paid to the reasons for irregular migration and informal employment from the points of view of both employers and migrant workers. Finally overall conclusions and policy recommendations are provided for improving the situation and decreasing irregular migration and tax underpayment.
The strategies, experiences and future challenges of the information component in the Indonesian family planning programme
A detailed description of Indonesia’s efforts in the development of information for family planning requires a review of the history of the family planning programme and its information education and communication (IEC) component especially since the introduction of new activities such as “social marketing”
Remittances in North and Central Asian Countries: Enhancing Development Potential
The article addresses the impacts of remittances in recipient countries in North and Central Asia noting the high level of dependence of many countries of the subregion on remittances. While remittances are found to produce positive short-term benefits related to the reduction of transitory poverty they also can contribute to negative impacts such as “Dutch Disease” dollarization public and private moral hazard. Few recipients make use of formal means of saving remittances due to the lack of dedicated remittance-backed products low levels of development of and trust in the financial sector and lack of financial literacy among recipients of remittances. Measures to address this situation are proposed and assessed for their relevance to countries of the subregion.
Population in the 1990s
Developments in the field of population in the Asian and Pacific region have passed through three distinct evolutionary stages over the last three decades. The 1960s was a period of awareness of population problems and development of experimental family planning programmes to counteract the rapid population growth apparent in many countries. The 1970s witnessed further development in national family planning programmes as a result of the adoption of population policies to curb population growth and to solve other related problems.
Women’s work and family size in rural thailand
One of the potential benefits of family planning programmes in developing countries is that limiting family size can increase women’s ability to participate in productive activities which in turn can contribute to the economic wellbeing of the family. This argument is based on the assumption that reproductive and productive activities compete for a woman’s limited time and hence women with a small number of children to rear are able to engage more in economic activities than those with larger numbers of children. Thus the prevalence of small families should be desirable to both the families and the Government. Despite this however little is known about the impact of reduced family size on women’s participation in the labour force.
Changing family sizes, structures and functions in Asia
Breast-feeding and weaning practices in India
Recently considerable importance is being given to the study of breastfeeding practices in different settings in developing and developed countries. Breast-feeding is important particularly in developing countries because of its relationship with child health and birth spacing. It is well documented that mother’s milk is the best food for the newborn child and it has a significant impact on reducing mortality in infants. Apart from these benefits breast-feeding also plays an equally important role in controlling fertility in developing countries.
On the industrialization of small towns in Pakistan
Various types of disturbances in Pakistan’s large cities c luring last three years or so have raised many questions about the future. Although administrators are currently taking steps to forestall similar mishaps in the future industrialists and businessmen are worried about the colossal loss of manhours and production. In addition demographers and social planners are questioning the wisdom of allowing large cities to grow to uncontrollable dimensions.
Population and environment in the hills of Nepal
The ecological zones in Nepal known as hills and mountains which comprise three fourths of the country’s territory and contain 56 per cent of its population are suffering from increasing environmental hazards notably deforestation soil erosion landslides flash-floods and desertification (NPC 1985 p. 200).
Impact of Remittance Outflows on Sending Economies: The Case of the Russian Federation
The literature on remittance flows has relatively little information on the impacts of remittance outflows on countries. The Russian Federation consistently ranks among the top remittance senders in the world however the Russian case remains a largely unstudied area. This article addresses this gap. The findings show that remittance outflows are still very small compared with GDP and that the Russian economy will continue to need foreign labour. So-called push factors in neighbouring countries will also continue to make the Russian Federation an attractive workplace for foreign workers. The authors encourage the Government of the Russian Federation to take pre-emptive measures for both political and economic reasons such as offering more investment opportunities for expatriate workers.
The population dilemma
Because humankind is on the threshold of the twenty-first century there is considerable speculation about what the future will look like. It is evident that not only will the population continue to grow rapidly in the future but technological innovations and inventions will also multiply rapidly. Indeed it appears as if population and technology rely on one another for their sustenance and growth.
Abstracts
Sustainable development
The link between population and sustainable development was the focus of an address by Mr. Tatsuro Kunugi Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to the Academy of Social Sciences and Management at Sofia Bulgaria on 17 March 1989.