Asia Pacific Population Policy

This volume brings together a range of contributions that provide contemporary regional science perspectives on population change and its socio-economic consequences in the Asia-Pacific region. This region accounts for close to two-thirds of the world’s population and is highly diverse in terms of key demographic indicators such as population size, growth, composition and distribution. The authors provide quantitative assessments, either descriptively or by means of modelling, of important demographic issues affecting this part of the world. The topics addressed include: broad demographic trends across the Asia-Pacific region and its sub-regions; assessment of population decline, urbanization and spatial distribution using cases from China, Colombia, Japan and Australia; migration and economic impacts in Australasia, Chile and Timor Leste; and the impacts of declining or low fertility and population ageing in China, India, Thailand, and across Asia. Given its scope, the book will appeal to all readers seeking to understand population change and impacts across the Asia-Pacific region, with a specific focus on sub-regional differences and dynamics.

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

This book argues that Asia's population aging and stagnation needs to be viewed through a multi-dimensional lens, serving as a useful resource for government workers, stakeholders, and scholars in sociology, demography, geography, and economics.--Adapted from dust jacket.