Author: United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

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Published: 1988

Total Pages: 88

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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