52:20680 Bell, David
E. Population policy: choices for the United States.
Center for Population Studies Discussion Paper, No. 86-1, Mar 1986. 24
pp. Harvard University, Center for Population Studies: Cambridge,
Massachusetts. In Eng.
"The paper identifies a few elements of
world population change that are of high importance to the United
States, selects two policy issues for discussion (what should be the
U.S. policy toward rapid population growth in the Third World, and what
should be our policy toward slow population growth in the
industrialized countries), and addresses for those issues questions of
what our interests are, what our objectives ought to be, and how we
might achieve them. Principal emphasis is placed on what appear to the
author to be major areas of consensus among informed views of the
subject."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20681 Benzine,
Mustapha. The demographic question in Algeria: recent
approaches and perspectives. [La question demographique en
Algerie: approche recente et perspectives.] In: Actes du colloque: la
question demographique dans le monde arabe. Tunis 21-25 novembre 1983.
Revue Tunisienne de Sciences Sociales, Vol. 21, No. 76-79, 1984. 15-20
pp. Tunis, Tunisia. In Fre.
Changes in official attitudes in
Algeria toward the relevance of population issues in development
planning from the 1960s to the present are described. The author notes
renewed concern with population issues in the
1980s.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20682 Centro
Peruano de Investigacion Aplicada (Lima, Peru). Integrated
action concerning population policies. [Accion integrada de
politicas de poblacion.] LC 85-188883. 1985. 89 pp. Lima, Peru. In Spa.
This report is one of the products of a seminar on the projected
population in Peru in the year 2050 held in 1983. It is primarily
aimed at summarizing some of the deliberations of that seminar for the
benefit of those responsible for national policy making. The papers,
by various authors, cover topics such as the role of family planning;
population policy; the role of private organizations in population
matters; attitudes of the Peruvian elite to population questions; the
Catholic church and population policy; Peruvian demographic research;
the law, family, and population; and means of communication with regard
to population policy.
Location: U.S. Library of Congress,
Washington, D.C.
52:20683 Demeny,
Paul. Bucharest, Mexico City, and beyond. European
Journal of Population/Revue Europeenne de Demographie, Vol. 1, No. 2-3,
Jul 1985. 131-9 pp. Amsterdam, Netherlands. In Eng.
The author
examines the world population conferences held in Bucharest, Romania,
in 1974, and in Mexico City in 1984, and their impact on population
policies and programs around the world. In particular, he reviews the
World Population Plan of Action and suggests that the reason for its
limited impact on government actions is related to its failure to set
priorities and to take into account the process of policy formulation
and implementation.
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
52:20684 Freedman,
Ronald. Policy options after the demographic transition:
the case of Taiwan. Population and Development Review, Vol. 12,
No. 1, Mar 1986. 77-100, 167-9 pp. New York, New York. In Eng. with
sum. in Fre; Spa.
The policy options open to a developing country
that has completed the demographic transition are examined using the
example of Taiwan. The author suggests that "now that Taiwan has
attained universal contraceptive practice, a net reproduction rate of
1.0, and low mortality rates, the central concerns of population policy
are likely to shift from fertility and family planning to other issues.
After setting forth a range of plausible population projections, this
paper considers policy options related to population growth, the family
planning program, projected changes in the age structure, population
distribution, and the status of women."
The positive contributions
to social welfare that the persistence of traditional family
relationships can make are noted. "Linkage of emerging health and
welfare institutions to aspects of the Chinese family is proposed as a
way to avoid some of the impersonal aspects of the Western system, and
to avoid the staggering costs the West now faces in expenditures for
the old. Transferability of the Taiwan experience is considered in the
final section."
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
52:20685 Gould, W.
T. S.; Lawton, R. Planning for population change.
ISBN 0-389-20606-7. LC 85-26828. 1986. 214 pp. Barnes and Noble Books:
Totowa, New Jersey. In Eng.
This book is a collection of papers by
various authors dealing with the impact of population change on
policy-making processes. "It is concerned...with the consequences of
population change for present and future social and economic policy
towards such questions as employment, educational provision and health
care, as well as the spatial and temporal variations in demand which
arise from both demographic and geographical differences between and
within different cultural and socio-economic groups, whether at the
global scale--such as between core and peripheral areas of Europe--or
in different localities such as town and country or within different
districts of cities."
Papers are included on the labor force and
employment in Western Europe and in the third world, demographic change
and social provision in Western Europe, service provision in the third
world, planning for health care provision in Britain, health policies
in the third world, education provision and demographic change in
England and Wales, and population analysis for the planning of primary
schools in the third world. A summary chapter is also
included.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20686 Hauser,
Philip M. Changing perspectives on population.
Populi, Vol. 12, No. 4, 1985. 32-7 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
The author reviews changing perceptions of population issues since
the 1940s. He describes the role of the United Nations in increasing
worldwide awareness of population problems and emphasizes the need to
integrate population policy with socioeconomic policies and programs.
He notes that improved demographic data and increased awareness of
population problems have had a significant impact on fertility levels
and population growth in the third world, and adds that continued work
is needed.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20687 Henderson,
Julia. The UN and population NGOs. Populi, Vol. 12,
No. 4, 1985. 22-31 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
The author
offers a history of the role of private and nongovernmental
organizations (NGOs) in the field of population issues and describes
the relationship between the United Nations organizations and the NGOs.
The work of specialized organizations concerned with international and
national population policies and programs is
discussed.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20688 Jamias,
Eugenia G. The Philippine Population Program: an
overview. Philippine Population Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1, Mar 1985.
8-13 pp. Manila, Philippines. In Eng.
A brief overview of the
population program that has been functioning in the Philippines since
1970 is presented. The basic principles underlying the program are
summarized, and information is provided on sources of funding,
achievements to date, and future targets.
Location: Johns
Hopkins University, Population Information Program, Baltimore, Md.
52:20689 Johnson,
Stanley. The growth of population assistance. Populi,
Vol. 12, No. 4, 1985. 38-52 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
A
former member of the European Parliament offers his observations on the
growth of population assistance in the past 40 years as it relates to
the leadership and involvement of the United Nations. The increasing
number of developing countries on the U.N. membership roll is seen as
the largest single factor leading to the work of the United Nations in
this area. The activities of three world population conferences are
also reviewed.
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
52:20690 Mera,
Koichi. Population stabilization and national spatial
policy of public investment: the Japanese experience.
International Regional Science Review, Vol. 10, No. 1, Apr 1986. 47-65
pp. Morgantown, West Virginia. In Eng.
"This paper presents a new
method that can be used to reveal the policy objectives with which
actual public investment decisions are consistent. Japanese regional
investment expenditures from 1958 to 1978 are analyzed, and the
dominant policies in effect during this period are identified using
this method. A connection between Japanese regional public investment
policies and the convergence of population growth across regions is
suggested." The suitability of redistributive investment policies as a
mechanism for the spatial stabilization of other populations
experiencing rapid economic growth is noted.
Location:
Princeton University Library (UES).
52:20691 Salas,
Rafael M. Population assistance is here to stay.
Populi, Vol. 12, No. 4, 1985. 4-14 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
The author, currently the Executive Director of the United Nations
Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA), chronicles events in the 1960s,
particularly in developing countries, that led to the creation of this
agency. He also discusses how the focus of population assistance has
changed to include an emphasis on aspects of human welfare and the need
to treat population issues and socioeconomic factors at the same time.
The current status of the UNFPA is outlined, with particular attention
to the changing role of the United States.
It is concluded that
current population trends and the desire of developing countries for
economic growth have led to the acceptance of government involvement in
population programs and that bilateral and multilateral assistance for
population activities will continue to increase.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20692 Srikantan,
K. Sivaswamy. Seminar on the use of demographic knowledge
for policy formulation, implementation and evaluation: the case of
South, East and South-east Asia. An overview. IUSSP Reprints
Series, No. 9, [1985?]. [26] pp. International Union for the Scientific
Study of Population [IUSSP]: Liege, Belgium. In Eng.
This is a
report on an IUSSP seminar on the use of demographic knowledge for
policy formulation, implementation, and evaluation in Asia, held in
Bombay, India, January 24-28, 1985. The seminar involved case studies
for Bangladesh, India, the Republic of Korea, and Malaysia. The report
includes a discussion of the analytical framework and of the experience
of developed countries. The general focus is on policies designed to
reduce fertility.
This paper was previously published in the IUSSP
Newsletter (Liege, Belgium), No. 25, Sep-Dec 1985, pp.
71-96.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20693 United
Nations. Department of International Economic and Social Affairs (New
York, New York). Policy relevance of findings of the World
Fertility Survey for developing countries. No. ST/ESA/SER.R/59,
1986. vi, 160 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
The policy relevance
of the findings from the World Fertility Survey (WFS) for developing
countries is considered using data from the 38 countries for which
first country reports were available in the middle of 1984 and from
other analytical studies using WFS data. Among the topics discussed are
the encouragement of education for girls up to 17 or 18, deferring
marriage until the same age, emphasizing birth spacing as well as birth
limitation, promotion of the small family norm, adapting family
planning programs to local cultures, and promoting female
employment.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20694 United
Nations. Department of International Economic and Social Affairs.
Population Division (New York, New York); United Nations Fund for
Population Activities [UNFPA] (New York, New York).
Population policy compendium: Algeria. [1985?]. 7, [1] pp.
New York, New York. In Eng.
This report presents information on
population policy and basic demographic data for Algeria in a standard
format to permit a rapid comparison among countries. The text
elaborates on governmental perceptions of demographic problems as well
as on the actual policies and measures adopted.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20695 United
Nations. Department of International Economic and Social Affairs.
Population Division (New York, New York); United Nations Fund for
Population Activities [UNFPA] (New York, New York).
Population policy compendium: Guatemala. [1985?]. 6 pp. New
York, New York. In Eng.
This report presents information on
population policy and basic demographic data for Guatemala in a
standard format to permit a rapid comparison among countries. The text
elaborates on governmental perceptions of demographic problems as well
as on the actual policies and measures adopted.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20696 United
Nations. Department of International Economic and Social Affairs.
Population Division (New York, New York); United Nations Fund for
Population Activities [UNFPA] (New York, New York).
Population policy compendium: Ivory Coast. [1985?]. 7 pp. New
York, New York. In Eng.
This report presents information on
population policy and basic demographic data for Ivory Coast in a
standard format to permit a rapid comparison among countries. The text
elaborates on governmental perceptions of demographic problems as well
as on the actual policies and measures adopted.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20697 United
Nations. Department of International Economic and Social Affairs.
Population Division (New York, New York); United Nations Fund for
Population Activities [UNFPA] (New York, New York).
Population policy compendium: Kenya. [1985?]. 6, [1] pp. New
York, New York. In Eng.
This report presents information on
population policy and basic demographic data for Kenya in a standard
format to permit a rapid comparison among countries. The text
elaborates on governmental perceptions of demographic problems as well
as on the actual policies and measures adopted.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20698 United
Nations. Department of International Economic and Social Affairs.
Population Division (New York, New York); United Nations Fund for
Population Activities [UNFPA] (New York, New York).
Population policy compendium: Nicaragua. [1985?]. 6 pp. New
York, New York. In Eng.
This report presents information on
population policy and basic demographic data for Nicaragua in a
standard format to permit a rapid comparison among countries. The text
elaborates on governmental perceptions of demographic problems as well
as on the actual policies and measures adopted.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20699 United
Nations. Department of International Economic and Social Affairs.
Population Division (New York, New York); United Nations Fund for
Population Activities [UNFPA] (New York, New York).
Population policy compendium: People's Democratic Republic of
Yemen. [1985?]. 7, [1] pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
This
report presents information on population policy and basic demographic
data for Democratic Yemen in a standard format to permit a rapid
comparison among countries. The text elaborates on governmental
perceptions of demographic problems as well as on the actual policies
and measures adopted.
Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
52:20700 United
Nations. Department of International Economic and Social Affairs.
Population Division (New York, New York); United Nations Fund for
Population Activities [UNFPA] (New York, New York).
Population policy compendium: Uganda. [1985?]. 7, [1] pp. New
York, New York. In Eng.
This report presents information on
population policy and basic demographic data for Uganda in a standard
format to permit a rapid comparison among countries. The text
elaborates on governmental perceptions of demographic problems as well
as on the actual policies and measures adopted.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20701 United
Nations. Department of International Economic and Social Affairs.
Population Division (New York, New York); United Nations Fund for
Population Activities [UNFPA] (New York, New York).
Population policy compendium: Yemen Arab Republic. [1985?]. 7
pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
This report presents information on
population policy and basic demographic data for Yemen in a standard
format to permit a rapid comparison among countries. The text
elaborates on governmental perceptions of demographic problems as well
as on the actual policies and measures adopted.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20702
Wasilewska-Trenkner, Halina; Witkowski, Janusz. On
population policy in Poland. [O polityce ludnosciowej w Polsce.]
Studia Demograficzne, No. 4/82, 1985. 33-50 pp. Warsaw, Poland. In Pol.
with sum. in Eng; Rus.
The authors review population policy
measures adopted in Poland since World War II, including social policy
measures that have had a demographic impact. They conclude that the
measures adopted did not often affect demographic trends in the manner
intended and that demographic differences within the country have
widened over time. They also consider whether there is in fact a need
for a population policy in Poland and if so, what its main features
should be.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20703 Mosher,
Steven W. Human rights in the new China. Society,
Vol. 23, No. 2, Jan-Feb 1986. 28-35 pp. New Brunswick, New Jersey. In
Eng.
The author maintains that China "presents the world's most
serious long-term human rights problem." Amongst other examples, he
gives examples of human rights abuses carried out during the course of
the campaign to reduce the rate of population growth. These alleged
abuses include forced induced abortion and female
infanticide.
Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
52:20704 Robey,
Bryant. Sons and daughters in China. Asian and
Pacific Census Forum, Vol. 12, No. 2, Nov 1985. 1-5 pp. Honolulu,
Hawaii. In Eng.
The author describes the demographic impact of
China's one-child policy, with particular attention given to evidence
of sex preference. The information summarized is primarily from papers
presented at the International Symposium on China's 1-in-1,000 National
Fertility Sample Survey held in Beijing, October 14-18, 1985.
Data
collected during the 1982 fertility survey are presented to show
proportions of couples accepting a one-child certificate, proportions
of couples renouncing the certificate by having a second child, and
proportions of couples using contraception, according to the sex of the
first child. Research findings concerning parity progression ratios
and sex of children are also summarized. The author concludes that
"while son preference still persists in China today, it is less likely
than one might expect to be a major barrier to the success of the
family planning program....The use of contraception would increase only
marginally even if son preference somehow were completely eliminated in
China."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20705 Tien, H.
Yuan. As China's one-two fertility debate turns.
Population Today, Vol. 14, No. 4, Apr 1986. 6-9 pp. Washington, D.C. In
Eng.
The author summarizes the debate concerning possible changes
in China's population policies, with reference to discussions held at
the Fourth National Conference of the Chinese Demographic Society in
1985. Proposed plans to find an alternative to the one-child policy are
outlined. The author believes that future trends will include birth
spacing at stipulated intervals for families who wish to have a second
child.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
52:20706 Wolf,
Arthur P. The preeminent role of government intervention
in China's family revolution. Population and Development Review,
Vol. 12, No. 1, Mar 1986. 101-16, 167, 169 pp. New York, New York. In
Eng. with sum. in Fre; Spa.
"This article argues that government
policy on birth control is the preeminent cause of the family
revolution in China, characterized chiefly by the trend toward later
marriage, lower fertility, and smaller household size. Contrary to the
expectations of the modernization thesis, which would attribute these
changes in the Chinese family largely to the influence of
industrialization and urbanization, the author argues that they are
chiefly the outcome of direct government intervention."
Data are
from interviews conducted by the author in seven widely separated
collectives in 1980-1981.
Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
52:20707 Conde,
Julien. South-north international migrations. The
development of immigration laws and regulations in OECD Member
countries up to 1981. Development Centre Papers, Pub. Order No.
36.070. Apr 1986. 43 pp. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development [OECD], Development Centre: Paris, France. In Eng.
The
author presents an overview of migration policies in member countries
of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in
1981. Among the aspects of international migration addressed by these
laws are entry, residence permits, work permits, return migration,
family reunification, social services and aid to immigrants,
assimilation and naturalization, and refugees. A summary note and
tables provide data from a variety of published sources concerning
international migration involving OECD countries and trends in its
regulation. This publication is also available in French.
Separate
documents summarizing the current situation and trends in immigration
laws in 23 member countries are available in French from the OECD
Development Centre.
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
52:20708 Lowell, B.
Lindsay; Bean, Frank D.; de la Garza, Rodolfo O. The
dilemmas of undocumented immigration: an analysis of the 1984
Simpson-Mazzoli vote. Social Science Quarterly, Vol. 67, No. 1,
Mar 1986. 118-27 pp. Austin, Texas. In Eng.
"This paper examined
factors associated with whether or not members of the U.S. House of
Representatives voted for or against the 1984 Simpson-Mazzoli bill.
Congresspersons from more Hispanic districts were more likely to vote
no on the bill, and more senior representatives and those from more
Republican districts were more likely to vote yes. Being from a
'Sunbelt' (especially southwestern) state was also associated with
opposition to the legislation. The pattern of voting suggests the
operation of factors having little to do with the actual threat of
undocumented immigration."
The authors conclude that "in those
districts where real world referents for the problem least existed and
where the deleterious impact of illegals has scarcely been felt, the
voting of representatives may have been affected by ethnic, cultural,
and regional prejudices as much as by other
factors...."
Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
52:20709 Taylor, J.
Edward. Selectivity of undocumented Mexico-U.S. migrants
and implications for U.S. immigration reform. Impacts of
Immigration in California Policy Discussion Paper, No. PDS-85-4, Dec
1985. 44 pp. Urban Institute: Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"This paper
explores what types of undocumented Mexico-U.S. migrants and migrant
households are likely to be most influenced by changes in U.S.
immigration laws. The first part of the paper draws from existing
empirical studies to examine the motives for illegal Mexico-U.S.
migration and their implications for migrant selectivity. In the
second part, a multinomial logit technique is utilized to isolate the
characteristics that distinguish undocumented Mexico-U.S. migrants from
Mexican internal migrants and nonmigrants in a 1982 sample of rural
Mexican households."
It is found that "on average, undocumented
Mexico-U.S. migrants are from households in Mexico with strong economic
motives for sending migrants to the United States but which can afford,
or else control, the risks and costs associated with illegal
Mexico-U.S. migration. Undocumented migrants who appear most
vulnerable to changes in U.S. immigration policy include individuals
who lack the resources or else the incentive to withstand an increase
in the risks and costs of working illegally in the United
States."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
