Proceedings of professional meetings of general demographic concern, except for proceedings coded under the specific topic discussed and cross-referenced to this heading. Items about conferences are also classified under this heading.
65:41632 AbouZahr, C. Some
thoughts on ICPD+5. Bulletin of the World Health Organization,
Vol. 77, No. 9, 1999. 767-70 pp. Geneva, Switzerland. In Eng.
The
author "provides a commentary on the articles by Lush et al. and
Wheeler, which are published in this [issue] of the Bulletin, and gives
some background information about the International Conference on
Population and Development (ICPD), which was held in Cairo in
1994."
For the article by Lush et al. and Wheeler, see
elsewhere in this issue.
Correspondence: C. AbouZahr,
World Health Organization, Reproductive Health and Development, 1211
Geneva 27, Switzerland. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
65:41633 American Statistical Association
[ASA] (Alexandria, Virginia). 1998 proceedings of the
Section on Government Statistics and Section on Social Statistics.
ISBN 1-883276-76-4. [1998]. 248 pp. Alexandria, Virginia. In Eng.
These are the papers presented by the Sections on Government
Statistics and Social Statistics at the Annual Meeting of the American
Statistical Association, held in Dallas, Texas, August 9-13, 1998. A
selection of the sessions includes those on public policy using
statistics, the release of public-use microdata files, statistical
methodologies for the 2000 census, technical issues in statistical
disclosure limitation and computer security, restricting data and
restricting access procedures used by federal statistical agencies, a
statistical perspective on income inequality, improving user access to
data, social policy measurement issues, measuring the impact of welfare
reform, administrative records activities and issues, statistical
application in health policy research, and statistics for health,
disability, and evidence in court.
Selected items are cited
elsewhere in this issue of Population Index.
Correspondence:
American Statistical Association, 1429 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA
22314-3402. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
65:41634 Birg, H.; Flöthmann,
E.-J. Proceedings of the demographic symposium of the
Institute for Population Research and Social Policy, 1995.
[Abhandlungen des demographischen Symposions des Instituts für
Bevölkerungsforschung und Sozialpolitik 1995.] IBS-Materialien,
Vol. 40, ISBN 3-923340-34-6. 1996. ii, 253 pp. Universität
Bielefeld, Institut für Bevölkerungsforschung und
Sozialpolitik [IBS]: Bielefeld, Germany. In Ger.
This volume is a
collection of papers given at a demographic conference held in
Bielefeld, Germany, in 1995. The topics of the papers are as follows.
Growth of resource consumption and population--only limits and equal
distribution between the first and third world will ensure climatic and
environmental protection, by Wilfrid Bach; Institutional change and
population trends in the new German states, by Robby Finke and Harald
Michel; Trends in the European Union's labor force to the year 2020
assuming changing labor force participation, by Andreas Heigl; The
demographic transition in the developing countries--causes, specifics,
and consequences, by Parviz Khalatbari (cited elsewhere in this issue);
Population trends and socioeconomic structural change in Saxony-Anhalt,
by Georgia Kroll; Long-term prospectives on labor force trends in the
regions of Germany, by Steffen Maretzke; Links between mortality and
thermic elements of the atmosphere in Thuringia, by Wolfgang Mey and
Jens-Uwe Rehm; The systematics of demographic data on death events, by
Jürgen Schott; The origin of the German Actuaries' (DAV) life
table 1994R for social security--an example of demographic analysis in
insurance calculations, by Esther U. Schütz and Bodo Schmithals;
The influence of societal transformation on population trends in the
Slovak Republic, by Boris Vano; and Effects of employment on East
German fertility after unification, by James C. Witte and Gert G.
Wagner (in English).
Correspondence: Universität
Bielefeld, Institut für Bevölkerungsforschung und
Sozialpolitik, Postfach 100131, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
65:41635 Cairo Demographic Center (Cairo,
Egypt). CDC 25th annual seminar on population issues in
the Middle East, Africa and Asia. CDC Research Monograph Series,
No. 25, 1996. 946 pp. Cairo, Egypt. In Eng.
These are the
proceedings of the 1995 annual meeting organized by the Cairo
Demographic Center. The 31 papers, most of which are by Egyptian
scholars and about population issues in Egypt, are organized into six
parts: population and sustainable development, family planning,
education and the labor force, mortality and life tables, reproductive
health and family planning, and fertility. Papers on countries other
than Egypt include population polices and programs in Uganda; the
socioeconomic impact of demographic aging in the Asia-Pacific region;
female labor force participation, child nutrition, and fertility in
Sudan; mortality in Iraq; polygyny in Yemen; and fertility in
Indonesia.
Correspondence: Cairo Demographic Center, No. 78
Street No. 4, Mokattam 11571, Cairo, Egypt. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
65:41636 Germany. Bundesinstitut für
Bevölkerungsforschung (Wiesbaden, Germany). Lectures
from the meetings of the work group on demographic methods of the
German Society of Demographers, 1997. [Vorträge auf den
Tagungen des Arbeitskreises "Bevölkerungswissenschaftliche
Methoden" der Deutschen Gesellschaft für
Bevölkerungswissenschaft 1997.] Materialien zur
Bevölkerungswissenschaft, No. 90, 1999. 117 pp. Wiesbaden,
Germany. In Eng; Ger.
This volume contains six papers, five of
which are in German and one in English, presented at the semi-annual
meeting of the German Society of Demographers' work group on
demographic methods, held in Kiedrich, Germany, on October 9 and 10,
1997. The general topic is demographic trends in Eastern Europe. The
papers are as follows. Up-to-date analysis of demographic trends--the
Calot method, by Karla Gärtner; Changing living
arrangements--living arrangements of unmarried people and their
households. Application of the LIPRO program, by Gert Hullen; Russia
over five years--demographic trends and population policy, by Bernd
Knabe; Marriage and birth trends of female doctors in Hesse and Saxony,
Germany, from the 1930-1935 cohort, by Konstanze Kühn; Integration
and segregation by religion and nationality in Germany and Switzerland,
by Jürgen Mimkes; and The statistical error in estimating average
life expectancy, by Jürgen Schott.
Correspondence:
Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung,
Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 4, Postfach 5528, 65180 Wiesbaden, Germany.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
65:41637 Klitsch, Michael. The
bumpy road from Cairo to now--and beyond. International Family
Planning Perspectives, Vol. 25, No. 4, Dec 1999. 196-9, 213 pp. New
York, New York. In Eng. with sum. in Spa; Fre.
The author describes
the process of implementing recommendations, with their emphasis on
reproductive health, drawn up at the 1994 International Conference on
Population and Development in Cairo to the final unanimous adoption by
the United Nations of the 1999 document entitled Key Actions for the
Further Implementation of the ICPD. The author outlines the process
from the initial preparations for an evaluation of the implementation
of the Cairo Programme of Action to the first formal international
meetings related to the evaluation in the Hague in 1999, and the
further negotiations of the reports by country
representatives.
Correspondence: M. Klitsch, Alan
Guttmacher Institute, International Family Planning Perspectives, 120
Wall Street, New York, NY 10005. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
65:41638 Rao, K. Vaninadha.
Studies in applied demography: proceedings of the 5th International
Conference on Applied Demography, 1994. ISBN 0-944244-03-3. 1996.
viii, 463 pp. Bowling Green State University, Department of Sociology,
Population and Society Research Center: Bowling Green, Ohio. In Eng.
"This volume contains selected papers presented at the Fifth
International Conference on Applied Demography, held at Bowling Green
in September 1994.... The first section discusses issues related to
data, its availability in various formats, and measurement.... The
second section...presents several papers dealing with population
projections, and estimation issues.... The third section...is devoted
to business applications.... The fourth section...consists of papers
with specific focus on India.... The fifth section on GIS consists of
[one] paper.... The sixth section...contains several papers dealing
with policy and one paper on legal demography."
Selected items
are cited elsewhere in this issue of Population
Index.
Correspondence: Bowling Green State University,
Department of Sociology, Population and Society Research Center,
Williams Hall, Bowling Green, OH 43403. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
65:41639 United Nations. Department of
Economic and Social Affairs. Population Division (New York, New
York). Review and appraisal of the progress made in
achieving the goals and objectives of the Programme of Action of the
International Conference on Population and Development: 1999
Report. No. ST/ESA/SER.A/182, Pub. Order No. E.99.XIII.16. ISBN
92-1-151339-1. 1999. viii, 100 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
"The publication has two parts. The first part presents
the...report of the [UN] Secretary-General providing a review and
appraisal of the progress made in achieving the goals and objectives of
the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population
and Development; and offers an overall assessment of the following
issues: population trends; population growth, structure and
distribution; reproductive rights and reproductive health; health and
mortality; international migration; and population programmes and
resources.... The second part presents `Key actions for the further
implementation of the Programme of Acton of the International
Conference on Population and Development'.... The set of key actions
are organized under five substantive headings, namely, population and
development concerns; gender equality, equity and empowerment of women;
reproductive rights and reproductive health; partnerships and
collaborations; and mobilizing resources."
Correspondence:
UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division,
DC2 1950, United Nations, New York, NY 10017. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
65:41640 United Nations. Economic Commission
for Europe (Geneva, Switzerland); United Nations Population Fund
[UNFPA] (New York, New York); Council of Europe (Strasbourg, France);
Hungary. Központi Statisztikai Hivatal (Budapest,
Hungary). Population in Europe and North America on the
eve of the millennium: dynamics and policy responses. Regional
population meeting, 7-9 December 1998, Budapest, Hungary. Pub.
Order No. E.99.II.E.16. ISBN 92-1-116718-3. 1999. vi, 284 pp. Geneva,
Switzerland. In Eng; Rus.
This publication represents a part of the
documentation prepared for a meeting held in Budapest in December 1998
as part of the follow-up to the 1994 Cairo International Conference on
Population and Development. The primary focus is on Europe, but there
are reports included on Kazakhstan, Russia, the Ukraine, and the United
States. Part I examines population and development issues in general,
including fertility, family, and gender issues; reproductive rights,
sexual, and reproductive health; mortality and health; population
aging; international migration; international cooperation; and data
collection and research. Part II presents national reports (in Russian
or English) from the participating countries. There are three
appendixes, which present a report of the meeting, summarize the
meeting's conclusions, and outline some research areas of particular
concern.
Correspondence: UN Economic Commission for Europe,
Palais des Nations, 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
