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Emerging issues of health and mortality in the Asian and Pacific region
(United Nations, 2005)
A collection of papers presented at the Fifth Asian and Pacific Conference held at Bangkok in 2002, with the main theme 'Population and Poverty in Asia and the Pacific'. It presents a summary of the situation in the region ...
Adolescent reproductive health in the Asian and Pacific region
(United Nations, 2001)
<p>This study first presents reproductive health issues of adolescents in the Asian and Pacific region based on demographic trends and other socio-economic factors that influence sexual behaviour among adolescents. Two ...
Population and development : selected issues
(United Nations, 2003)
The Asian and Pacific region is characterized by extreme diversity in terms of population and development. Various demographic, economic, sociocultural and political situations have influenced population policies and ...
Trends, patterns, and implications of rural-urban migration in India, Nepal, and Thailand
(United Nations, 1995)
<p>The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), at its forty-seventh session, in 1991, observed that “migration from rural to urban areas continued at a rapid pace in many countries of the ...
Added years of life in Asia : current situation and future challenges
(United Nations, 1996)
<p>This present volume consisting of this introductory chapter which provides a summary of the whole publication and eight chapters which draw heavily on and synthesize the major findings of these two earlier studies. It ...
Expert Group Meeting on Population, Environment and Sustainable Development : selected papers of the Pre-conference Seminar Fourth Asian and Pacific Population Conference, Jomtien, Thailand, 13-18 May 1991
(United Nations, 1994)
<p>The Fourth Asian and Pacific Population Conference, a ministerial level meeting, was organized jointly by ESCAP and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and hosted by the Government of Indonesia. Convened in Bali, ...
Urbanization and the status of women
(United Nations, 1994)
Urbanization and industrialization in the Asian and Pacific region have promoted the involvement of women in development. Females comprise increas? ing proportions of the number of migrants from rural to urban areas and ...
Accessibility of contraceptives : Philippines
(United Nations, 1991)
<p>Measures the accessibility of contraceptive services to the rural population of the Philippines. Notes the distance and time for the average rural woman to get to hospitals, clinics, and pharmacies where contraceptives ...
Population and environment dynamics, poverty and qulaity of life in countries of the ESCAP region
(United Nations, 1997)
<p>The implementation, by ESCAP, of the regional project, entitled “Population and environment dynamics, poverty and quality of life in Asia and the Pacific: country case studies and regional synthesis”, was ...
Levels and trends of fertility and their determinants for small geographic areas in the ESCAP region
(United Nations, 1997)
<p>Studies the dynamic of fertility change and its differentials in the light of changing socio-economic factors in nine participating countries. Participating countries analyse fertility correlates by carrying out ...