The purpose of the monographs is to provide a comprehensive picture of past, current and prospective population trends in the countries, and to provide basis for measuring such human needs as health services, housing, ...

<p>As part of the work programme of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), then known as the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East, approved at its twenty-seventh annual session of ...

The purpose of the monograph is to provide a comprehensive picture of past, current and prospective population trends in the countries, as well as a basis for measuring such human needs as health services, housing, education, ...

<p>Development planning is an attempt to co-ordinate decision making by setting quantitative targets which must be reached in a given period of time. It has become an essential and integral part of the development process ...

<p>An Expert Group Meeting on Population Projections was held at Bangkok, Thailand, from 30 September to 6 October 1975. It was organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) ...

<p>One of the special features of population growth in Pakistan, as in many other developing countries, is the high proportion of population below fifteen years of age, which is between 45 to 50 per cent. Thus a great part ...