by United Nations, New York, 1995, 243 pages.
The project on trends, patterns and implications of rural-urban migration in the ESCAP region was formulated by ESCAP and funded by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). The major purpose of the project was to conduct detailed analysis of rural-urban migration, based on results of the 1990-1991 round of population census.
As the initial activity of the project, ESCAP organized the Expert Group Meeting on Trends, Patterns and Implications of Rural-Urban Migration, at Bangkok in November 1992. That meeting reviewed current knowledge concerning rural-to-urban migration in the region, examined the sources of data available for in-depth studies, and agreed upon a tentative outline for country studies. Under the aegis of the project, the detailed studies contained in this volume were completed for India, Nepal and Thailand. A similar study in Malaysia has been delayed, pending release of 1991 census data on migration. The Malaysia study is expected to be published in a separate volume.
Recent trends in international migration in Asia (Asian Population Studies Series No. 137)
by Pongsapick, Amara, United Nations, New York, 1995, 56 pages.
This study was commissioned to review the major recent trends in international migration in Asia and the suggested policy recommendations. The study focusses on international migration of the last two decades composed mostly of non-settlers and non-political migrants. The study discusses males and females separately as most male migrants are construction labourers of different skills whereas most female migrants work in the service sector as housemaids and entertainers.
The study concluded that more concrete policies are needed to help improve the work status of international migrants. Cooperation between the sending and receiving countries would lead to more desirable labour exchange relations where workers rights and employers' benefits are incorporated for mutual improvement of overall labour relations.
Developments in demographic training and research projects: aspects of technical cooperation
by United Nations, New York, 1995, 63 pages.
The present volume on programme of technical cooperation in population deals with substantive aspects with respect to the development, formulation, implementation and evaluation of projects, and the formulation of new strategies. It provides substantive support services for United Nations intercountry and country projects in population training, demographic analysis, population policies and such new dimension activities as the promotion of technical cooperation among developing countries in the field of population and women's role in population programmes. In the fulfilment of those tasks and with the general objective of assisting governments on the implementation of the World Population Plan of Action, adopted at the World Population Conference in Bucharest in 1974, and reinforced at the United Nations International Conference on Population held at Mexico City in 1984, the population programme of technical cooperation in population is divided into three main subgroups: (a) support for population training; (b) support for national research on population dynamics; and (c) support for national population policy programmes and offices and the integration of population into national development plans and programmes.
Women's education and fertility behaviour: recent evidence from the Demographic Health
Surveys
by United Nations, Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, New York, United Nations, 1995, 113 pages.
This present study is part of an ongoing research programme concerned with the linkages between women's status and fertility. Among the various dimensions of women's status, education deserves special attention, since it largely conditions the quality of women's lives and is highly susceptible to improvement through policy intervention. Although women's education should be promoted primarily on human rights and social justice grounds, it is widely recognized as one of the most promising catalyst of sustained fertility decline. Knowledge on the causal linkages between education and fertility can hence serve as a valuable policy instrument in the context of development planning.
Meeting of the Non-Governmental Organization Advisory Committee at UNFPA, 12-13 April
1995: Technical report
by United Nations Population Fund, New York, 1995, various pagination.
This report summarizes the presentations, discussions and recommendations that emerged from the two-day meeting. This is the first meeting of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Advisory Committee which took place in New York from 12 to 13 April 1995. The newly established committee extends the long tradition of UNFPA cooperation with NGOs and attests to the importance of UNFPA attaches to strengthening NGO collaboration in implementing the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) held at Cairo in September 1994. Participants came from both national and international NGOs, and many had been actively involved in ICPD preparatory activities and the Conference itself.