UNITED NATIONS POPULATION INFORMATION NETWORK (POPIN) UN Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, with support from the UN Population Fund (UNFPA)

UNFPA to Host Meeting of Economists

UNFPA to Host Meeting of Economists



How will slowing population growth help countries develop economically?  To 

answer that question and discuss the effects of rapid population growth on 

economic progress in developing countries, UNFPA will convene a Consultative 

Meeting of Economists on Population Growth and Economic Development from 28 

to 29 September 1992.



The meeting will re-focus attention on how population policies and 

programmes reap economic as well as social benefits.  The meeting will 

thoroughly review recent research on the subject, and examine general as 

well as specific findings on the economic effects of family planning 

programmes and sound national population policies. 



Prominent economists from around the world have been invited to participate 

in the two-day meeting, which will take place at UNFPA headquarters in New 

York.