Population Division - 2002

Expert group meeting on completing the fertility transition

MSTOCKTO — Fri, 03 May 2019 18:39:00 +0000

Monday, 11 March 2002 - 10:00am to Thursday, 14 March 2002 - 6:00pm

Overview

The Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) organized an expert group meeting on completing the fertility transition. The meeting took place at the United Nations in New York from 11 to 14 March 2002.

The meeting discussed assumptions for future levels of fertility, to be applied by the Division in its population projections for countries with intermediate levels of fertility, that is, countries where current fertility levels range between 2.1 and 5 children per woman. Until recently, the Division assumed that total fertility levels in intermediate-fertility countries would not fall below replacement level (2.1 children per woman) by 2050. However, this assumption has become less tenable as fertility levels in a growing number of developing and developed countries have fallen to, and remained, well below replacement.

Participants proposed that fertility in intermediate-fertility countries could decline to 1.85 children per woman by 2050. This assumption will have a momentous impact, both because of the large population of the intermediate-fertility countries (43 per cent of world population in 2000), and because of the many implications of sustained below-replacement fertility.

Documents

Organization of work

Monday, 11 March 2002
Morning	I. Opening of the meeting II. Keynote address
Afternoon	III. Global issues impacting the fertility transition
Tuesday, 12 March 2002
Morning	IV. Levels, trends and determinants of fertility
Afternoon	V. National policies and programmes
Wednesday, 13 March 2002
Morning	VI. Future expectations for fertility
Afternoon	VII. Reflections by eminent persons
Thursday, 14 March 2002
Morning	VIII. Back to the Future: Proposed United Nations assumptions
Afternoon	IX. Rapporteur’s overview X. Conclusion XI. Closing of the Meeting

Background papers

Population Division. The future of fertility in intermediate-fertility countries
John Caldwell. The contemporary population challenge
Jason Finkle. Impact of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development
S. W. Sinding. The role of international funding in future fertility declines among intermediate-fertility countries
M. E. Cosio-Zavala. Examining changes in the status of women and gender as predictors of fertility.change issues in intermediate-fertility
S. Gregson, B. Zaba and S. Hunter. The impact of HIV-1 on fertility in sub-Saharan Africa: causes.and consequences
Population Division. Fertility levels and trends in countries with intermediate levels of fertility
Thérèse Locoh. ��ҹ��s familiales et evolutions de la fecondite dans les pays a fecondite intermediaire d'Afrique de l'ouest
John Cleland. Education and future fertility trends, with special reference to mid-transitional countries,
Lin Lean Lim. Female labour-force participation
Population Division. Views and policies concerning population growth and fertility among governments.in intermediate-fertility countries
John Ross. Effort measures for family planning action programs: past trends and future prospects
John Bongaarts. The end of the fertility transition in the developing world
Jean-Pierre Guengant. The proximate determinants during the fertility transition,

Country papers

Edith Alejandra Pantelides. Completing the fertility transition: the case of Argentina
M. Rahman, J. DaVanzo and A. Razzaque. When will Bangladesh reach replacement-level fertility? The role of education and family planning services
Ana Maria Goldani. What will happen to Brazilian fertility?
P. N. Mari Bhat. India's changing dates with replacement fertility: a review of recent fertility trends and future prospects
Tim Dyson. On the future of human fertility in India
Terry H. Hull. Caught in transit: Questions about the future of Indonesian fertility,
Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi. Recent changes and the future of fertility in Iran
Dov Friedlander. Fertility in Israel: is the transition to replacement level in sight?
Riad Tabbarah. Completing the fertility transition: Jordan, Lebanon and Syria
John Blacker. Kenya's fertility transition: how low will it go?
Youssef Courbage. Sur les pas de l'Europe du sud: la fecondite au Maghreb
Rodolfo Tuiran, Virgilio Partida, Octavio Mojarro and Elena Zúñiga. Fertility in Mexico: trends and forecast
Bamikale J. Feyisetan and Akinrinola Bankole. Fertility transition in Nigeria: trends and prospect
Marilou Palabrica-Costello and John B. Casterline. Fertility decline in the Philippines: current status, future prospects
Leon Swartz. Fertility transition in South Africa and its implications on the four major population groups
Alaka Malwade Basu. On the prospects for endless fertility decline in South Asia

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Fertility

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Expert group

First coordination meeting on international migration

MSTOCKTO — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 20:05:00 +0000

Thursday, 11 July 2002 - 10:00am to Friday, 12 July 2002 - 6:00pm

Overview

Over the past years, issues of international migration have gained prominence in the international agenda. Recognizing the need to review and coordinate the growing information on international migration among interested organizations, the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat held a Coordination Meeting on International Migration on 11-12 July 2002, at United Nations Headquarters, in New York City.

The primary objectives of the meeting were three-fold: (a) to share and exchange information on data collection activities - existing and planned – in the area of international migration, and their use; (b) to identify the major gaps or areas of missing information; and (c) to facilitate the coordination of activities of the various offices within the United Nations system and other relevant international and regional organizations as well as institutions concerned with international migration.

Documents

Contributed papers

Statistics Division, United Nations. Activities of the United Nations Statistics Division on International Migration.
United Nations Interagency Task Force on Statistics of International Trade in Services. Measurement of the movement of natural persons supplying services under the GATS.
United Nations Children's Fund. A Child-rights Approach to International Migration: A UNICEF Perspective on Child Trafficking.
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). UNFPA Support to Data Collection Activities in the Area of International Migration.
United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). Report on IMP activities in the field of Migration data collection, analysis and exchange.
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE). Activities carried out in the Collection, Compilation and Use of Statistical Data on International Migration.
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The IMILA Project conducted by the Population Division, CELADE.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Information Collection Activities in the Area of Refugees.
International Labour Organization (ILO). LO Activities on International. Migration Statistics.
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Report on Collection of International Migration Data.
The World Bank. Type of data or information relating to international migration.
International Organization for Migration (IOM). IOM Statistics on International Migration: An Overview.
Council of Europe Directorate General III. Social Cohesion: Migration data collection.
EUROSTAT, European Communities. EUROSTAT'S Work on Migration and Asylum Statistics.
League of Arab States. Observatory of International Migration in the Arab Region.
Asia-Pacific Migration Research Network (APMRN). Information Collection Activities on International Migration.
Sahel Institute (REMUAO). Presentation of CERPOD Activities on Collection of Data Related to International Migration .
Metropolis Project. Metropolis research, data and dissemination activities- an overview of selected activities.
Migration Policy Institute (MPI). The Migration Information Source: A Web-Based Resource for Up-to-Date Migration News, Data and Analysis.

Background papers

Mortality and Migration section, Population Division. Measuring International Migration: Many Questions, Few Answers.
Population Policy section, Population Division. International Migration: Explicit Policies, Uncertain Consequences.

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2002

International migration

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Coordination

Commission on Population and Development, thirty-fifth session (2002)

MSTOCKTO — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 21:02:00 +0000

Monday, 01 April 2002 - 10:00am to Friday, 05 April 2002 - 6:00pm

Reproductive rights and reproductive health

Bureau Members

Mr. Antonio Golini (Italy) - Western European and Others Group (WEOG) (Chair)
Mr. Makoto Atoh (Japan) - Asia-Pacific Group (Vice-Chair)
Ms. Gediminas Šerkšnys (Lithuania) - Eastern-European Group (Vice-Chair)
Ms. Joan E. Thomas (Jamaica) - Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC)(Vice-Chair)
Mr. Richard B. Turkson (Ghana) - African Group (Vice-Chair)

Report of the Commission on its thirty-fifth session

Corrigendum (E/CN.9/2002/6/Corr.1)

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Population

CPD

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Commission on Population and Development