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Lecture 40
POPULATION
POLICY
A policy is a
formalized set of
procedures to
guide behavior.
Population Policy:
A strategy for
achieving a
particular pattern of
population change.
Future oriented
people need
population policy.
* Assessing the
future population
trend.
* Establishing a
Population Change
PAST
FUTURE
Interventions
Expected
Demographic
Trend
Expected
Socioeconomic
Consequences
Causes
Desired
Demographic
Result
Desired
Socioeconomic
Consequences
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Present
population scenario
Plunging death rate.
Birth rate lagging
behind.
Population explosion.
Need population
stabilization:
Looking for
replacement level.
Need TFR = 2.1
Present TFR = 4.1
Even if we reach
replacement level,
population growth
will continue.
Population
Momentum
Tendency of population
size to increase for some
time even after TFR = 2.
May continue for 3
decades.
TFR is falling
Development.
Motives of people.
Reaching the services.
Population policy.
Vision of
population policy
Population
stabilization by 2020.
Goals:
Attain balance between
resources and population
within ICPD paradigm.
Promote F. P. as entitlement
and as voluntary choice.
Reduce population momentum.
By 2020
Reduce PGR to 1.3 %.
Reduce TFR to 2.1 births.
Strategies:
Advocacy campaigns.
Increase ownership.
Reduce unmet need for FP.
Build partnerships.
Harness male support.
Ensure population education.
INTRODUCTION
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SOCIOLOGY
Lecture 40