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The East-West Center Research
Program, Population and Health Studies, makes the results of policy-oriented
research widely available in two series—Asia-Pacific Population
& Policy and Asia-Pacific Population Research Reports.
Research based on data from the first and second Indian National
Family Health Surveys (1992–93 and 1998–99) appears in two
separate series—the NFHS Bulletin and NFHS Subject
Reports. These are copublished with the International Institute
for Population Sciences (IIPS) in Mumbai. East-West Center Working
Papers on population and health are circulated for comment and
to inform interested colleagues about work in progress.
The most comprehensive publication
on population and health from theEast-West Center is The
Future of Population in Asia, a comprehensive report,
published in 2002, that describes and analyzes important issues
in the region. This publication is intended for policymakers,
political leaders, business leaders, research specialists, teachers,
and others with an interest in Asia and in global population issues.
The objective is to increase awareness of population trends in
Asia and their critical global social and economic implications.
Funding was provided by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Written by East-West Center
specialists drawing upon their own wealth of experience in the
region as well as information and projections from the United
Nations and national governments, the report covers the period
from 1950 to 2050. Discussions of current issues and future trends
are accompanied by suggestions for policymakers. Major topics
include:
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Trends in fertility, family planning,
and population growth
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Behavioral trends among Asia's adolescents
and young adults, with an emphasis on risk-taking behavior
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Transformation of marriage and family
patterns
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Tradition and change in women's roles
in the family and workplace
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Economic and social consequences of
population aging
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The HIV/AIDS epidemic in Asia
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Relationship between population trends
and economic development
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Interactions between population, natural
resources, and the environment
The East-West Center also
publishes Occasional Papers on population and health topics. Researchers
publish their work in scholarly books and journals, and some of
these outside publications have appeared in the Center's Reprint
Series.
Abstracts of most recent publications are available in this website,
and you can download and print out many titles fully formated
with text and graphics as Adobe Acrobat .pdf files. (You can download
the Acrobat
Reader free from the Internet.) Want to order print versions
of specific publications? Many are available free to organizations
and individuals engaged in population-related work.
Here's how to place an order. Or
perhaps you would like to receive future copies of Asia-Pacific
Population & Policy and the NFHS Bulletin, free of
charge, on a regular basis. Here's how to
have your name added to our mailing list. Send an e-mail message
to Population and Health Studies
at the East-West Center if you would like information about non-publication
issues.
© East-West Center. Material may be quoted with an
appropriate citation, and single copies of printouts may be made
without express permission. For other uses, please contact the
East-West Center's Publication
Sales Office.
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