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AsiaPacific Issues
The AsiaPacific Issues series, published by the East-West Center Research
Program, reports on a wide range of topics of regional concern. All are
available free as pdf files on this website. Printed copies can be ordered
from the Publication Sales Office for $2.50 each.
No. 84, How
does son preference affect populations in Asia? by Sidney
B. Westley and Minja Kim Choe. September 2007. 12 pp.
The preference for sons has deep social, economic, and cultural roots
in many East and South Asian societies. Historically, son preference
has resulted in unusually high death rates for female infants and girls.
Over the past 30 years, the introduction of prenatal screening technologies
combined with widespread access to abortion has made possible the selective
abortion of female fetuses. Resulting gender imbalances have led to
concerns that a shortage of women will make it difficult for men to
find wives. The Chinese, Indian, and South Korean governments have responded
by making prenatal screening for sex identification illegal. China and
India have also launched campaigns to improve attitudes toward girl
children, and both countries offer small allowances to some parents
of girls. Experience in South Korea indicates that sex-selective abortion
peeks and then declines with social and economic modernization. Population
projections and survey data suggest that falling fertility and womens
reluctance to marry have a much larger effect than sex-selective abortion
on the availability of women in the marriage market.
No. 77, Can
China afford to continue its one-child policy? by Wang Feng.
March 2005. 12 pp.
Twenty-five years after it was launched, China's "One Child"
population control policy is credited with cutting population growth
to an all time low and contributing to two decades of spectacular economic
development. But the costs associated with the policy are also apparent
and are rising: a growing proportion of elderly with inadequate government
or family support, a disproportionately high number of male births attributable
to sex selective abortion, increased female infant and child mortality
rates, and the collapse of a credible government birth reporting system.
Today, as China contemplates the future of the policy, many argue that
a change that allows couples to have two children will not lead to uncontrollable
population growth. Instead, it could help meet the fertility desires
of most Chinese couples; avoid a worsening of the demographic and social
consequences already evident; and relieve the Chinese government of
the immense financial and political costs of enforcing an unpopular
policy. But changes will need to come soon if China is to avert even
greater negative consequences of the policy.
No. 68, HIV/AIDS
in Asia by Tim Brown. May 2003. 8 pp.
The HIV/AIDS epidemic began relatively late in Asia and, so far, HIV
infections have not reached the high levels experienced in other parts
of the world. Yet behaviors that increase the risk of transmitting HIV
are not uncommon in many Asian societies. But there is some good news
for countries facing the possibility of an HIV epidemic. Most early
HIV transmission in Asia occurs in very specific groups, through needle
sharing, anal sex, or sex work. Experience in Thailand and Cambodia
has shown that it is possible to lower HIV transmission rates by aggressive
prevention programs targeting these groups. Analysis of these programs
points to policy recommendations for other Asian governments: obtain
accurate information on HIV prevalence and risk behavior; target leaders
for sustained commitment; provide the public with full and accurate
information; move quickly to provide effective coverage of groups most
at risk; sustain and expand prevention activities; convince lawmakers
and local authorities to take a pragmatic approach; ensure the active
involvement of key communities; and put an end to complacency.
No. 63, Indoor
air pollution: The quiet killer by Vinod K. Mishra, Robert
D. Retherford, and Kirk R. Smith. October 2002. 8 pp.
Air pollution in big cities gets headlines, but in many rural areas
of developing countries indoor air pollution is an even more serious
health problem. Long-term exposure to smoke from cooking indoors with
wood, animal dung, and other biomass fuels contributes to respiratory
illness, lung cancer, and blindness. As a cause of ill health in the
world, indoor air pollution ranks behind only malnutrition, AIDS, tobacco,
and poor water/sanitation. The results of a national household survey
in India linking cooking smoke to tuberculosis and blindness in adults
and acute respiratory infections in children add to a growing body of
evidence from other studies that reducing exposures to toxic emissions
from cookstoves can substantially improve health and save lives. Governments
can do more to promote clean fuel use, educate people to the risks of
exposure to cook smoke, and provide and promote more efficient and better-ventilated
cookstoves. Curbing indoor air pollution is not only a key to better
health but also an important investment for achieving development goals
and improving living standards.
No. 58, As
Asia's population ages, worries grow about the future by Andrew
Mason, Sang-Hyop Lee, and Gerard Russo. January 2002. 8 pp.
Asia, a region whose population has long been dominated by children,
is seeing the proportion of its elderly rise rapidly. The U.N. projects
the population 65 and older will more than quadruple by 2050, while
the population under age 15 will decline. Though Asia's population is
still younger than the West's, dramatic declines in childbearing and
significant improvements in life expectancy are causing it to age faster.
The result will be growing demand for health care, retirement systems,
and old-age support-particularly if the traditional family support system
continues to erode. The challenge to countries with large elderly populations
and relatively under-developed economies will be especially great. Throughout
Asia, population aging could slow economic growth. If governments are
to meet the challenges posed by aging populations, they must start soon
to adopt policies that encourage saving and investment, develop effective
social and economic institutions, and find new ways to tap the productive
potential of older people.
No. 33, Will
population change sustain the 'Asian economic miracle'? by Andrew
Mason. October 1997. 8 pp.
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From 1960 to 1990, per capita income grew more rapidly in South Korea,
Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Japan than anywhere else in the
world. Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia were not far behind. Although
some of these economies have recently faltered, one of the key factors
in their past success was a favorable demographic situation, which
will persist for another two decades or more. Asian populations that
were once dominated by children now have a disproportionate share
of working-age adults, the result of an unusually rapid transition
from high to low birth and death rates.
No. 29, Migrants
on the move in Asia by Philip Martin. December 1996. 8 pp.
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International labor migration is increasing in Asia as workers search
for job opportunities in construction, manufacturing, services, and
other sectors. All indicators point to more, not less, labor migration
in the years ahead, and there is little evidence to suggest that Asian
governments will be able to prevent temporary migrants from becoming
permanent settlers. Labor migration may aggravate tensions between
sending and receiving nations and may even slow economic integration
in Asia if disputes over migrant workers are allowed to interfere
with policies to liberalize trade and investment in the region.
No. 25, Chinese
women's lives: Rhetoric and reality by Nancy E. Riley. September
1995. 8 pp.
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After centuries of discrimination, Chinese women today are virtually
equal before the law, and in much of the country women are better
educated and better represented in the workforce than ever before.
Yet in nearly all aspects of their lives, women remain subordinate
to men, especially in rural areas. In 1995, the government announced
a five-year plan to improves women's status and to stop abuse against
women and girls, but to be successful, the plan must move beyond rhetoric
and address a fundamental ambivalence about women's status.
No. 20, Pacific
transitions: Population and change in island societies by
Peter Pirie. July 1995. 8 pp.
Despite some well-publicized pessimism about the future of the Pacific
islands recently, the population and societal transitions now underway
can provide grounds for optimism. The high death rates that followed
European contact and almost wiped out several island populations have
continued to drop sharply. More recently, birth rates have also been
dropping, easing fears of population pressures. Transitions in employment
and mobility are also reshaping island societies. Fewer islanders are
working in agriculture and more are in higher paid urban jobs, especially
in the service industries. Even though many people are migrating from
village to urban areas, from outer islands to main islands, or even
to other countries for work, they often send money back to help their
home communities. Greater educational opportunities are also available
to islanders. While some decry the loss of traditional institutions
and see Pacific islanders as the victims of exploitation or dependency,
others view them as taking maximum advantage of the wide variety of
opportunities now available to them.
No. 16, AIDS
in Asia: The gathering storm by Tim Brown and Peter Xenos. August
1994. 14 pp.
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The World Health Organization estimates that by the turn of the century
more new HIV infections will occur in Asia than in all the rest of
the world combined. This is due to rising disease incidence in many
countries and also to the region's huge population.
No. 15, Do
population programs violate women's human rights? by Karen Oppenheim
Mason. Paper, 8 pp.
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Advocates of programs to limit population size are engaged in a debate
with those who favor replacing population programs with broader efforts
to improve women's health and education. How this debate is resolved
may have implications for the planet's ultimate population size.
Books Published by East-West Center
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1998
Brown, Tim, Roy Chan, Doris Mugrditchian, Brian Mulhall, David Plummer,
Rabin Sarda, and Werasit Sittitrai, eds. 1998. Sexually transmitted
diseases in Asia and the Pacific. Honolulu: East-West Center;
Bangkok: Program on Aids, Thai Red Cross Society. xxiii. 404 pp. ISBN
0-646-34972-4. Available from Faculty of Health Studies, University of
New England, Armidale NSW 2351 Australia. (Email: vminichi@metz.une.edu.au)
1996
Brown, Tim, and Werasit Sittitrai. 1996. The
impact of HIV on children in Thailand. Condensed version.
Bangkok: Program on AIDS, Thai Red Cross Society; and Honolulu: East-West
Center. Paper, viii, 55 pp. Free.
- In less than 10 years, the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Thailand has grown
from a handful of infections to a major public health threat. Over the
next decade, HIV will affect millions of Thai children, either through
their own infection or through the illness and death of their parents.
This report looks at the current situation, estimates the magnitude
of the problems to come, and suggests programs and policies for protecting
Thai children and alleviating the impact of HIV/AIDS.
- 1995
Brown, Tim, and Werasit Sittitrai. 1995. The
impact of HIV on children in Thailand. Bangkok:
Program on AIDS, Thai Red Cross Society; and Honolulu: East-West Center.
ISBN 0-86638-165-1, paper, vii, 258 pp. Free.
1994
Palmore, James A., and Robert W. Gardner. 1994. Measuring
mortality, fertility, and natural increase: A self-teaching guide to elementary
measures. 5th edition. Reprinted 1996. Honolulu:
East-West Center. ISBN 0-86638-165-1, paper, xiii, 169 pp. $15.00.
A limited number of complimentary copies are available to instructors
ordering this textbook for their courses. Requests should be submitted
on letterhead stationery.
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This newly revised edition of Palmore and Gardner's popular introductory
textbook presents elementary measures used in demographic analysis,
beginning with rates, ratios, percentages, and probabilities and proceeding
to crude and age-specific death rates, standardized rates, the infant
mortality rate, the life table, the crude birth rate and age-specific
fertility rates, general and total fertility rates, gross and net
reproduction rates, period and cohort fertility measures, and analysis
of birth intervals. Written in a direct, conversational style, it
includes numerous examples and illustrations that have been updated
with data from the 1990 round of censuses. Each section contains exercises
and quizzes designed to test students' understanding of the material
presented. Four appendixes and recommendations for further reading
augment the text. Indexed.
- 1993
Campbell, Burnham O., Andrew Mason, and Ernesto Pernia, eds. 1993.
The economic impact of demographic change in Thailand, 19802015:
An application of the HOMES forecasting model. Honolulu:
East-West Center.
Cuc, Le Trong, Kathleen Gillogly, and A. Terry Rambo, eds. 1993. Too
many people, too little land: The human ecology of a wet rice-growing
village in the Red River Delta of Vietnam. Honolulu: East-West
Center.
1990
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- Verma, V. S., L. J. Cho, N. Rama Rao, and Robert D. Retherford. 1990.
South Asia conference on population trends and family planning:
Proceedings of the conference. Delhi: Government of India
Press.
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- 1989
Palmore, James A., and Robert W. Gardner. 1989. Basics
of population statistics. Gansu, China: Lanzhou
University Population Research Institute; Honolulu: East-West Center.
In Chinese. 128 pp. $1.00.
1986
Cho, Lee-Jay, Robert D. Retherford, and Minja Kim Choe. 1986. The
own children method of fertility estimation. Honolulu: East
West Center.
1984
Cho, Lee-Jay, and Robert L. Hearn. 1984. Censuses
of Asia and the Pacific: 1980 round Honolulu: East-West Center.
404 pp. $2.00.
1977
Engracia, L. T., Robert D. Retherford, P. C. Smith, and L. J. Cho. 1977.
Estimates of fertility in the Philippines derived by the
own children method: 196068. UNFPA NCSO Population Research
Project Monograph No. 9. Manila: National Census and Statistics Office.
1975
Retherford, Robert D. 1975. The changing sex differential
in mortality. University of California, Berkeley, International
Population and Urban Research Center, Studies in Population and Urban
Demography No. 1. Westport (CN): Greenwood Press.
1973
Fawcett, J., A. Howard, P. Kunstadter, and Robert D. Retherford. 1973.
Population research in Thailand: A review and bibliography.
Honolulu: East West Population Institute; and Bangkok: Institute of Population
Studies, Chulalongkorn University.
Miscellaneous Publications and Joint Publications of the East-West
Center
Limited copies of the following publications, authored or coauthored
by East-West Center staff, are available while supplies last. Most are
distributed by surface mail on a complimentary basis.
2002
East-West Center staff. 2002. The
future of population in Asia. Honolulu: EastWest Center.
Downloadable from website; a limited number of print copies available
free of charge.
1998
Flieger, Wilhelm, and Daisy R. Cusi. 1998. The mountains of Cebu
and their inhabitants: Measurements and estimates by Honolulu:
East-West Center; and Cebu City, Philippines: Office of Population Studies,
University of San Carlos. ISBN 0-86638-189-9. 106 pp.
1997
Luther, Norman Y., and Bambang Yohanes Kristianto. 1997. Parity
progression analysis of fertility decline in provinces and major islands
of Indonesia, 1963-90. Honolulu: East-West Center Program
on Population. 552 pp. (Photocopies available on a cost-recovery basis;
contact the Publications Unit
of the Research Program, Population and Health Studies.)
1996
Jejeebhoy, Shireen J. 1996. Women's
education, autonomy, and reproductive behavior: Assessing what we have
learned. Honolulu: Program on Population, East-West
Center. 40 pp. (Limited quantity)
Kantner, Andrew, Ahmed Al-Sabir, and Nitai Chakraborty,
eds. 1996. Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 1993/94: Extended
analysis. Dhaka: National Institute of Population Research
and Training and East-West Center. 240 pp. (Out of print)
Kantner, Andrew, Ahmed Al-Sabir, Nitai Chakraborty, and A. K. M. Rafiquz
Zaman. 1996. Extended analysis of the 1993/94 Bangladesh Demographic
and Health Survey: Main findings and recommendations. Dhaka:
National Institute of Population Research and Training, and East-West
Center. 40 pp. (Out of print)
Rakaseta, Vilimaina L., and Karen Oppenheim Mason. 1996. Women's
employment in Vanuatu: An analysis using 1989 census data. Noumea,
New Caledonia: South Pacific Commission; and Honolulu: East-West Center,
1996. 28 pp.
Simmons, Ruth, and Anne M. Young. 1996. Family
planning programs and other interventions to assist women: Their impact
on demographic change and on the status of women. Honolulu:
Program on Population, East-West Center. 54 pp. (Limited quantity)
Women's empowerment and demographic change: What do we know?
1996. Honolulu: Program on Population, East-West Center. 24 pp. (Limited
quantities available in English, French, and Spanish)
1993
Mason, Andrew, and Burnham O. Campbell. 1993. Demographic change
and the Thai economy: An overview. In Burnham O. Campbell, Andrew
Mason, and Ernesto Pernia, eds. The economic impact of demographic
change in Thailand, 19802015: An application of the HOMES forecasting
model. Honolulu: East-West Center, 152.
Mason, Andrew, Mathana Phananiramai, and Nipon Poapongsakorn. 1993. Households
and their characteristics. In Burnham O. Campbell, Andrew Mason,
and Ernesto Pernia, eds. The economic impact of demographic change
in Thailand, 19802015: An application of the HOMES forecasting model.
Honolulu: East-West Center, 5482.
Mason, Andrew, Varai Woramontri, and Robert M. Kleinbuam. 1993. Consumer
expenditures. In Burnham O. Campbell, Andrew Mason, and Ernesto
Pernia, eds. The economic impact of demographic change in Thailand,
19802015: An application of the HOMES forecasting model. Honolulu:
East-West Center, 14384.
Mason, Andrew, Varai Woramontri, and Robert M. Kleinbuam. 1993. Domestic
resource mobilization: Analysis of survey data. In Burnham O.
Campbell, Andrew Mason, and Ernesto Pernia, eds. The economic impact
of demographic change in Thailand, 19802015: An application of the HOMES
forecasting model. Honolulu: East-West Center, 11542.
Ogawa, Naohiro, et al. 1993. Forecasts of health care costs.
In Burnham O. Campbell, Andrew Mason, and Ernesto Pernia, eds. The
economic impact of demographic change in Thailand, 19802015: An application
of the HOMES forecasting model. Honolulu: East-West Center, 22968.
Phananiramai, Mathana, and Andrew Mason. 1993. The education
sector: Enrollment rates and expenditures on schooling. In Burnham
O. Campbell, Andrew Mason, and Ernesto Pernia, eds. The economic impact
of demographic change in Thailand, 19802015: An application of the HOMES
forecasting model. Honolulu: East-West Center, 185228.
1990
Recent
Filipino immigration to the United States: A profile. 1990.
Honolulu: East-West Center, East-West Population Institute. 24 pp. (Limited
quantity)
Recent
Korean immigration to the United States: A profile. 1990.
Honolulu: East-West Center. (Limited quantity)
1987
Mason, Andrew, and Wayne Shima. 1987. HOMES microcomputer
user's guide. Version 1.0. Honolulu: East-West Center.
1986
Mason, Andrew. 1986. Population trends and demographic change.
In Asia Pacific report: Trends, issues, challenges.
Honolulu: East West Center, 4764.
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