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Social Policy and Population Section

The reduction of high population growth rates and death rates in Asia and the Pacific has been a major achievement of cooperation among national governments, the international community and NGOs. UNESCAP has contributed to that success by providing technical assistance to national population programmes, conducting research, exchanging information and setting regional goals

PUBLICATIONS

Fifth Asian and Pacific Population Conference
The theme selected for the Fifth Asian and Pacific Population Conference was "Population and Poverty in Asia and the Pacific". While many countries have been able to reduce fertility and improve the overall quality of life of the population, poverty still persists in many countries and has increased in some countries, particularly since the 1997/98 Asian financial crisis.

Report of the Ad Hoc Expert Group Meeting on the implementation of the Plan of Action on Population and Poverty of the Fifth Asian and Pacific Population Conference (PDF 168 KB)

High-level Meeting to Review the Implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development,
24-27 March 1998, Bangkok, Thailand
High-level Meeting to Review the Implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and Bali Declaration on Population and Sustainable Development and to Make Recommendations for Further Action

Asia-Pacific Population Information Network (POPIN)

Asia-Pacific POPIN is a decentralized network involving regional, subregional, national and non-governmental population information centres in the ESCAP region. The ESCAP secretariat currently serves as the coordinator for the network. It also promotes and assists in the development of the following sub-regional networks: East and South East Asia POPIN, South Asia POPIN and POPIN Pacific. Asia-Pacific POPIN is a part of the global POPIN system, the Coordinating Unit for which is located within the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat at New York.

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