| The
Asia-Pacific Population Journal published
three times a year is one of the few primary
journals published by the UNESCAP secretariat.
It focuses on bringing out the policy and programme
implications of population research in the Asia
and Pacific region.
This refereed professional journal contains
articles and notes that cover a broad range
of population and development issues of interest
to readers in the region in a form that is relatively
easy for educated readers to understand.
Each issue of the Journal contains
four full-length original articles including
other material such as papers demonstrating
the application of a useful methodological approach
to the analysis of population research, or news
about important developments in the field.
As much as possible, priority is given to the
publication of articles written by authors from
the region or familiar with it in order to give
them a forum to present their findings on population
and development which other journals might not
accept because of their limited interest in
Asia and the Pacific. This strategy also stimulates
professional scholarship and improved technical
reporting in UNESCAP developing countries.
Although the Journal is designed to
cover a wide range of population subjects, thematic
issues are published occasionally on subjects
about which little is known or about which there
is especially keen interest. The choice of topics
is based on expressions of interest in readership
surveys as well as those emanating from such
forums as the 1994 International Conference
on Population and Development and the 2005 World
Summit.
To ensure that the articles meet high academic
standards and are appropriate for readers in
the region, peer review of contributed articles
is carried out by the Editorial Advisory Board
comprising various highly qualified experts
working in the region or familiar with the population
issues the countries face.
The Journal is distributed free of
charge to policy- and decision-makers, programme
managers, national planners, researchers and
academics, non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
and other qualified persons and institutions
both directly on a subscription basis and indirectly
through libraries and information centres as
well as abstracting services, information systems
and through the Internet.
Disclaimer
Opinions expressed in the Journal
do not necessarily reflect the views of the
United Nations. The designations employed and
the presentation of the material in this publication
do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever
on the part of the Secretariat of the United
Nations concerning the legal status of any country,
territory, city or area, or of its authorities,
or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers
or boundaries. Mention of any firm, licensed
process or product does not imply endorsement
by the United Nations. |
