Title: Population and development planning. Proceedings of the United Nations International Symposium on Population and Development Planning. Riga, Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, 4-8 December 1989.

POPLINE Document Number: 100239

Corporate Author(s):

United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Development

Source citation:

New York, New York, United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Development, 1993. xiii, 285 p.

Abstract:

This volume is the product of a symposium held in Riga, Latvia, in December 1989. "The Symposium addressed technical and practical requirements of integrated planning and assessed alternative methodologies for integrating population variables into development planning. Part one of the present volume contains the report and recommendations of the Symposium; parts two to six contain a selection of the papers that were presented." Sections are included on the history of including population factors in development planning, the use of models and projections, population and economic planning, population and sectoral planning, and training for integrated population and development planning. The geographical scope is worldwide. The papers are all in English save one, which is in French. (EXCERPT)

Keywords:

Global
Conferences and Congresses
Development Planning
Integrated Programs
Demographic Factors
Recommendations
Historical Review
Models, Theoretical
Population Projection
Training Programs
Economic Factors
Programs
Organization and Administration
Population
Research Methodology
Estimation Technics
Education