Linking national and global population agendas: case studies from eight developing countries.

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  • Author(s): Lee K; Walt G
  • Source:
    Third world quarterly [Third World Q] 1995 Jun; Vol. 16 (2), pp. 257-72.
  • Publication Type:
    Case Reports; Comparative Study; Journal Article
  • Language:
    English
  • Additional Information
    • Source:
      Publisher: Third World Foundation for Social and Economic Studies] Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101084672 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0143-6597 (Print) Linking ISSN: 01436597 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Third World Q
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: [London, Third World Foundation for Social and Economic Studies]
    • Subject Terms:
      Communication* ; Developing Countries* ; Economics* ; Education* ; Family Planning Policy* ; International Cooperation* ; Population Dynamics* ; Public Policy*; Africa ; Africa South of the Sahara ; Africa, Eastern ; Africa, Northern ; Algeria ; Asia ; Asia, Southeastern ; Bangladesh ; Conservation of Natural Resources ; Environment ; Financial Management ; Middle East ; Pakistan ; Philippines ; Research ; Thailand ; Tunisia ; Zambia ; Zimbabwe
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Indexing Agency: PIP Local ID #: 110537. Indexing Agency: POP Local ID #: 00253629.
      Keywords: Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Algeria; Arab Countries; Asia; Bangladesh; Carrying Capacity; Case Studies*; Communication; Comparative Studies*; Developing Countries*; Development Policy*; Eastern Africa; Economic Conditions*; Economic Factors; Education; English Speaking Africa; Environment; Family Planning Policy*; Financial Activities; Foreign Aid*; French Speaking Africa; Information Distribution*; International Cooperation*; Macroeconomic Factors; Mediterranean Countries; Natural Resources; Northern Africa; Pakistan; Philippines; Policy; Population Policy--history*; Population Pressure*; Research Methodology; Social Policy; Southeastern Asia; Southern Asia; Studies; Thailand; Tunisia; Workshops*; Zambia; Zimbabwe
      Note: TJ: THIRD WORLD QUARTERLY
      Local Abstract: [PIP] This comparative study of the determinants of family planning policy initiation and implementation focuses on four pairs of countries: Zambia/Zimbabwe, Algeria/Tunisia, Pakistan/Bangladesh, and Philippines/Thailand. The conclusion is drawn that global efforts had an influence on national policy makers and on putting family planning issues on the policy agenda. Global impacts were affected by national economic and social conditions and the broader political and economic relations with Western countries. The absolute level of economic development was found to be unrelated to the timing of initiation of family planning on national policy agendas. Stronger national family planning programs occurred in countries where policy makers linked economic development at whatever level with the need to limit population growth. Pakistan and Thailand in the 1960s illustrated this commitment to family planning programs, and Zambia and Algeria illustrated the lack of connection between development and population growth at the policy level and the lack of family planning on the policy agenda. Affiliation with the West during the 1960s meant early initiation of family planning in Pakistan/Bangladesh and Philippines/Thailand. Stronger commitment to program implementation occurred only in Thailand during the 1970s and Zimbabwe during the 1980s. Commitment lessened in the Philippines and Pakistan. Program implementation and national support of family planning were viewed as also dependent upon domestic factors, such as sufficient resources. Algeria/Tunisia and Zambia/Zimbabwe were countries that promoted family planning only after national political ideology shifted and anti-imperialist sentiments subsided. The impact of the international Cairo conference on these countries was minimal in terms of policy change. Most of the countries however desired greater support from donors. Even objections from the Vatican and internal domestic pressures were insufficient to prevent countries such as the Philippines and Pakistan from supporting the Cairo Plan of Action and a family planning and reproductive health agenda. Bangladesh and Pakistan are given as examples of countries where differences in the focus of foreign aid impacted on the national support for social services.
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 19950601 Date Completed: 19960805 Latest Revision: 20061115
    • Publication Date:
      20240829
    • Accession Number:
      10.1080/01436599550036121
    • Accession Number:
      12320181