a panel discussion featuring two recent publications
The Global Family Planning Revolution:
Three Decades of Policies and Programs
Edited by Warren Robinson and John Ross
The striking upsurge in population growth rates in developing countries after
the close of World War II gave birth to the first national programs designed to
reduce fertility rates. The new technologies of the IUD and the pill armed
these programs with methods that made birth control easier, both for couples and
for large-scale administration. By the late 1960s and early 1970s national
programs covered much of the developing world. Since then they have continued to
spread: contraception is now used by over 60 percent of couples, and fertility
rates have fallen by half. This new volume sets forth the remarkable record of
this success. Its unique contribution lies in the 23 country case studies that
document the diverse forms the programs took, how they were administered and
funded, how they educated the public, how they were evaluated, and how they were
made to fit local conditions. The analyses provide valuable guidance to
emerging health-related policy objectives and responses to global challenges.
Population Issues in the 21st Century:
The Role of the World Bank
The objective of this paper is to discuss some obstacles and opportunities
presented by population processes in order to prioritize areas for investment
and analytical work as background information for the 2007 HNP Sector Strategy.
Fertility has declined in most of the low- and middle-income countries, with
TFRs converging toward replacement level, except in 35 countries, mainly in
Sub-Saharan Africa, where a broad-based decline in fertility has not occurred.
As the priorities of donors and development agencies have shifted toward other
issues, and global funds and initiatives have largely bypassed funding of family
planning, less attention is being focused on the consequences of high fertility.
Reproductive health is conspicuously absent from the MDGs, and assistance to
countries to meet the demand for family planning and related services is
insufficient.
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
12:00 pm
World Bank H Building, Eugene R. Black Auditorium
600 19th Street, NW
Coffee and cookies will be served
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CHAIR
Joy Phumaphi
Vice President & Head of Network, HDNVP
Prior to joining the Bank, Ms. Phumaphi worked at the World Health Organization
as the Assistant Director General for Family and Community Health Department.
Before that, she served in the Parliament and as Minister for Health of
Botswana.
Global Family Planning Revolution
PRESENTER
Steven Sinding
Former Director-General, IPPF
DISCUSSANT
Peter Donaldson
President, Population Council
Population Issues in the 21st Century
PRESENTER
Rama Lakshminarayanan
Coordinator, HDNHE
DISCUSSANT
Sadia Chowdhury
Senior Health Specialist, HDNHE
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