"Fertility Regulation Behaviors and Their Costs" discussed on Wednesday, July 16 at the World Bank

The World Bank InfoShop and Health, Nutrition & Population Unit

invite you to a panel discussion on

Fertility Regulation Behaviors and Their Costs
Contraception and Unintended Pregnancies in Africa and Eastern Europe & Central
Asia

Fertility levels have declined steadily over the last three decades but the pace
of decline varies among regions. Countries that have achieved a high level of
contraceptive use have reached a lower fertility level. A gap continues to exist
between actual and desired family size, resulting in unintended pregnancies.
More than one-third of the pregnancies that occur are unintended and one in five
pregnancies ends in induced abortion. Almost half of all induced abortions are
unsafe, and the proportion of all abortions that are unsafe has increased during
the last decade. Sixty-six percent of unintended pregnancies occur among women
who are not using any method of contraception.

Investing in quality family planning programs is a cost-effective way to address
unmet need for contraception and reduce the risks of unsafe abortion, thereby
improving maternal health. If contraception were provided to the 137 million
women who lack access, maternal mortality would decline by 25%?35%.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008
3:00 - 4:30 pm
Auditorium J1-050
World Bank J Building
701 18th Street NW
Washington, DC

RSVP to infoshopevents@worldbank.org
(please provide full name of all attendees and event name)

MODERATOR
Phillip Hay
Communications Adviser, Human Development Network, World Bank

PRESENTERS
Elizabeth Lule
Manager, AIDS Campaign Team for Africa (ACTafrica), World Bank

John May
Senior Population Specialist, Human Development Unit, Africa Region, World Bank

DISCUSSANTS
Michael Vlassof
Senior Research Associate, Guttmacher Institute

Maurice Middleberg (TBC)
Vice President, Public Policy for Global Health Council

Sarah Craven (TBC)
Chief, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Washington Office
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About the InfoShop
The InfoShop is the public information center of the World Bank and serves as a
forum for substantial debate on international development. Our extensive events
program consists of more than 250 events over the past two years and has hosted
many internationally recognized speakers including Queen Noor, Francis Fukuyama,
Jeffrey Sachs, Amartya Sen, Joseph Stiglitz, Thomas Friedman, and Carly Fiorina.
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the World Bank, international organizations, and other publishers on development
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"Fertility Regulation Behaviors and Their Costs" discussed on Wednesday, July 16 at 3:00 pm in J1-050

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invite you to a panel discussion on
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| | Fertility Regulation Behaviors and Their |
| | Costs |
| | Contraception and Unintended Pregnancies |
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| | Fertility levels have declined steadily |
| | over the last three decades but the pace |
| | of decline varies among regions. |
| | Countries that have achieved a high |
| | level of contraceptive use have reached |
| | a lower fertility level. A gap continues |
| | to exist between actual and desired |
| | family size, resulting in unintended |
| | pregnancies. More than one-third of the |
| | pregnancies that occur are unintended |
| | and one in five pregnancies ends in |
| | induced abortion. Almost half of all |
| | induced abortions are unsafe, and the |
| | proportion of all abortions that are |
| | unsafe has increased during the last |
| | decade. Sixty-six percent of unintended |
| | pregnancies occur among women who are |
| | not using any method of contraception. |
| | |
| | Investing in quality family planning |
| | programs is a cost-effective way to |
| | address unmet need for contraception and |
| | reduce the risks of unsafe abortion, |
| | thereby improving maternal health. If |
| | contraception were provided to the 137 |
| | million women who lack access, maternal |
| | mortality would decline by 25%?35%. |
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008
3:00 - 4:30 pm
Auditorium J1-050
World Bank J Building
701 18th Street NW
Washington, DC

For non Bank staff, please RSVP to infoshopevents@worldbank.org

MODERATOR
Phillip Hay
Communications Adviser, Human Development Network, World Bank

PRESENTERS
Elizabeth Lule
Manager, AIDS Campaign Team for Africa (ACTafrica), World Bank

John May
Senior Population Specialist, Human Development Unit, Africa Region,
World Bank

DISCUSSANTS
Michael Vlassof
Senior Research Associate, Guttmacher Institute

Maurice Middleberg (TBC)
Vice President, Public Policy for Global Health Council

Sarah Craven (TBC)
Chief, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Washington Office
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
About the InfoShop
The InfoShop is the public information center of the World Bank and
serves as a forum for substantial debate on international
development. Our extensive events program consists of more than 250
events over the past two years and has hosted many internationally
recognized speakers including Queen Noor, Francis Fukuyama, Jeffrey
Sachs, Amartya Sen, Joseph Stiglitz, Thomas Friedman, and Carly
Fiorina. The InfoShop functions as the only publicly accessible
space at headquarters and provides internal and external audiences
with over 15,000 titles published by the World Bank, international
organizations, and other publishers on development issues.
For more information, visit: www.worldbank.org/infoshop

Comments about the events program:

http://go.worldbank.org/TDG9T8O9K0

REMINDER: "Africa Investment Horizons" screening today at 1:00 pm in Preston auditorium

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World Bank Managing Director, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
and External Affairs

invite you to a special film screening of
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| | Africa Investment Horizons |
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| | Africa Investment Horizons shows the |
| (Embedded image | tremendous gains being made in Africa's |
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| For more | of return on direct investment is found |
| information, | on the continent most people think of as |
| click here. | an economic wasteland. |
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| Monday, July 7, | This one-hour documentary, produced by |
| 2008 | Carol Pineau, director and producer of |
| 1:00 - 2:30 pm | the award-winning documentary, Africa |
| Preston | Open for Business, shows that Africa may |
| Auditorium | be the next untapped investment |
| World Bank Main | destination. |
| Complex | |
| 1818 H Street NW | Did you know that Africa has more than |
| | 20 stock exchanges, some of the fastest |
| Refreshments will | growing economies, and the highest rate |
| be served | of return on direct investment in the |
| | world? Big investors have been investing |
| | in Africa for more than a decade, but |
| | most have kept quiet about the |
| | astonishing returns ? until now. |
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| | DVDs will be on sale at the event (cash |
| | or check only please) |
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Read the article by Carol Pineau that appeared in Sunday's
Washington Post

OPENING REMARKS
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Managing Director, World Bank
Ms. Okonjo-Iweala is a Managing Director of the World Bank.
Previously, she was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria,
overseeing Nigeria?s External Relations, and also served as Minister
of Finance and Economy of Nigeria. Before 2003, Ms. Okonjo-Iweala
pursued a 21-year career as a development economist at the World
Bank, where she held the post of Vice President and Corporate
Secretary. She has received numerous awards, including Time
Magazine?s European Hero of the Year Award (2004) for her work on
economic reform in Nigeria, Euromoney Magazine Global Finance
Minister of the Year (2005), and Financial Times/The Banker African
Finance Minister of the Year (2005). She is a member or chair of
numerous boards and advisory groups, including DATA, the Clinton
Global Initiative, and the Nelson Mandela Institution.

DISCUSSION WITH FILMMAKER
Carol Pineau
Filmmaker, Journalist
Ms. Pineau is a journalist specializing in Africa for more than a
decade. She has reported for CNN, BBC, NPR, VOA, RFI and other major
worldwide broadcasters. Africa Open for Business, her first
long-format documentary, screened at the Cannes Film Festival, where
she was given the "African Vision Award" by Agoralumiere and was
voted BBC Documentary of the Year in 2006.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
About the InfoShop
The InfoShop is the public information center of the World Bank and
serves as a forum for substantial debate on international
development. Our extensive events program consists of more than 250
events over the past two years and has hosted many internationally
recognized speakers including Queen Noor, Francis Fukuyama, Jeffrey
Sachs, Amartya Sen, Joseph Stiglitz, Thomas Friedman, and Carly
Fiorina. The InfoShop functions as the only publicly accessible
space at headquarters and provides internal and external audiences
with over 15,000 titles published by the World Bank, international
organizations, and other publishers on development issues.
For more information, visit: www.worldbank.org/infoshop

Comments about the events program:

http://go.worldbank.org/TDG9T8O9K0