Asia and the Pacific
Reproductive health
Population and development strategies
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Population and Development StrategiesPopulation and development
strategies. Progress in consolidation of the reproductive health approach needs to be
sustained by parallel efforts to enhance national capacity to integrate population
dimensions into national policies, plans and programmes. Often, this involves technical
training in the collection, analysis and use of population data, and the Fund supported
many such activities in 1997. To help develop national expertise in population and
development strategies in the countries of Central Asia, government officials have been
exposed to the experience of other countries in this sector. A national workshop on
population policy development was organized in Kazakhstan to illustrate the impact of
population trends on policy decisions and technical assistance, and other support was
provided for preparations of the 2000 round of censuses. In the Islamic Republic of Iran,
two workshops on population and development were organized at which the impact of
socioeconomic factors on population growth and population distribution was discussed
extensively.
Mongolia established a national task force to coordinate and monitor activities in
population and development. Papua New Guinea has undertaken to update its national
population policy so that it is fully in line with ICPD goals. Significant progress was
achieved in all preparations for the first national census to be held in Cambodia. In Viet
Nam, UNFPA continued to strengthen capacity-building at the Ministry of Planning and
Investment and at the Ministry of Health. Support was provided to build capacity at the
local level. The Fund has also collaborated closely in the UNDAF process under way in Viet
Nam. For many countries of the region, in an effort to strengthen national capacity, UNFPA
supported numerous study tours and fellowships. |
