Clearly says that in addition to the provision of family planning services, a comprehensive population policy must also consider the underlying determinants of the household demand for and supply of children. Programmes which ignore these factors risk allocating resources in an efficient and...

Reviews the levels, the trends, and the factors pertaining to adolescent pregnancy and childbirth in sub- Saharan Africa. Highlights differences between this region and other regions, as well as inter- regional differences. Discusses the socio-economic consequences of adolescent pregnancies on...

Examines the effects of economic and social development on women's family and non-family roles.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the evaluation of population policy and employment policy by means of the bachue series of econometric models - describes the methodology of their use in national planning, input output analysis, income distribution, population dynamics, etc., includes computer...

Working paper, emanating from a WEP research project concerned with population and employment, on the evaluation of population policies and employment policies in developing countries - describes the methodological approach of the Bachue series of demographic and economic models, and covers...

Criticizes the standard international definition of unemployment as being too restrictive to measure accurately unemployment in labour- surplus economies. Using Indonesia as a basis, proposes a definition which is based on trends in real wages which aims to reflect the real extent of labour...

ILO pub. Article on employment trends in the Mexico City urban area - examines its economic development and industrial development from 1921 to 1980, showing how the rapid population growth of the urban population through extensive rural migration and high birth rates affected employment...