that latent son preference in childbearing is more likely to manifest itself when fertility levels are low. As a result of …

providing basic services such as health care and education. Iran's fertility decline may have proceeded in two stages, the first … and demographic objectives. Between 1967 and 1977, fertility declined-mainly in urban areas-to an average of 4 children … for childbearing. The fertility decline coincided with improvements in primary and secondary education, possibly affecting …

earthquakes: Gujarat, India, in 2001; North-West Frontier, Pakistan, in 2005; and Izmit, Turkey, in 1999. There is evidence of a … addition to the replacement effects of higher fertility following a disaster that caused high mortality, a positive fertility … positive fertility response to exposure to these large-scale natural disasters in addition to the response to child mortality …

This report builds on the World Bank's earlier report on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in India (2004 report … number 30266), which highlighted the challenges India faces in meeting a number of the MDGs. The report focuses on the state …

"The authors use data from three waves of the India National Family Health Survey to explore the relationship between … the month of birth and the health outcomes of young children in India. They find that children born during the monsoon … India. Policy interventions that affect these conditions could effectively impact the health and achievement of these …

data from the Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey (PSLM). In households where women have greater …

Pakistan was selected as a case study because of its estimated 40 percent decline in fertility between 1980 and 2006 …. Pakistan's high fertility rate began to decline gradually after the late 1980s and has continued to fall since then, though … (Algeria, Botswana, Iran, and Nicaragua), the history of fertility reduction in Pakistan has not been an overwhelming success …