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This paper provides population projections for each country, economy, or territory in one World Bank region, as well as for nonborrower countries in the same geographic area. The Latin American and the Caribbean region is demographically at an intermediate stage. Fertility has declined to...
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A simple model that simulates the spread of AIDS is used to generate estimates of deaths from AIDS, which are incorporated into population projections covering 20 years. Preliminary results for one country are shown - not firm estimates, as the model has several arbitrarily set parameters. The...
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This paper reviews and updates the procedures for making fertility projections. It classifies countries as pre-transitional, transitional, and post-transitional on the basis of current fertility and recent trends. Three data sets are used to analyze the trends for countries or economies in the...
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Women are at much greater risk in childbirth in developing countries than in developed countries. This report explores why maternal mortality continues to be so high in developing countries, and why emergency obstetric services are little utilized, through research carried out in poor areas in...
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The Latin America and Caribbean region contributes about 10 percent of the 90 million people added to world population every year. This is slightly greater than its 8 percent share of world population. This paper studies population projections, covering almost two centuries from 1985 to 2150....
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