This paper presents the first attempt at estimating the expenditures on the Philippine Population Management Program (PPMP) for 1998 and 2000. It identifies the major sources of funding, namely, national and local government, foreign-assisted projects, PhilHealth, donors and their cooperating...

This study discusses fertility trends and variation in countries that have completed the transition from high to around-replacement fertility in the 1950s-1980s - especially in Europe, East Asia and North America - and summarises the key findings that are relevant for the countries with a more...

With about five children born per woman and a population growth rate of 2.5 per cent per year, sub-Saharan Africa has been the world's fastest growing region over the last decade. Economists have often argued that high fertility rates are mainly driven by women's demand for children (and not by...