| FOREWORD |
| EXECUTIVE SUMMARY |
| TABLE OF CONTENTS |
| LIST OF ACRONYMS |
| INTRODUCTION |
| OVERVIEW OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT |
| THE DEMOGRAPHIC SITUATION AND ITS IMPLICATIONS
FOR DEVELOPMENT |
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Overview of Demographic Trends |
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Fertility & mortality
Migration and urbanisation
Age structure
HIV/AIDS |
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Population and Development Interrelationships |
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Population growth and economic development
Population, food sufficiency and nutritional status
Population growth and health services
Population growth and education
Population and the environment
Population and employment
Population and Infrastructure (public transport system,
water supply and electricity) |
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Key Population Issues |
| GOVERNMENT EFFORTS IN ADDRESSING POPULATION
ISSUES |
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Improving Data Collection and Training
Reducing Fertility and Mortality
Programmes for Youth and the Elderly
Combating HIV/AIDS
Promoting Gender Equality |
| PRINCIPLES, GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE
POPULATION POLICY |
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Guiding Principles
Overall Goal
Objectives |
| POPULATION POLICY MEASURES |
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To support couples and individuals to
decide freely and responsibly on the number and spacing
of their children, and to have access to the information,
education, services and means to do so
To Reduce Infant, Child and Maternal Morbidity and Mortality
Rates
To Reduce Potential Negative Impact of Rural-Urban Migration
To Promote Gender Equality and Equity and Enhance Human
Resource Development
To Alleviate the Impact of Population Pressure on the
Environment and Natural Resources
To Further Strengthen the Reversal of the Spread of
HIV/AIDS
To Integrate Population Variables into Social and Economic
Policies, Plans and Programmes at all Levels |
| INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR IMPLEMENTATION
AND MONITORING OF THE NATIONAL POPULATION POLICY |
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Institutional Arrangements for NPP Implementation
Institutional Arrangements for Monitoring the Implementation
of NPP |
