Includes the keynote and background papers prepared for the European Population Forum 2004, which was subtitled Population Challenges and Policy Responses ; organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and was held on 12-14 January 2004 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. "United Nations Publication sales no. E.05.II.E.10"--t.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
1. Policy challenges of Europe's demographic changes: from past perspectives to future prospects / Paul Demeny -- 2. Facing the 21st century: new developments, continuing problems / David Coleman -- 3. Responses to the new demographics: present and future strategies for the European Union / Jerome Vignon -- 4. Population challenges and policy responses: the Austrian approach / Ursula Haubner -- 5. Partnership, childbearing and parenting: trends of the 1990s / Francesco Billari -- 6. Trends in policies for family-friendly societies / Anne H. Gauthier -- 7. International labour migration, economic growth and labour markets: the current state of affairs / Thomas K. Bauer, John P. Haisken-DeNew, Christoph M. Schmidt -- 8. Integration of migrants: economic, social, cultural and political dimensions / Rinus Penninx -- 9. Morbidity and mortality in the transition countries of Europe / Ellen Nolte, Martin McKee, Anna Gilmore -- 10. Reproductive health in the transition countries of Europe / Florina Serbanescu, Howard Goldberg, Leo Morris -- 11. Official development assistance levels and spending on sexual and reproductive health and rights since the ICPD / Vicky Claeys, Eef Wuyts -- 12. Progress in policy-making in population and reproductive health issues / Jorg F. Maas, Christian Resch -- 13. A decade of experience with implementing the ICPD programme of action: the UNFPA field inquiry in the UNECE region / Tomas Frejka -- Final document of the forum -- Annex 1. Programme of the forum -- Annex 2. Advisory group -- Annex 3. Friends of the chair.
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