The dramatic demographic changes in Asia during the three decades from 1970 to the end
of the twentieth century were matched by major changes in government population policies …

This analysis reviews the recent marital fertility behavior of the overseas Chinese--particularly
in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, and Taiwan--and notes some policy considerations. …

… By Richard Leete … Richard Leete is an adviser in demography in the Eco- … There has also
been widespread dissemination of the idea that resource-rich Malaysia with its relatively low …

The demographic landscape of Asia has seen unprecedented changes over the past 50
years of the post-Second World War era. A rapid and spectacular transition from high to …

The global transformation in the number of children women bear has been one of the most
remarkable changes in social behaviour in the twentieth century. The search for explanations …

During the past 15 years spectacular changes in demographic behaviour have occurred in
parts of east and south-east Asia. In this paper these changes are examined and contrasted …

Introduction South Asia-Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka-totals over one
billion people, more than one-fifth of mankind, and its countries contribute more than those of …

Paradoxes continue to amaze. Just when the World Bank’s World Development Report
2003 rediscovered the idea that demographic transition is central to poverty reduction and …

Estimates of the incidence of illegally induced abortions are critically reviewed and on the
basis of a revised estimate it is tentatively suggested that there were 50,000 (legal plus illegal) …

PIP: Fertility trends and prospects for east and southeast Asian countries including cities in
China, Taiwan, the Republic of Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, …