Implementation of the Dakar/ NGOR declaration and the programme of action of the international conference on population and development : an assessment of African experience

Abstract

ICPD-PA marks a turning point in population policy development as an integral part of overall national development planning by ECA member states; major changes are taking place in the ways in which population policies are being developed particularly the opportunity for reformulation and/or reorientation of such policies hitherto devoid of sustainable development considerations; and in a significant number of cases, the level of awareness about the importance of the population and development nexus especially among central level policy makers and the recognition of the complex interrelationships between population, development, gender and environment has grown considerably.