Population policies, environment and sustainable development in the ECA region

Abstract

This paper states that presentation at the Nexus Seminar, North Africa Sub-Regional Development Center, Tangier (Morocco) 26-29 June 1998. It is common knowledge that, following the second world war, the phenomenon of rapid population growth rates characterized developing countries generally and those in the ECA region in particular. Governmental policies were developed initially, to effect declines in fertility levels. With an improved knowledge base, such policies were broadened to include those about maternal and child health mortality, family formation and status of women, population distribution and urbanization, migration and population structure.