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This work documents and celebrates the historical emergence of national family planning programs around the world and makes lessons learned from those programs available to the current generation. An introductory overview highlights the family planning movement's major characteristics and accomplishments and the most important debates that surrounded it. The country chapters that comprise the bulk of the book provide evidence to support the generalizations put forward in the introductory overview. Robinson has 40 years of experience in economic and population program planning and research. Ross has decades of experience in family planning and fertility research and program design. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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The striking upsurge in population growth rates in developing countries at the close of World War II gained force during the next decade. From the 1950s to the 1970s, scholars and advocacy groups publicized the trend and drew troubling conclusions about its economic and ecological implications. Private educational and philanthropic organizations, government, and international organizations joined in the struggle to reduce fertility. Three decades later this movement has seen changes beyond anyone's most optimistic dreams, and global demographic stabilization is expected in this century.'The Global Family Planning Revolution' preserves the remarkable record of this success. Its editors and authors offer more than a historical record. They disccuss important lessons for current and future initiatives of the international community. Some programs succeeded while others initially failed, and the analyses provide valuable guidance for emerging health-related policy objectives and responses to global challenges.
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