Publication: Fertility Decline in Pakistan 1980-2006: A Case Study
Date
2010-05
ISSN
Published
2010-05
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
Pakistan was selected as a case study
because of its estimated 40 percent decline in fertility
between 1980 and 2006. Pakistan's high fertility rate
began to decline gradually after the late 1980s and has
continued to fall since then, though progress has been
uneven and there have been signs of a slowdown in recent
years. Unlike the other four case study countries (Algeria,
Botswana, Iran, and Nicaragua), the history of fertility
reduction in Pakistan has not been an overwhelming success
story but rather a story of challenges, partial responses,
and shortcomings that offer abundant lessons for other
high-fertility countries as well as planners in Pakistan.
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Citation
“World Bank. 2010. Fertility Decline in Pakistan 1980-2006: A Case Study. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27496 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”