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The End of the Fertility Transition in the Developing World

Publications/Resources
Council researchers' names appear in boldface type.

2005
Bongaarts, John. “The causes of stalling fertility transitions in the developing world,” Policy Research Division Working Paper no. 204. New York: Population Council. (PDF) (abstract)

2004
Bongaarts, John. “Population policies, demographic aspects of,” in Stephen G. Post (ed.), Encyclopedia of Bioethics, 3rd edition, vol. 4. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, pp. 2083–2087.*

Casterline, John and Rania Roushdy. Fertility Decline in Egypt: The Challenge of Achieving Replacement-Level Fertility. Cairo: Population Council.

2003
Amin, Sajeda. “Menstrual regulation in Bangladesh,” in Alaka M. Basu (ed.). The Sociocultural and Political Aspects of Abortion: Global Perspectives. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, pp. 153–166.*

Bongaarts, John. “Completing the fertility transition in the developing world: The role of educational differences and fertility preferences,” Population Studies 57(3): 321–336.* Also issued as Policy Research Division Working Paper no. 177. New York: Population Council, 2003. (PDF) (abstract)

———. “Fertility, proximate determinants of,” in Paul Demeny and Geoffrey McNicoll (eds.), Encyclopedia of Population, vol. 1. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, pp. 412–417.*

2002
Bongaarts, John. “The end of the fertility transition in the developing world,” in Completing the Fertility Transition, UN document ESA/P/WP.172/Rev.1. New York: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, pp. 288–307.* Forthcoming in UN Population Bulletin.* Also issued as Policy Research Division Working Paper no. 161. New York: Population Council, 2002. (PDF) (abstract)

Bongaarts, John and Elof Johansson. “Future trends in contraceptive prevalence and method mix in the developing world,” Studies in Family Planning 33(1): 24–36. (PDF) (abstract) Also issued as Policy Research Division Working Paper no. 141. New York: Population Council, 2000. (PDF) (abstract)

Palabrica-Costello, Marilou and John B. Casterline. “Fertility decline in the Philippines: Current status, future prospects,” in Completing the Fertility Transition, UN document ESA/P/WP.172/Rev.1. New York: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, pp. 529–538. Forthcoming in UN Population Bulletin.*

2001
Bongaarts, John and Sajeda Amin. “Prospects for fertility decline and implications for population growth in South Asia,” in Zeba Ayesha Sathar and James F. Phillips (eds.), Fertility Transition in South Asia. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 401–422.* Also issued as Policy Research Division Working Paper no. 94. New York: Population Council, 1997. (abstract)

Casterline, John B. “The pace of fertility transition: National patterns in the second half of the twentieth century,” in Rodolfo A. Bulatao and John B. Casterline (eds.), Global Fertility Transition, supplement to Population and Development Review vol. 27. New York: Population Council, pp. 17–52. (ordering information)

2000
Bongaarts, John and Charles F. Westoff. “The potential role of contraception in reducing abortion,” Studies in Family Planning 31(3): 193–202. (PDF) (abstract) Also issued as Policy Research Division Working Paper no. 134. New York: Population Council, 2000. (PDF) (abstract only)

1999
Bongaarts, John. “The fertility impact of changes in the timing of childbearing in the developing world,” Population Studies 53(3): 277–289.* Also issued as Policy Research Division Working Paper no. 120. New York: Population Council, 1999. (PDF) (abstract)

———.  “The paradox of transition: Unwanted childbearing in the developing world,” Orgyn 10(3): 14–17.*

* Not available from the Population Council.

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13 January 2006