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... In addition, there continues to be little consensus about the link between fertility decline and broader societal impacts, including economic development. The goal of this workshop was to bring together experts and stakeholders to discuss conceptual, methodological, and policy issues regarding the relationships among family planning, women's empowerment, fertility decline, and population and societal impacts.
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... In his introductory remarks, Win Brown (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) framed the workshop as a revisitation of questions and themes explored in the 1986 National Research Council report on population growth and economic development.1 The modern context for this revisitation includes recent population projections by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, which forecasts a decline in the global total fertility rate by 2100.
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... The views contained in the proceedings are those of individual workshop participants and do not necessarily represent the views of all workshop participants, the planning committee, or the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. BOX 1-1 Workshop Statement of Task An ad hoc planning committee will plan and execute a 2-day workshop that will bring together experts and stakeholders to discuss conceptual, method ological, and policy issues regarding the relationship between family planning, women's empowerment, and population and societal impacts.


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