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  • Title: Non-governmental organizations and the World Population Plan of Action.
    Author: United Nations. Department of International Economic and Social Affairs. Population Division.
    Journal: Popul Bull UN; 1990; (29):54-76. PubMed ID: 12343059.
    Abstract:
    The article provides a general overview of the survey of 81 non-governmental organizations (NGO's) which were involved in activities supporting the World Population Plan of Action adopted by the 1974 World Population Conference. Included are the areas of socioeconomic development, the environment, population policy on population growth, morbidity unit, and reproduction and family; (for instance, the Save the Children Federation promotes the involvement of women in family planning and the Population Research Center of the Rand Corporation has studied the social and economic mobility of women). The 25 years of population support by the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations most recently were directed to Togo and Thailand. The Population Council's research findings are that late 1st birth and spacing can significantly reduce the population growth rate the Population Institutes estimates the number of couples in 12 countries that need family planning (FP) in order to meet national fertility goals. The International Confederation of Midwives, the Child Survival Program of the Save the Children's Fund, the International Safe Motherhood Conference, and many other donors are active in morbidity and child mortality issues. IPPF is the primary provider of FP services, and the Pathfinder Fund is developing innovative FP programs. The World Fertility Survey of the International Statistical Institute and many others contribute to reproductive issues. The Battelle Memorial Institute has studied population aging and the distribution of public sector resources among the younger and older populations. The Inter-American Statistical Institute, the Latin American Demographic Center, the International Institute for Vital Registration and Statistics serve data collection functions. The Population Information Network of CICRED and the Association for Population/Family Planning Libraries and Information Centers-International (APLIC) serve dispersal functions 22 NGO's were broad-based international membership organization closely tied to the UN Economic and Social Council; 14 NGO's were related to the Council on human rights issues, and 37 did not have consultative status to the Council. The 10 largest NGO's account for 79.3% of the total resources.
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