Population Policies and Programmes in Singapore, 2nd edition
Saw Swee-Hock, author
Date of publication:
2016
Publisher:
ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute
Number of pages:
332
Code:
BM541
Soft Cover
ISBN: 9789814762199
About the publication
The second edition of Population Policies and Programmes in Singapore presents an up-to-date and comprehensive account of the government’s initiatives to influence the course of fertility, and hence the rate of population growth in the island-state of Singapore since the 1960s. The varied population issues and consequences associated with the prolonged below-replacement fertility are discussed in detail. The strength of the book lies in the author’s intimate familiarity with the subject acquired through some personal involvement in the formulation of population policies for the country.
Contents
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Population Policies and Programmes in Singapore, 2nd edition
[Whole Publication, ISBN: 9789814762205], by Saw Swee-Hock, author -
Preliminary pages
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1. Background
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2. A Private Programme
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3. The Government Programme
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4. Induced Abortion
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5. Voluntary Sterilization
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6. Incentives and Disincentives
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7. Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice
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8. Rapid Fertility Decline
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9. Uplifting Fertility of Better-Educated Women
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10. Relaxing Antinatalist Policies
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11. Limited Pronatalist Policies
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12. Reinforcing Previous Pronatalist Incentives
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13. Latest Pronatalist Incentives
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14. Prolonged Below-Replacement Fertility
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15. Immigration Policies and Programmes
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16. Demographic Trends and Consequences
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17. Epilogue
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Appendix A: Talent for the Future
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Appendix B: When Couples Have Fewer Than Two
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Appendix C: Who is Having Too Few Babies?
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Appendix D: The Second Long March
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Appendix E: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's New Year Message on 1 January 2012
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Appendix F: Babies
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Bibliography
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Index
