Knowledge of the various types of policies aiming at populations (direct policies) or with demographic impacts (indirect policies).
Introduction to the evaluation of population policies: relevance, ethics, acceptability, cost/effectiveness.
Main themes
Typological presentation of policies
- with explicit demographic goals
- aiming at influencing the population growth rate
- related to population ageing.
- family, social and/or fiscal policies with indirect demographic effects
- fertility, migration and health policies
International action programs (UNFPA, World Bank, bilateral cooperation, etc)
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)
Introduction to Demography (SPED 1211) is recommended
Oral or written examination
Course text + documents on the examples discussed.