Policies and programs in population issues.

Teacher(s)

Rizzi Ester Lucia;

Language

French

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)

Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	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.

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.

Other information

Introduction to Demography (SPED 1211) is recommended Oral or written examination Course text + documents on the examples discussed.

Faculty or entity

PSAD