The economic consequences of reproductive health and family planning

We consider the evidence for the effect of access to reproductive health services on the achievement of Millennium Development Goals 1, 2, and 3, which aim to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, achieve universal primary education, and promote gender equality and empower women. At the household le...

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Published inThe Lancet (British edition) Vol. 380; no. 9837; pp. 165 - 171
Main Authors Canning, David, Prof, Schultz, T Paul, Prof
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 14.07.2012
Elsevier
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
assets
Biological and medical sciences
Birth Rate
children
economic development
education
family planning
Family Planning Services - economics
Family Planning Services - supply & distribution
Female
gender
General aspects
Global Health
health services
Health Services Accessibility
Humans
hunger
Income
Internal Medicine
labor
macroeconomics
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Population Dynamics
poverty
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Reproductive Health - economics
Reproductive Health Services - economics
Reproductive Health Services - supply & distribution
spatial distribution
women
youth
Bangladesh
Ghana
Human
Pregnancy
Family planning
Reproductive medicine
Female
Economic aspect
Woman
Public health
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Summary:We consider the evidence for the effect of access to reproductive health services on the achievement of Millennium Development Goals 1, 2, and 3, which aim to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, achieve universal primary education, and promote gender equality and empower women. At the household level, controlled trials in Matlab, Bangladesh, and Navrongo, Ghana, have shown that increasing access to family planning services reduces fertility and improves birth spacing. In the Matlab study, findings from long-term follow-up showed that women's earnings, assets, and body-mass indexes, and children's schooling and body-mass indexes, substantially improved in areas with improved access to family planning services compared with outcomes in control areas. At the macroeconomic level, reductions in fertility enhance economic growth as a result of reduced youth dependency and an increased number of women participating in paid labour.
Bibliography:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60827-7
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ISSN:0140-6736
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DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60827-7