The Elimination of Contraceptive Acceptor Targets and the Evolutions of Population Policy in India

In 1996 the government of India announced a new national population policy that eliminated numerical targets for new contraceptive acceptors. This paper examines the history of target setting in India and factors that led to the elimination of targets The analysis is based on published and unpublish...

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Published inPopulation studies Vol. 56; no. 1; pp. 97 - 110
Main Author Donaldson, Peter J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.03.2002
Subjects
Family planning
India
Policy
Population
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Summary:In 1996 the government of India announced a new national population policy that eliminated numerical targets for new contraceptive acceptors. This paper examines the history of target setting in India and factors that led to the elimination of targets The analysis is based on published and unpublished reports on India's population policy and the family planning program and interviews with senior Indian and foreign officials and population specialists. Five factors are identified as playing a role in the evolution from target setting to a target-free policy: (1) the research of India's academics; (2) the work of women's health advocates; (3) the support of officials in the state bureaucracy who approved the target-free approach; (4) the influence of the donors to India's family planning program, especially the World Bank; and (5) the International Conference on Population and Development. 73 References. (Original abstract - amended)
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ISSN:0032-4728