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PubMed1987

Urbanization and internal migration.

This is a survey of the U.N. Population Division's contributions to the study of urbanization and internal migration, related research, and publications. In order to review these contributions, the relevant U.N. publications are classified under five broad topics: "estimates and projections of urban, rural and city populations, including problems of data comparability and methods to measure internal migration; monitoring of trends in urbanization; estimates and analyses of migration as a component of urban and metropolitan growth; studies of demographic and socio-economic aspects of urbanization, and studies of demographic and socio-economic aspects of internal migration."

Demography↗
PubMed1987

International migration.

The publications of the U.N. Population Division concerning international migration are reviewed. It is noted that the Division's "productivity related to that subject can be divided into four areas of endeavour--namely, work on the compilation and improvement of international migration statistics; analytical studies on the levels and trends of migration; the overview of policies shaping international migration flows; and the study of the interrelations between international migration and social and economic factors." Changes over time in the priority given to various topics are discussed

Demography↗
PubMed1982

Infant mortality: world estimates and projections, 1950-2025.

Although the infant mortality rate is considered 1 of the preferred indicators for describing both demographic conditions and the overall and social economic well-being of a country, comparable and consistent estimates and projections of infant mortality for all countries of the world have been lacking. In an attempt to improve this situation, the UN Population Division, with the support and encouragement of the UN Children's Fund and the assistance of the World Health Organization and the UN regional commissions, has recently completed a comprehensive project which provides estimates and projections of infant mortality for all world countries for the period 1950-2025. This article reviews the estimates and projections produced by this project. The various sources and the quality of the data, as well as the methods employed to estimate current and past levels of infant mortality and to project future trends, are reviewed and evaluated. The article concludes with a discussion of the results vis-a-vis the goals set for infant mortality by the World Population Plan of Action and the International Development Strategy for the 3rd UN Development Decade.

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