Farooq G M, Pernia E M
Popul Bull UN. 1987(23-24):11-20.
The authors discuss the nature of an integrated approach to the treatment of population variables in the socioeconomic planning exercises of developing countries and describe the obstacles that must be overcome in order to achieve meaningful integration. The nature of the system linking demographic and socioeconomic processes is described, and a distinction is made between the roles of population-influencing and population-responsive policies. The types of studies needed to provide an effective analytical framework for integrated population and development planning are set forth and discussed in ascending order, from inventories of demographic and related socioeconomic data to demographic/economic planning models. The need for establishing some form of a population planning unit within the governmental structure is assessed, and the functions which might be undertaken by such a unit are described. Finally, a classification scheme is proposed which would divide countries into broad categories according to their major characteristics and problems, and a scheme for providing each type of country with technical assistance in population and development planning is proposed. In their concluding remarks, the authors note there is a need to promote a transition from simple awareness of the interrelationships and then to integrated planning. This transition, they maintain, will require a continuous and cumulative commitment of countries and an effective co-ordination and collaboration among the agencies which provide technical assistance in this field.
作者们探讨了在发展中国家的社会经济规划活动中，采用综合方法处理人口变量的性质，并描述了为实现有意义的整合而必须克服的障碍。阐述了将人口与社会经济过程联系起来的系统的性质，并区分了影响人口政策和响应人口政策的作用。提出并按从人口及相关社会经济数据清单到人口/经济规划模型的升序讨论了为综合人口与发展规划提供有效分析框架所需的各类研究。评估了在政府结构内设立某种形式的人口规划单位的必要性，并描述了该单位可能承担的职能。最后，提出了一种分类方案，该方案将根据各国的主要特征和问题将其分为大致类别，并提出了为各类国家在人口与发展规划方面提供技术援助的方案。在结论中，作者们指出，有必要推动从简单认识相互关系到综合规划的转变。他们认为，这一转变将需要各国持续不断地作出累积性承诺，以及在该领域提供技术援助的各机构之间进行有效的协调与合作。
