POPULATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

PROJECT CONSISTS OF 2 COMPONENTS. IN COMPONENT ONE, MANAGED BY THE DEMOGRAPHIC POCICY AND IMPLEMENTATION RESEARCH CENTER (DPIRC), TWO TYPES OF SUBPROJECTS OF AN EXPERIMENTAL OR QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL NATURE WILL BE IMPLEMENTED TO INVESTIGATE WAYS OF DELIVERING AND CREATING DEMAND FOR CONTRACEPTIVE SERVICES. FINDINGS OF THESE SUBPROJECTS WILL BE USED BY POLICY MAKERS TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT, AND TO PROMOTE, MORE WIDESPREAD ADOPTION OF INNOVATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN TESTED SUCCESSFULLY. THE OTHER COMPONENT, MANAGED BY THE PLANNING DIVISION, WILL SUPPORT POPULATION IMPACT ANALYSIS. THIS WILL INCLUDE THE STUDY, IN NON-EXPERIMENTAL WAYS, OF THE DETERMINANTS OF FERTILITY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF METHODS OF ESTIMATING THE IMPACT OF ALTERNATIVE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE STRATEGIES ON FERTILITY. A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES WILL BE UNDERTAKEN TO DISSEMINATE THE RESULTS OF SUBPROJECTS AND, ULTIMATELY, LEAD TO THEIR ADOPTION AS POLICY AND PROGRAM INNOVATIONS. THESE ACTIVITIES MAY RANGE FROM THE PUBLICATION OF SUBPROJECT REPORTS TO THE PUBLICATION AND BROAD DISTRIBUTION OF SUMMARIES OF THESE REPORTS IN THE FORM OF A NEWSLETTER, TO A SERIES OF BRIEFINGS AND SEMINARS BETWEEN SUBPROJECT INVESTIGATORS AND POLICY MAKERS.