The Population Problem and the Concept of 'Unmet Need' for Family Planning - Should 'Unmet Need' Serve as a Guide to Policy Decisions
This paper has its starting point with the discrepancy between the ICPD Plan of Action and the Millennium Development Goals with regards to their separate emphasis on the importance of family planning services as a reproductive health component. The population problem can be looked upon from various theoretical schools. This paper examines the sharply contrasting views of economists, on the one ha