The new demographic regime : population challenges and policy responses / edited by Miroslav Macura, Alphonse L. MacDonald and Werner Haug.

Includes the keynote and background papers prepared for the European Population Forum 2004, which was subtitled Population Challenges and Policy Responses ; organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and was held on 12-14 January 2004 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

"United Nations Publication sales no. E.05.II.E.10"--t.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

1. Policy challenges of Europe's demographic changes: from past perspectives to future prospects / Paul Demeny -- 2. Facing the 21st century: new developments, continuing problems / David Coleman -- 3. Responses to the new demographics: present and future strategies for the European Union / Jerome Vignon -- 4. Population challenges and policy responses: the Austrian approach / Ursula Haubner -- 5. Partnership, childbearing and parenting: trends of the 1990s / Francesco Billari -- 6. Trends in policies for family-friendly societies / Anne H. Gauthier -- 7. International labour migration, economic growth and labour markets: the current state of affairs / Thomas K. Bauer, John P. Haisken-DeNew, Christoph M. Schmidt -- 8. Integration of migrants: economic, social, cultural and political dimensions / Rinus Penninx -- 9. Morbidity and mortality in the transition countries of Europe / Ellen Nolte, Martin McKee, Anna Gilmore -- 10. Reproductive health in the transition countries of Europe / Florina Serbanescu, Howard Goldberg, Leo Morris -- 11. Official development assistance levels and spending on sexual and reproductive health and rights since the ICPD / Vicky Claeys, Eef Wuyts -- 12. Progress in policy-making in population and reproductive health issues / Jorg F. Maas, Christian Resch -- 13. A decade of experience with implementing the ICPD programme of action: the UNFPA field inquiry in the UNECE region / Tomas Frejka -- Final document of the forum -- Annex 1. Programme of the forum -- Annex 2. Advisory group -- Annex 3. Friends of the chair.