Population policies and programmes in Singapore / Saw Swee-Hock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saw, Swee-Hock, 1931- author.

Contributor:

ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Birth control--Singapore.

Birth control.

Fertility, Human--Singapore.

Fertility, Human.

Singapore--Population policy.

Singapore.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 332 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute, 2016.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The second edition of <i>Population Policies and Programmes in Singapore</i> presents an up-to-date and comprehensive account of the government's initiatives to influence the course of fertility, and hence the rate of population growth in the island-state of Singapore since the 1960s. The varied population issues and consequences associated with the prolonged below-replacement fertility are discussed in detail. The strength of the book lies in the author's intimate familiarity with the subject acquired through some personal involvement in the formulation of population policies for the country.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Tables

List of Figures

Foreword / Calhoun, Craig

Preface / Swee-Hock, Saw

1. Background

2. A Private Programme

3. The Government Programme

4. Induced Abortion

5. Voluntary Sterilization

6. Incentives and Disincentives

7. Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice

8. Rapid Fertility Decline

9. Uplifting Fertility of Better-Educated Women

10. Relaxing Antinatalist Policies

11. Limited Pronatalist Policies

12. Reinforcing Previous Pronatalist Incentives

13. Latest Pronatalist Incentives

14. Prolonged Below-Replacement Fertility

15. Immigration Policies and Programmes

16. Demographic Trends and Consequences

17. Epilogue

Appendix A. Talent For The Future / Yew, Lee Kuan

Appendix B. When Couples Have Fewer Than Two / Swee-Hock, Saw

Appendix C. Who Is Having Too Few Babies? / Swee-Hock, Saw

Appendix D. The Second Long March / Tong, Goh Chok

Appendix E. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's New Year Message on 1 January 2012

Appendix F. Babies / Loong, Lee Hsien

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jun 2017).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789814762205

9814762202

OCLC:

958182084