Policy Lessons of the East Asian Demographic Transition
2006; Wiley; Volume: 32; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1111/j.1728-4457.2006.00103.x
ISSN1728-4457
Autores Tópico(s)Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
ResumoPopulation and Development ReviewVolume 32, Issue 1 p. 1-25 Policy Lessons of the East Asian Demographic Transition Geoffrey McNicoll, Geoffrey McNicoll Senior Associate, Population Council, New York.Search for more papers by this author Geoffrey McNicoll, Geoffrey McNicoll Senior Associate, Population Council, New York.Search for more papers by this author First published: 23 March 2006 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1728-4457.2006.00103.xCitations: 21AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Abstract The usual lessons drawn from East Asia's striking experience of health and fertility transition concern the efficacy of well-designed government programs catering to an existing or ideationally stimulated demand. An alternative interpretation sees the demographic change—and the uptake of services—as a byproduct of social and economic development together with, in some cases, strong government pressures. This article probes more deeply into this experience, seeking to identify common features of development design and administration that underlay it. The broad sequence entailed, initially, establishment of an effective, typically authoritarian, system of local administration, providing (sometimes incidentally) a framework for promotion and service delivery in health, education, and family planning. Subsequent economic liberalization offered new opportunities for upward mobility—and greater risks of backsliding—but along with erosion of social capital and the breakdown or privatization of service programs. The study is mainly focused on seven countries: Taiwan and South Korea ("tiger" economies), Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia ("second wave" countries), and China and Vietnam ("market-Leninist" economies). The period is roughly from the 1960s to the 1990s. References Achmad, Januar. 1999. Hollow Development: The Politics of Health in Soeharto's Indonesia. Demography Program, Australian National University. Bauer, John. 2001. " Economic growth and policy in East Asia,"in Andrew Mason, (ed.), Population Change and Economic Development in East Asia: Challenges Met, Opportunities Seized. Stan-ford : Stanford University Press. Bhagwati, Jagdish. 2000, The Wind of the Hundred Days: How Washington Mismanaged Globalization. Cambridge , MA : MIT Press. 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