Questions and Exercises

1. What solution does McDonald offer for raising fertility in the developed countries?
2. What the major problems that affect the effectiveness of population policy?
3. What are different types of population policies in existence in different countries?
4. Distinguish between family planning and beyond family planning measures.
5. Select any two beyond family planning measures and argue that they can lead to a decline in the fertility levels in the developing countries.
6. Are the beyond family planning measures more acceptable to people?
7. Should the government target at reducing the birth rate or total fertility rate or the population growth rate?
8. What kind of data will be required to evaluate the success of family planning programmes?
9. What are the sources of disagreements between religious leaders and the government on the matters of population policy?
10. What will happen if a government does not have a population policy?