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Population Policy - Chapter 11 - Coggle Diagram
Population Policy - Chapter 11
Why Are Population Policies Necessary?
Commons
: Any property or commodity that is collectively owned.
Optimum Population Size
: The theoretically most appropriate number of persons that can be supported by a given base of resources.
Sustainable Population Size
: The number of people that can be supported by a given resource base, over successive generations, in a manner that is acceptable in terms of community standards.
Implementation
: The third and most difficult stage of the policy-formulation process, during which plans are put into effect.
Postpartum Abstinence
: A variable period of time following delivery of a child during which a woman refrains from sexual intercourse.
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
: The branch of the Federal gov. responsible, through its Office of Population, for family planning programs abroad.
How Population Policies are Made
Agenda Setting
: The first and most important step in policy formulation, during which basic goals are established.
Three stages: Agenda Setting, Decision Making, and Implementation
Nongovernmental Organization (NGOs)
: Such organizations now play a major role in population policy information.
United Nation's Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA)
: The UN agency responsible for family planning programs.
International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)
: A well established NGO that promotes family planning worldwide.
Evaluating Population Policies
Process Evaluation
: A type of research that focuses on the manner in which a program is implemented.
Program Evaluation
: or Evaluation Research. A type if research designed ti determine if a program is effective.
Efficiency Evaluation
: A type of evaluation research that focuses in how programs funds are spent.
Impact Evaluation
: A type of evaluation research that focuses on the extent to which the goals of a program have been achieved.
Quasi-experimental Designs
: A type of research methodology that is applied when one or more components of the experimental method cannot be employed.