Improving socio-cultural factors which support population policies

This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities.

1. Understanding of socio-cultural and political factors that can positively influence acceptance of appropriate population policy instruments should be improved.

1. Reforming policy
2. Improving
3. Formulating cultural policies

1. Building demographic factors into local programmes for sustainable development

1. Strengthening research to build demographic factors into local sustainable development programmes

1. Underpopulation
2. Support
3. Overpopulation
4. Depopulation