Ryazantsev S.V., Smirnov A.V., Ryazantsev N.S. Demographic processes and demographic policy in Bangladesh. Nauchnoe obozrenie. Seriya 2. Gumanitarnye nauki [Scientific Review. Series 2. Human Sciences]. 2020. No. 1-2. Р. 28-39. DOI: 10.26653 ...

Abstract

The article discusses the demographic processes in Bangladesh and the impact on them of the government’s demographic policy. Bangladesh is in the third stage of the first demographic transi- tion, which is characterized by relatively high life expectancy at birth for developing countries and declin- ing birth rates. To reduce the total birth rate, the government of Bangladesh has been actively pursuing a population policy. The stages of demographic policy are highlighted. The first stage of politics (1974- 2004) included the adoption of laws and the creation of social structures to carry out tasks to change the demographic situation. The primary task was to reduce reproductive attitudes in the population to a one- or two-child family. At the second stage (2004-2012), the government switched to active propaganda of fertility reduction, stimulated the emergence in the country of non-profit organizations that educated the population about the importance of contraception and birth control. The third stage (since 2012) includ- ed the development of networks of counseling centers for family planning, school education about the family. Despite the goals achieved by the Government of Bangladesh to reduce TFR, the country has not solved many problems: poverty, child marriage, violence and sexual exploitation of women, extreme environmental and climatic conditions.