U.S. Department of Commerce
Bureau of the Census
Population Division
International Programs Center
Eurasia Branch
Washington Plaza II, Room 114
Washington, D.C. 20233-8860
David Zaslow, Editor
Telephone: (301) 457-1362
FAX : (301) 457-1539
Internet: dzaslow@ccmail.census.gov
World Wide Web: http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/
Contents:
Introduction
Son Preference in Asia-Report of a Symposium
Profile of Zaporizhzhya (Ukraine)
Introduction
This is the seventh in a series of reports by the Eurasia Branch. This bulletin highlights some of our current work in the areas of demography and economics. The focus is on examining and interpreting new and existing data sets produced by statistical organizations of Eastern Europe, the former Soviet states and Asia. The first article of this issue provides an assessment of the issues relating to the substantial difference between the numbers of male and female children in many, but not all, countries of Asia. The article concludes with several suggestions for policy-makers to address this issue. The second article features an overview of Zaporizhzhya (Ukraine), a city that like many in the former Soviet Union is burdened by an obsolete manufacturing sector, but benefits from a policy-elite that appears committed to economic reform.
