This independent evaluation was conducted to inform NZMFAT and LMNZ about the progress to date of the Bougainville Healthy Community Program; the lessons learned; and suggestions for future design of a next five-year phase and implications for rollout in PNG. The evaluation focused on village level assessments in 19 villages and hamlets in four Districts...

This review was originally scheduled for November 2008, close to the end of a three year USD$2 million support through UNFPA to strengthen reproductive health in Papua New Guinea.

This report documents and analyses the results of an end-line survey of the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) project in Binh Dinh province (VIE/03/P20) for the period of 2004-2008. The project was implemented by the Binh Dinh People’s Committee, under support of the UNFPA and financial support of the NZAID for a total of US$3...

This paper uses data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey and a simultaneous equations approach to analyze the effects of the 2004 government funded 'Baby Bonus' on fertility intentions and ultimately births.In May 2004, the Australian government announced a “Baby Bonus” policy, paying women an initial A$3,000 per new child. The...

The failure to foresee the baby boom that began in Australia in 2005 and has now hit a thirty-year high has had serious consequences for public hospitals and birthing services.