Thailand improving population programme.

Although Thailand's previous experience with population programs has been most successful, the country is trying to improve its population program in line with the recommendations of the World Population Plan of Action and many of the points called for in the Bali Declaration on Population and Sustainable Development. Population policies contained in Thailand's 7th Five-Year National Economic and Social Development Plan for 1992-96 focus upon reducing the population growth rate to 1.2% per year by the end of 1996, population distribution issues, and the development of population quality. Family planning promotion, population education, and IEC will be targeted to special population groups such as ethnic groups and women in urban slums, especially in the northeastern and southern regions where fertility levels remain higher than the national average. Strong collaboration will be needed with other government sectors, the private sector, and nongovernmental organizations to supplement government activities.