Tracing the population assistance movement from its tentative beginnings to the present day, this book employs history to examine the new paradigm created from the Cairo Conference - the 'road map' for the population policy future.

JOHN F. KANTNER is Professor Emeritus at Johns Hopkins University, USA. ANDREW KANTNER is Adjunct Research Scientist at Pennsylvania State University, USA.

Introduction The Early Years of International Population Assistance: The Striving for Consensus The Emergence of New Priorities for International Population Assistance:The Years of Growing Policy and Program Discord The New Millennium: The Ascendancy of Antiabortion Politics and Millennium Development Goals International Population Assistance since Cairo: Trends in Funding and Program Action An Overview of Major Donor Organizations Currently Providing International Population Assistance Where Do We Go from Here?