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(2) To serve as a coordinating and/or supervisory agency for projects in population-

related areas;
(3) To act as a centre for discussion and activity on population-related issues;

(4) To collate reliable information and statistics and to initiate and maintain a
population information centre and a data bank within the FEA;

(5) To publish and disseminate research findings related to population studies both
nationally and internationally;

(6) To provide up-to-date information on population related research;

(7) To assist and encourage members to develop and upgrade population courses;
and

(8) To perform such other functions as may be approved from time to time by the
FEA.

RESEARCH AREAS

• Population and development (including sectoral development such as health,
education and human resource development, and manpower planning)

• Ageing and Age Structural Changes, Social Gerontology
• Internal and International Migration

• Urbanization

• Gender and Family Studies
• Community Participation

• Fertility
• Health and

• Mortality
• Marriage

• Reproductive Health

• Population projections
• Population Policies and Programs

PSU continued to implement the project on "Enhancing Demographic Research and Training

for Development Planning" funded by United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the

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