ABSTRACT
Trends in development planning over the past 40 years may be characterized by two phases: the first phase was characterised by emphasis given by the countries during most of the 1950s and 1960s to the maximization of economic growth. The second phase was characterized by the standard of living oriented planning. This chapter analyses some of the areas of convergence between population planning and development planning and highlights the practical as well as conceptual difficulties in advancing the goals of integration. It reviews the post World War II experience of planning. The chapter also reviews methodologies for integration including the role of demographic-economic models. The chapter deals with partial projection techniques. It highlights the important role of partial projection techniques in the field of integration. During the early post colonial period of the 1950s and the 1960s, the major focus of planning was the maximization of the rate of economic growth.
