ENGLISH: ONLY WORKSHOP ON PROSPECTS FOR FERTILITY DECLINE IN HIGH FERTILITY COUNTRIES Population Division Department of Economic and Social Affairs United Nations Secretariat New York, 9-11 July 2001 FERTILITY IN PAKISTAN: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE*
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