Population dynamics became a key variable of the developmentalist rhetoric during the postwar era. The World Population Conference (wpc) in Bucharest (1974) was marked by open disagreements regarding the interpretation of the relationship between the ‘Third World’s’ underdevelopment and its overpopulation. The main outcome of the wpc 1974, the World Population Plan of Action (wppa) was the product of negotiations and compromises reached by the parties involved. The study deals with the role that the Romanian representatives at wpc 1974 played in the creation of wppa’s final version. The organization of the wpc in Bucharest gave the Romanian delegation a privileged position. The study contextualizes its contribution to the wppa within the particular conditions of population expertise’s emergence in postwar Romania. The study investigates previously unexplored archival fonds (the Archive of Romanian Ministry for Foreign Affairs) and brings into play unknown details of the maneuvers by various actors during the Bucharest conference. The Romanian version of the story adds nuance to the general narrative on the wpc’s outcomes, which presumes a strict separation between the domains of expertise and politics. The article argues that the Romanians’ alternative interpretations of the wppa were not only the result of the political control and ideological conformity, but also an expression of the particular way in which the field of population expertise developed in twentieth-century Romania.

人口动态成为战后时代发展主义言论的关键变量。在布加勒斯特（1974）举行的世界人口大会（wpc）上，关于“第三世界”欠发达与人口过剩之间关系的公开分歧引起了人们的广泛关注。wpc 1974年的主要成果是《世界人口行动计划》（wppa），是有关各方谈判和妥协的产物。这项研究探讨了1974年wpc罗马尼亚代表在创建wppa最终版本中所扮演的角色。木塑组织在布加勒斯特，罗马尼亚代表团获得了特权。该研究在战后罗马尼亚出现人口专门知识的特定条件下，将其对wppa的贡献具体化。这项研究调查了以前未曾探索过的档案格式（罗马尼亚外交部档案馆），并在布加勒斯特会议期间发挥了各种行动者未知的动作细节。故事的罗马尼亚语版本在wpc的结果的一般叙述中增加了细微差别，这假定专业知识和政治领域之间存在严格的区分。文章认为，罗马尼亚人对wppa的替代解释 这不仅是政治控制和意识形态整合的结果，而且还表达了二十世纪罗马尼亚发展人口专门知识领域的特殊方式。