Community Action Addresses Population Impacts on the Environment
(2007) Many developing countries possess abundant natural resources, but these resources can be threatened by population pressures and poverty, among other factors.
Area of Expertise: Children, Youth, and Families
PRB Discuss Online: Environment, Poverty, and Security in Today’s World, What’s Population Got to Do With It?
(2007) How are environmental, poverty, and security trends in today’s world affected by population dynamics? What is being done to address these issues? What is needed?
Do Parents Spend Enough Time With Their Children?
Recently published research concludes that today’s U.S.
Census Bureau Plans to Eliminate ‘Foster Child’ Category
(2007) The U.S.
The Feminization of Migration: Obstacles to Good Health Care
This is the second in a series of articles on the feminization of migration. The first article was The Feminization of Migration.
PRB Discuss Online: Who Is Malnourished or Hungry in the World? Why? What Can We Do to Help?
(December 2006) How many malnourished or hungry people are there in the world, and why? Is the situation improving or worsening?
HIV/AIDS and the Natural Environment
(2006) Still, at least one research and policy dimension remains little explored: The relationship between HIV/AIDS and the natural environment. HIV/AIDS is shaping society’s impact on the natural environment in myriad ways and at many levels.
Feminization of Migration
This is the first in a series of articles on the feminization of migration. Support for this series is provided by the Fred H.
Strategies for Sustainable Development: Case Studies of Community-Based Population, Health, and Environment Projects
(October 2006) PRB, in partnership with nongovernmental organizations in the Philippines, has produced five case studies that document approaches to the implementation of integrated population, health, and environment (PHE) projects.
Families, Fathers, and Demographic Change
(2006) Two important demographic trends have reshaped the typical person’s life dramatically over the past century: Increasing longevity and the shrinking number of children per family.