Reimert T. Ravenholt, USAID’s Population Program Stalwart
(2000) This is the sixth in a series of profiles of the people who have most influenced thinking about population over the past century.
Area of Expertise: Children, Youth, and Families
How Does Family Planning Influence Women’s Lives?
(October 2000) Among the many changes that occurred in the second half of the 20th century, perhaps the most significant and personal for women has been the means to choose whether and when to have children.
Who Votes in America?
(2000) As the presidential election draws closer, the candidates are paying attention to key demographic groups. But which groups are likely to cast votes in the presidential election?
Baby-Boomer Retirees Changing the U.S. Landscape
(October 2000) People ages 65 and older are far less likely to move than their working-age counterparts.
The Urban Demographic Revolution
(September 2000) A report commissioned by the German government and released July 4 at the Global Conference on the Urban Future presents an upbeat view of the growth of cities in the 21st century.
Urbanizing World
Managing urban population change will be one of the world’s most important challenges in the next few decades.
Is Education the Best Contraceptive?
(August 2000) The World Bank calls women’s education the “single most influential investment that can be made in the developing world.
Youth and the HIV/AIDS Crisis
(August 2000) About half of all people infected with HIV are under age 25, according to World Health Organization estimates, and in less developed countries, up to 60 percent of all new infections are among 15-to-24-year-olds.
Finding the Balance: Population and Water Scarcity in the Middle East and North Africa
(2002) The Middle East and North Africa (MENA)* is the most water-scarce region of the world. Home to 6.
Gregory Pincus, Father of the Pill
(2000) Gregory Goodwin “Goody” Pincus was Dr. Pincus because of his Harvard Ph.