Continuity and Change in the U.S. Decennial Census
The first nation in the world to take a regular population census, the United States has been counting its population every 10 years since 1790—as required by the U.S.
Area of Expertise: Children, Youth, and Families
U.S. Poverty Thresholds and Poverty Guidelines: What’s the Difference?
Have you ever worked with data about the federal poverty level and wondered what that level was?
A PRB Media Landscape Review: Are the News Media Giving Policymakers the Information They Need?
By asoares
Where do developing country policymakers get the information on which they base their public policy decisions?
Three Takeaways on the Four Dividends: How Age Structure Change Can Benefit Development
By asoares
The dividends from demographic change are not limited to the economy. PRB’s new interactive web feature shows how maturing age structures open a window of opportunity across four sectors—health, education, economic, and political.
Webinaire SPE en Afrique : Actualités sur le Réseau SPE à Madagascar à l’attention de la communauté francophone
By asoares
Le 28 février, le projet PACE—Renforcement des politiques, du plaidoyer et de la communication pour la santé de la population et la procréation—a organisé un webinaire en français sur la Santé, la Population et l’Environnement en Afrique intitulé « Actualités sur le projet SPE en Afrique à l’attention de la communauté francophone ».
Africa PHE Webinar: Updates from the Madagascar PHE Network for the Francophone Community
By asoares
On February 28 the PACE—Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health—Project hosted an Africa population, health, and environment (PHE) webinar in French, titled “Africa PHE Project Updates for the Francophone Community.
Advocacy Packages Draw Attention to Need for Investment in Family Planning
(2018) Under the EEDA Resource Hub Activity, PRB partnered with DSW to create communications products that will advance family planning advocacy in Kenya and Uganda.
Harnessing the Demographic Dividend
By asoares
This segment from the ENGAGE presentation “Harnessing the Demographic Dividend” explains the changes necessary for countries to achieve a demographic dividend, and serves as a platform for leaders to discuss investments in youth, family planning, education, and the economy.
Population, Health, and Environment (PHE) Online Course: Also Available French and Spanish
By asoares
(2018) As part of efforts to share cross-cutting information and increase dialogue and visibility of multisectoral approaches, PRB’s PACE project has translated the revised Population, Health, and the Environment course for USAID’s Global Health e-Learning (GHeL) Center, managed by the Knowledge 4 Health project (K4Health).
Interactive. Four Dividends: How Age Structure Change Can Benefit Development
By asoares
This web feature expands the concept of the demographic dividend to project four potential sets of benefits—in addition to economic growth, it outlines benefits in child survival, education, and political stability.