Area of Expertise: Children, Youth, and Families
Aging Baby Boomers to Face Caregiving, Obesity, Inequality Challenges
The aging of the baby boom generation could fuel a 75 percent increase in the number of Americans ages 65 and older requiring nursing home care, to about 2.3 million in 2030 from 1.
Climate Change, Health, and Population Dynamics: A View From Tanzania
As people around the world celebrate the remarkable Paris Agreement to address climate change, there’s a genuine opportunity for countries to act on their financial pledges to help the world adapt to climate change—especially people in developing countries who are most vulnerable.
Three States Account for Nearly Half of U.S. Population Growth
(2015) California, Florida, and Texas made up a combined 27 percent of the U.S.
PRB Program Inspires Senegalese Journalist to Write Award-Winning Stories
(2015) Senegalese journalist Maimouna Gueye won a 2015 Global Health Reporting award from the International Center for Journalists for stories she wrote after participating in a program organized by the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) in southern Senegal and the capital, Dakar.
Ethiopia Makes Progress Toward a Demographic Dividend
Over the last two decades, Ethiopia has experienced an impressive decline in fertility, enjoyed strong economic growth, and made great strides in poverty reduction.
Nigerian Parliamentarian Pushing for New Population Policy Cites PRB Data As Evidence
(2015) According to news reports, Nigerian parliamentarian Babatunde Gabriel Kolawole backed a proposed motion for population policy legislation with projections from PRB’s World Population Data Sheet as evidence of a brewing crisis and the need to take quick policy action to avert it.
Path to Prosperity: Empower, Educate, and Employ Youth to Realize the Demographic Dividend
Investments in young people are crucial to achieving a demographic dividend. The demographic dividend provides a framework for promoting investments in youth as fertility declines and population age structure changes.
How Family Planning Could Help Slow Climate Change
(2015) In the mid-1990s, I served as a Peace Corps volunteer in a village in Niger, a West African country consistently ranked as one of the poorest in the world.
Early Marriage Trends
Early marriage (before age 18) undermines the rights and livelihood opportunities of adolescent girls by leaving them vulnerable to the health risks of early pregnancy and childbearing, and prematurely ending their schooling.