Data Are Essential: Commentary on the Not Without FP Forum
PRB’s commitment to data-driven policies that support effective family planning and reproductive health programs and services has been our ballast for nearly a half-century.
Area of Expertise: Labor and the Future of Work
Understanding Climate-Related Migration Can Help Policymakers Address Rural Poverty in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Migration is a common strategy used by millions of rural households in less-developed countries facing daily and long-term challenges, including economic risk related to climate change.
Best Practices for Sustaining Youth Contraceptive Use
As countries work to ensure women and couples are able to choose whether, when, and how often to have children, it is critical to examine the drivers of contraceptive discontinuation that may inhibit young people from achieving their reproductive intentions.
Local Progress Toward the Demographic Dividend Threatened by Coronavirus Pandemic
Over the past 15 years, researchers, advocates, and funders have successfully sparked significant interest in the potential acceleration in economic growth that can occur as population age structures mature, commonly referred to as the demographic dividend.
High Premature Birth Rates Among U.S. Black Women May Reflect the Stress of Racism and Health and Economic Factors
Racism-related stress may help explain why Black women in the United States are over 50% more likely to deliver a premature baby than white women.
PACE lance son Programme de renforcement en communication pour les politiques en français en Afrique de l’Ouest
Le Project PACE (Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health), financé par USAID et exécuté par PRB, a lancé en octobre 2020, en collaboration avec l’Unité de Coordination du Partenariat de Ouagadougou (UCPO), la première édition en français de son “Programme de renforcement en communication pour les politiques.
PACE Launches Its Policy Communication Training Program in French in West Africa
The PACE Project (Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health), funded by USAID and implemented by PRB, debuted its Policy Communication Fellows Program in French in October 2020, in collaboration with the Ouagadougou Partnership Coordination Unit (OPCU).
Population Age Structure and Pathways to Inclusive, Effective Governance
Among countries with a youthful population, a window of opportunity to achieve key development goals opens across four sectors―health, education, the economy, and governance―as fertility declines and the age structure of the population gets older.
Investments in Family Planning and Education Drive Labor Productivity
In 2013 the African Union (AU) launched a 50-year development blueprint, Agenda 2063, which rallies AU member states around a vision to transform the continent into a global powerhouse.
Policy Brief. Investments in Family Planning and Education Drive Labor Productivity
In this research brief, we aim to better understand the relationship between use of voluntary family planning, fertility decline, human capital development, and labor productivity.