(August 2010) More than 80 million people are added to the world’s population each year, yet many countries are facing a shrinking pool of workers, generally those ages 15 to 64, to support the population age 65 or older.
(July 2010) World population has reached a transition point: The rapid growth of the second half of the 20th century has slowed. But factors such as continuously improving mortality and slower-than-expected declines in birth rates guarantee continued growth for decades.
This Population Bulletin Update is a follow-up to 2006’s Population Bulletin, “Immigration: Shaping and Reshaping America” by Phil Martin and Elizabeth Midgley, and provides new data and analysis on the economic impacts and policy debates around immigration.
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This Population Bulletin Update is a follow-up to 2006’s Population Bulletin, “Immigration: Shaping and Reshaping America” by Phil Martin and Elizabeth Midgley, and provides new data and analysis on the economic impacts and policy debates around immigration.
(Juin 2010) La notion de faire souffrir volontairement—ou pire encore de mutiler—des fillettes en bonne santé provoque des sentiments de colère face à cette cruauté et à cette injustice.
(2010)Today, increasing numbers of women and men are making decisions about their family size and spacing and are using family planning to help achieve their intensions.
2010) In recent years, changes in development assistance have provided opportunities for countries to demonstrate their commitment to family planning through investing their own resources in purchasing contraceptive supplies.
(2010) Achieving contraceptive security requires coordination among the many elements of family planning programs, including funding, procurement, supply chain, and services.
(2010) Getting contraceptives into the hands of clients may appear to be a routine task, but the process requires a well-functioning supply chain, which includes the support and commitment of policymakers and the active involvement of many organizations and people.
(2010) Many countries are beginning to purchase family planning commodities as a step toward ensuring more secure contraceptive supplies. In the past, most governments in countries that received donated contraceptives did not have to manage the procurement process.