(2001) At first glance, results from India’s 2001 census seem encouraging. They show a decline in the population growth rate, an improvement in the ratio of men to women, and a remarkable increase in literacy, particularly for girls and women.
(2001) It is now clear that the 21st century will feature a major transformation in world population.
(2001) L’Europe affiche les taux de fécondité les plus faibles au monde. En 2000, le nombre moyen de naissances était de 1,4 enfants par couple, de 1,1 enfants en Bulgarie et en République Tchèque à 2,2 enfants en Albanie.
(2001) Europe has the lowest fertility rates in the world. In 2000, the average for the region was 1.
(March 2001) Questions about the health of older people have arisen as mortality at older ages has decreased remarkably over the last 30 years.
(March 2001) Fiji is still reeling from a coup on May 19, 2000, in which armed indigenous Fijians took the nation’s first prime minister of Indian descent, Mahendra Chaudhry, and other parliamentarians hostage.
(2001) La désertification est particulièrement grave en Afrique. Les terres arides occupent les deux tiers du continent africain et les trois quarts des terres sèches qui sont utilisées à des fins agricoles ont déjà commencé à devenir moins productives.
Desertification is generally viewed as an advanced stage of land degradation. The UN has defined desertification as a “diminution or destruction of the biological potential of the land which can lead ultimately to desert-like conditions.
(Janvier 2001) Comment les problèmes liés à l’environnement peuvent-ils créer un climat d’instabilité et provoquer des conflits violents ?
(January 2001) PRB recently interviewed Dr. Thomas Homer-Dixon, director of the Peace and Conflict Studies Program at the University of Toronto.