Environmental Scarcity and the Outbreak of Conflict
(2001) How can environmental problems contribute to civil unrest and violence?
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For China, a Census That Really Counts
(December 2000) Tracking down more than one billion Chinese citizens is no easy task, but China’s government is about to try.
Nafis Sadik, Architect of ICPD
(2000) Gregory Goodwin “Goody” Pincus was Dr. Pincus because of his Harvard Ph.
Older Women: Living Longer, Living Alone
(November 2000) Three quarters of older American men live in a family setting, while only half of older American women do. In 1999, 9.
La population et les changements climatiques
(Novembre 2000) En général, les négociations internationales visant à freiner les changements climatiques ont tendance à se concentrer sur les schémas de consommation dans les pays industrialisés plutôt que sur la croissance démographique mondiale.
Population and Climate Change
(November 2000) International negotiations aimed at ameliorating climate change have generally focused on consumption patterns in industrialized countries rather than global population growth.
Reimert T. Ravenholt, USAID’s Population Program Stalwart
(2000) This is the sixth in a series of profiles of the people who have most influenced thinking about population over the past century.
How Does Family Planning Influence Women’s Lives?
(October 2000) Among the many changes that occurred in the second half of the 20th century, perhaps the most significant and personal for women has been the means to choose whether and when to have children.
Who Votes in America?
(2000) As the presidential election draws closer, the candidates are paying attention to key demographic groups. But which groups are likely to cast votes in the presidential election?
Baby-Boomer Retirees Changing the U.S. Landscape
(October 2000) People ages 65 and older are far less likely to move than their working-age counterparts.