Moving Beyond ‘Communities’ and ‘Local Actors’ in Development Aid
What real change do these concepts bring to the people directly affected by them?
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Committing to Localization: Centering Youth in Sustainable Development
By asoares
[version française]
Over the past decade, the global development aid sector has increasingly recognized the importance of localization and power-shifting.
Older Americans With Dementia Are More Likely to Suffer a Debilitating Fall. Targeted Interventions Could Help.
By asoares
In an aging country, understanding fall risk and supporting caregivers with evidence-based strategies to mitigate it are increasingly urgent.
Homelessness is Hard on Health. Unsheltered Homelessness Is Worse—and It’s on the Rise.
More Americans are sleeping in places not meant for human habitation, putting them at risk for chronic disease, mental health and substance use issues, and early death.
For Homeless Youth, Is Poor Health Just a Matter of Time?
A new study finds that the longer young adults spend unsheltered, the more likely they are to report poor health outcomes
Wildfires devastated their communities. Will Californians stay put?
Recent research about migration patterns after the most destructive wildfires may help us predict what happens next
PRB @ PAA 2025 Annual Meeting
By asoares
April 10-13, 2025
Washington, DC
What we should talk about when we talk about healthy population aging
By asoares
One question I didn’t get to answer at AARP’s 2025 Global Thought Leadership Conference
In the Battle for Time, Exercise Beats Sleep for American Adults
Parents get less sleep than nonparents but still squeeze in workouts, study suggests
PRB Supports African Policymakers and Researchers to Use Demographic Data for National Development
At the 15th Global Workshop of the National Transfer Accounts Network, PRB facilitated a discussion on how NTA research plays a crucial role in fulfilling countries’ commitments toward achieving the demographic dividend and fostering inclusive development.