(2014) Policymakers and advocates agree that using evidence to inform decisions is essential for good policymaking and program design, given that limited resources require decisionmakers to allocate budgets effectively.
(August 2014) Policymakers in many low-income countries seek to reduce economic inequality and poverty and improve lives through increased economic growth. Many economists and demographers point to the demographic dividend as a way for these countries to achieve accelerated economic growth.
Policymakers and program planners rely on population projections to assess future demand for resources such as food, water, and energy, as well as services such as health and education.
This infographic explains the demographic dividend, highlighting how changes in population structures, especially through investments in family planning, can significantly affect economic growth in sub-Saharan African countries.
(2014) Despite the benefits of contraceptive use, more than 220 million women in developing countries say they want to postpone their next birth, or not have any more children, but they are not using any type of family planning method.
(2014) Recent research by a group of health systems experts details how a 2 percent increase in current spending for maternal and child health can save 147 million children, prevent 32 million stillbirths, and avert 5 million maternal deaths by 2035.
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are now the leading causes of death in most parts of the world. Although this is not the case in sub-Saharan Africa, where infectious diseases still predominate, the trend of NCDs is projected to shift in the coming decades.
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are now the leading causes of death in most parts of the world. Although this is not the case in sub-Saharan Africa, where infectious diseases still predominate, the trend of NCDs is projected to shift in the coming decades.
(2014) Over the past decade, countries throughout Africa have experienced sustained economic growth. Despite this growth, almost two of every three people—or 600 million—are still living on less than $2 per day.
(février 2014) Le Rwanda affronte des difficultés de développement en raison de plusieurs facteurs : le faible revenu par habitant, les conséquences des bouleversements sociaux et politiques survenus dans les années 1990, et une forte densité de population.