Video: Family Planning and Kenya’s Progress Towards the Sustainable Development Goals
By asoares
Family planning is a cross-cutting intervention that can accelerate progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Region: Eastern Africa
Video: Promoting Resilience Through Family Planning in Kenya
By asoares
(2017) As Kenya faces drought and recurring food insecurity, building resilience among the nation’s vulnerable populations is more important than ever before.
PopPov Workshop Examines Benefit of Canning-Karra-Wilde Model in Policy Planning in Africa
(2017) Researchers from the Population and Poverty Research Network (PopPov) have developed a macroeconomic model that estimates the impact of fertility declines on economic growth. The model is especially useful in country-level policy planning.
Supporting Population Evidence and Champions in Africa (SPEC)
By Julia Greene
Between 2014 and 2017, we created and disseminated country-specific analyses and materials in three countries: Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Senegal.
Harnessing the Demographic Dividend in Ethiopia
By asoares
Ethiopia, with a current population of about 100 million, has achieved gains in several major health indicators.
Policy Brief. Accelerating Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals in Malawi: The Role of Population and Family Planning
By asoares
(2017) Malawi’s government and other development stakeholders have identified population growth as a serious concern. The country’s total population
is approximately 17 million.
An African Demographic Dividend Relies on Investments in the Reproductive Health and Rights of Adolescents and Youth
By asoares
(2017) An African Union (AU) Assembly decision in January 2016 established the theme for 2017 as “Harnessing the Demographic Dividend Through Investments in Youth.”
Policy Brief. The Demographic Dividend in Africa Relies on Investments in the Reproductive Health and Rights of Adolescents and Youth
Analyzing the Building Blocks of Resilience: Findings From a Baseline Survey of the Tuungane Population, Health, and Environment Project in Western Tanzania
PRB, in collaboration with partners from the Tuungane Population, Health, and Environment (PHE) project, have produced a new research report for the Evidence Project.
Bridging High Impact Family Planning Communications and Advocacy
By Julia Greene
Investment in effective policy and program interventions for youth family planning (FP) improves the use of data and evidence for FP advocacy.