Today’s Research on Aging, Issue 33: Family Caregiving
(2016) In the United States, the vast majority of care that allows older people to live in their own homes is provided by family members who do not receive pay for their services.
Region: Global
Making the Case for Investing in Adolescent Reproductive Health
This report highlights new research from the Population and Poverty (PopPov) Research Initiative that bolsters the case for investments in adolescent reproductive health and family planning programs and identifies knowledge gaps where research is still needed.
Report. Making the Case for Investing in Adolescent Reproductive Health
Report. A State-of-the-Art Synthesis on Female Genital Mutilation/Cuttin
Climate Change, Health, and Population Dynamics: A View From Tanzania
As people around the world celebrate the remarkable Paris Agreement to address climate change, there’s a genuine opportunity for countries to act on their financial pledges to help the world adapt to climate change—especially people in developing countries who are most vulnerable.
PRB Program Inspires Senegalese Journalist to Write Award-Winning Stories
(2015) Senegalese journalist Maimouna Gueye won a 2015 Global Health Reporting award from the International Center for Journalists for stories she wrote after participating in a program organized by the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) in southern Senegal and the capital, Dakar.
Nigerian Parliamentarian Pushing for New Population Policy Cites PRB Data As Evidence
(2015) According to news reports, Nigerian parliamentarian Babatunde Gabriel Kolawole backed a proposed motion for population policy legislation with projections from PRB’s World Population Data Sheet as evidence of a brewing crisis and the need to take quick policy action to avert it.
Exploring Climate and Population Linkages
(2015) As the world turns its attention to Paris and the global climate talks, decisionmakers are increasingly making the connection between population and climate change.
How Family Planning Could Help Slow Climate Change
(2015) In the mid-1990s, I served as a Peace Corps volunteer in a village in Niger, a West African country consistently ranked as one of the poorest in the world.
2014 World Population Data Sheet (PDF)
PRB’s World Population Data Sheet is an annual report on the world’s demographic, health, and environmental progress and challenges.