PRB Discuss Online: How Will Global Aging Affect Economic Development?
(June 2009) The number of people over age 60 is expected to reach 1 billion by 2020 and almost 2 billion by 2050, representing 22 percent of the world’s population.
Region: Global
Today’s Research on Aging, Issue 17: Social Support, Networks, and Happiness
(2009) As Americans live longer, researchers have begun to investigate how people can move into old age not just healthier, but also happier. Increasingly, researchers are exploring relationships between physical and mental health and social connections among the elderly.
Policy Brief. Expanding Contraceptive Choice: Five Promising Innovations
(2009) Contraception is a “best buy” for development. By helping individuals to choose when to have children, family planning saves lives; it prevents unintended pregnancies, averts maternal and child deaths, and prevents abortions.
Expanding Contraceptive Choice: Five Promising Innovations
(2009) Contraception is a “best buy” for development. By helping individuals to choose when to have children, family planning saves lives; it prevents unintended pregnancies, averts maternal and child deaths, and prevents abortions.
Climate Change and Urban Adaptation: Managing Unavoidable Health Risks in Developing Countries
(2009) On May 14, demographic and environmental experts discussed the health effects of climate change on the world’s growing urban population at the symposium “Climate Change and Urban Adaptation: Managing Unavoidable Health Risks in Developing Countries.
Population Bulletin vol. 64, no. 2: Urban Poverty and Health in Developing Countries
(2009) The era in which developing countries could be depicted mainly in terms of rural villages is now in the past. A panoramic view of today’s demographic landscape reveals a myriad of cities and towns.
Urban Poverty and Health in Developing Countries
(2009) The era in which developing countries could be depicted mainly in terms of rural villages is now in the past. A panoramic view of today’s demographic landscape reveals a myriad of cities and towns.
Changes in Fertility Rates Among Muslims in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh
(2009) The number of Muslims worldwide is projected to grow over the next decade to reach one-quarter of the world’s population, largely because of higher fertility among Muslim populations.
PRB Discuss Online: A Call to Action, World Malaria Day 2009
(2009) Malaria threatens close to one-half of the world’s population, and more than 1 million children die each year of malaria-related complications.
Today’s Research on Aging, Issue 16: Effects of Early Life on Elderly Health
(2009) Personal choices made earlier in life can have lasting effects on elderly health.