How People in India ‘Really’ Live
(2008) Media reports on the “exploding” middle class in India would lead any reader to believe that Indian society is undergoing a top-to-bottom transformation into a society of Western-style consumers.
Region: Global
Rapport : Le Repositionnement de la Planification Familiale–Directives pour actions
(2008) Les pays Africains se sont engagés à prendre l’initiative importante de repositionner la planification familiale comme une priorité de leurs agendas nationaux et locaux.
Report. Repositioning Family Planning: Guidelines for Advocacy Action
(2008) Countries throughout Africa are engaged in an important initiative to reposition family planning as a priority on their national and local agendas.
Repositioning Family Planning: Guidelines for Advocacy Action
(2008) Countries throughout Africa are engaged in an important initiative to reposition family planning as a priority on their national and local agendas.
PRB Discuss Online: Is Sub-Saharan Africa an Exception to the Global Trend Toward Smaller Families?
(2008) Sub-Saharan Africa remains the “last frontier” of fertility decline. Throughout the developing world (including China), the average number of children per woman has dropped from around six in 1965 to just about three today.
Taking Stock of Reproductive Health and the Media—Interview With Women’s Edition Journalists
(2008) On Nov. 14, five of the 12 participants in PRB’s Women’s Edition seminar sat down to discuss reproductive health issues, the impact of the Women’s Edition seminar, and the challenges and opportunities of being a woman journalist.
Tables: Rethinking Age and Aging
(December 2008) According to the United Nations (UN), “Population ageing is unprecedented, without parallel in human history and the twenty-first century will witness even more rapid ageing than did the century just past.
Population Bulletin, vol. 63, no. 4: Rethinking Age and Aging
(December 2008) According to the United Nations (UN), “Population ageing is unprecedented, without parallel in human history and the twenty-first century will witness even more rapid ageing than did the century just past.
PRB Discuss Online: Growing Up in North America, How Are Children Faring Economically?
(2008) Globalization helped increase incomes in Canada, the United States, and Mexico for more than 10 years, but left many children vulnerable economically.
Reproductive Health in Sub-Saharan Africa
(2008) Sub-Saharan Africa has experienced an impressive 5 percent annual economic growth since the late 1990s, outpacing the world average.