(2008) Over the past 50 years, remarkable improvements in health care and higher incomes have benefited older Americans from all racial and ethnic groups. But significant gaps persist and have even widened among some groups.
PRB hosted a high-level webinar with budget experts, parliamentarians, and national directors to discuss the importance of the Demographic Dividend Sensitive Budgeting approach in enhancing budgeting processes across Africa.
(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."
(2012) Almost two of every three people in sub-Saharan Africa live in a rural area, relying principally on small-scale agriculture for their livelihood. Improving agriculture on small farms is critical to reducing hunger.
Video Series: Demography can be complicated and confusing. The media can discuss population issues based on false assumptions and interpretations without realizing it.
World population has surpassed 7 billion, and we are in the midst of history's most rapid population expansion.
(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."
Project: Demography and Economics of Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease
(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.
(2005) En début février de cette année, le Brésil s'était, une fois de plus, presque arrêté de fonctionner à l'occasion de la célébration annuelle du carnaval. Pendant les quatre jours de réjouissances, des bénévoles associés à plus de 1 800 organisations non-gouvernementales (ONG) ont distribué plus de 11 millions de préservatifs, financés par le Ministère de la santé brésilien, en plus des 20 millions qui sont normalement distribués chaque mois.