(2006) Over the past decade, a growing number of small population-environment field projects, funded principally by the David & Lucile Packard Foundation and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), have achieved not only their main goals—which varied from increasing child immunization and family planning to protecting mangrove forests—but also helped reduce poverty within project areas.
(2006) The world's elderly population is quickly growing, both in its absolute numbers and in its percentage relative to the younger population—the latter trend known as population aging.
(2010) More than 30,000 Americans commit suicide each year; hundreds of thousands more attempt it but fail.
Project: IDEA: Informing Decisionmakers to Act
PRB’s World Population Data Sheet is an annual report on the world’s demographic, health, and environmental progress and challenges.
Project: PACE: Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health
(1999) Most people are concerned about their health. When they are well, they wonder how to remain that way.
Project: American Community Survey and Decennial Census Support Services
(2014) The U.S. population is undergoing significant racial/ethnic change, with rapidly growing Latino, Asian American, and multiracial populations.
Project: Demography and Economics of Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease
Experts point to key dynamics challenging policymakers, health care planners, and families
Offshoring is the movement of jobs and tasks from one country to another, usually from high-cost countries, such as the United States, to low-cost countries where wages are significantly lower.
RTAC serves as a strategic resource to the United States Agency for International Development, leveraging academic researchers’ scientific expertise to provide research, specialized training, and short-term technical assistance.