(2011) The United Nations Development Programme's 2011 Human Development Report examines the relationship between environmental degradation and inequality. Environmental challenges increase inequality, while inequalities in human development such as income, health, and education can further strain the environment.
Explaining why a behavior is wrong is the least harmful form of discipline for a young child’s development, new analysis suggests
(2014) Worldwide, childbearing decisions may be more of a group effort than we realized.
The introduction of water filtration and chlorination in major U.S. cities between 1900 and 1940 accounted for about one-half of the 30 percent decline in urban death rates during those years, according to research published in the February 2005 issue of the journal Demography.
(2013) The youth population in sub-Saharan Africa is increasing rapidly. Nearly one in three people living in the region, or about 297 million, is between the ages of 10 and 24.
(2010) Countries struggle with measuring their poverty populations, a figure that often determines the distribution of public assistance funds to those in need.