(2010) Youth in parts of East Africa have among the world's highest rates of HIV infection, in part because of their limited knowledge of sexual and reproductive health. In addition to the high risk of HIV/AIDS, young women in the region are vulnerable to unintended pregnancies that can negatively affect their health, educational opportunities, and life goals.
(2014) Israel's demographic patterns and trends are unique, reflecting the complex political, cultural, and religious future of the region.
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 8 calls for full and productive employment and decent work for all. In our latest Population Bulletin, we explain how demographic trends will have a bearing on whether and how rapidly this and other SDG goals are achieved.
(2003) The United States adopts more children from abroad than any other country. The number of foreign children adopted by U.S. parents has increased sharply, and nearly doubled during the 1990s.
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.
This Population Bulletin Update is a follow-up to 2006's Population Bulletin, "Immigration: Shaping and Reshaping America" by Phil Martin and Elizabeth Midgley, and provides new data and analysis on the economic impacts and policy debates around immigration.
Project: IDEA: Informing Decisionmakers to Act
On this World Population Day, we’re examining the state of the care economy in the United States—and looking abroad for ways to strengthen it.
(2010) The cities and towns of developing countries are projected to absorb at least 2.5 billion additional people by 2050. At the same time, these areas will experience global climate change likely to bring floods, droughts, food insecurity, and loss of livelihoods.