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What Can the Discipline Do to Solve the Human Predicament?
On Sept. 28, 2007, as part of the Population Reference Bureau's Policy Seminar Series, Dr. Paul Ehrlich discussed ways in which demography can greatly increase its policy impact in areas as diverse as climate change, the conservation of natural capital, and, of course, population reduction.
How Natural Disasters Can Influence Reproductive Health and Fertility
(2018) Natural disasters focus the collective imagination on images of community devastation. Beyond the obvious external signs of disaster, such as destroyed homes and ruined infrastructure, are more intimate impacts, such as impeded access to reproductive health services.
Are the Kids Alright? How Gen Z Girls’ Well-Being Compares With Their Mothers’ and Grandmothers’ Teenage Years
The second in a series of three blogs on our new "Losing More Ground" report.
Project: Breakthrough RESEARCH
Interactive. Exploring Pathways to Social and Behavior Change Impact
Social and Behavioral Change ( SBC) intervention can increase modern contraceptive use depends on existing behaviors and attitudes, the effectiveness of the intervention, and how much the intervention is scaled up.
Project: Center for Public Information on Population Research (CPIPR)
Family Instability Linked to Behavior Problems in Kindergarten
(2018) Children who enter kindergarten after experiencing repeated household changes are more likely to display problem behaviors that inhibit learning and disrupt classrooms, Paula Fomby of the University of Michigan and Stefanie Mollborn of the University of Colorado show.
PRB Discuss Online: A Call to Action: Increasing Global Investments in Youth
(2010) With almost half of the world's population under age 25, investments in young people are vital to improve economic and social outcomes and achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
COVID Impact, Census Issues, and Reproductive Health Among Highlights of 2023 Population Association of America Conference
PRB staff offer summaries of new research and insightful sessions from the annual demography meeting.
Project: Strengthening Evidence-Based Policy to Expand Access to Safe Abortion (SAFE ENGAGE)
Learning Lessons Through Efforts to Improve Abortion Access in Côte d’Ivoire
Evaluation highlights stakeholder commitment to a common vision in quest for policy change.