(2010) Many developing countries adopted policies to slow population growth in the latter half of the 20th century in response to population growth rates that had risen to three or more times greater than those ever observed in industrialized countries.
Ensuring that family planning, reproductive health, and population issues are key for sustainable and equitable economic growth and development.
(2018) Many children may lose public health insurance and nutrition assistance benefits under proposed changes to U.S. immigration policy.
A century beyond the country’s strictest immigration law, here’s what the data tell us about who’s coming to the United States
(2012) Feb. 6, 2012, marks the ninth commemoration of the International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting. An estimated 100 million to 140 million girls and women worldwide have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), and more than 3 million girls are at risk for cutting each year on the African continent alone.
(2011) China, the world's only other "demographic billionaire," along with India, released the results of its Nov. 1, 2010 Census on April 28.
The U.S. Policy Communications Training Program builds on PRB’s 40-year legacy of training researchers to bridge the gap between research findings and the policy development process.
(August 2005) The April 2005 death of Pope John Paul II and the weeks leading to the selection of his replacement stimulated much thought and discussion about who the new pope would be and in which directions he would lead the world's 1.1 billion Roman Catholics.
Nearly all future population growth will be in the world's less developed countries, and the poorest of these countries will see the greatest percentage increase.