505 Search Results Found For : "demographic dividend"



Nigerian Parliamentarian Pushing for New Population Policy Cites PRB Data As Evidence

(2015) According to news reports, Nigerian parliamentarian Babatunde Gabriel Kolawole backed a proposed motion for population policy legislation with projections from PRB’s World Population Data Sheet as evidence of a brewing crisis and the need to take quick policy action to avert it.

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Slower Growth of U.S. Retirement Destinations Linked to Economic Downturn

(2010) Population growth has slowed in U.S. retirement destinations, despite the large cohort of baby boomers who have begun to reach retirement age, according to new population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.1

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Outlining the Links Among Population, Economy, Culture, and the Environment

2008) Joel E. Cohen, professor and head of the Laboratory of Populations at Rockefeller and Columbia Universities and a trustee of the Population Reference Bureau, kicked off a new lecture series on demographics and development sponsored by the Center for Global Development, on Sept. 23 in Washington, D.C. Entitled "Beyond Population: Everybody Counts in Development," his presentation focused on the links among population, the economy, culture, and the environment, and the need to examine development holistically.

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PRB Discuss Online: ‘Next Generation’ Contraceptives, Who Will Benefit and How?

(2010) What are the "next generation" contraceptives? Several innovative contraceptive methods are expected to enter the market within five years, and more are under development. What are they and who is likely to use them? How might new methods help reduce the unmet need for contraception of an estimated 200 million women worldwide?

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Project: Appalachia: Demographic and Socioeconomic Trends

Chartbook. The Appalachian Region: A Data Overview from the 2007-2011 American Community Survey

(2013) Appalachia's residents remain older, less educated, and less racially diverse than the United States as a whole, but those demographic and socioeconomic patterns vary widely within the region, according to The Appalachian Region: A Data Overview From the 2007-2011 American Community Survey, prepared by the Population Reference Bureau for the Appalachian Regional Commission.

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2013 World Population Data Sheet

(2013) Africa, by far the world’s poorest region, will record the largest amount of population growth of any world region between now and 2050.

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Many Peruvians Rely on Traditional Family Planning Methods

(2010) Peruvian women are having fewer children and waiting longer between pregnancies, many by using traditional family planning methods.

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