(2008) Higher education in the United States is increasingly out of reach for many young adults. Over the past decade, tuition costs at public four-year institutions have risen by 4.2 percent per year after inflation.
(2012) Almost two of every three people in sub-Saharan Africa live in a rural area, relying principally on small-scale agriculture for their livelihood. Improving agriculture on small farms is critical to reducing hunger.
(2006)The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has experienced major improvements in health over the past few decades.1 Today, on average, a girl born in Egypt is expected to live for 72 years—nearly 20 years longer than if she had been born in the early 1970s—owing in large part to a 70 percent improvement in infant mortality rates over the same time period.
Project: Middle East and North Africa Program (MENA)
(2012) Reproductive health (RH) is one of the cornerstones of an individual's health and well-being, and an important component of a country's human social development.
(2003) Depuis 1979, début des gaige kaifang (réforme et ouverture), la Chine a pris le chemin de son intégration dans le système économique mondial, les investissements étrangers sur son territoire et l'exportation de ses produits dans le monde entier.
(2010) One-third of Egyptian women have been physically abused by their husbands, according to the 2005 Egypt Demographic and Health Survey; and 7 percent said they are beaten "often." These women mostly suffered silently and did not seek help.