PRB Discuss Online: Demographic Divide, Diverging Population Growth Trends
September 2008) More than 80 million people were added to the world's population in 2008, which ensures continued growth in coming decades.
September 2008) More than 80 million people were added to the world's population in 2008, which ensures continued growth in coming decades.
(2002) Throughout its history, the United States has struggled with the paradox of poverty amidst affluence. Why do so many people struggle economically in a nation blessed, by almost any international or historical standard, with abundant opportunities?
Levels of income inequality depend on where you live—higher in California and parts of the Northeast and South, and lower in states in the Midwest and Mountain West.
(2001) Malaria threatens at least 24 million pregnancies each year in Africa, the continent most affected by this disease according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Project: PACE: Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health
(2020) PRB’s World Population Data Sheet is an excellent reference and data analysis tool. Teachers are encouraged to have their students use the Data Sheet for a variety of topics and activities.
Project: IDEA: Informing Decisionmakers to Act
(2014) In 2012, the government of Kenya passed a landmark policy to manage its rapid population growth. The new population policy aims to reduce the number of children a woman has over her lifetime from 5 in 2009 to 3 by 2030.2
Brain changes, weight loss, and even infection history could help pinpoint who might be at risk