(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?
Project: IDEA: Informing Decisionmakers to Act
(2011) As countries strive to reduce poverty and reach the Millennium Development Goals, they are also focusing on how population growth affects health and development.
(2014) Ukraine, a former republic of the Soviet Union, has undergone a series of dramatic demographic changes since its independence in 1991. Most significant, its birth rate declined sharply following independence, mirroring similar developments in other former Soviet republics.
(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.
(2009) Malaria threatens close to one-half of the world's population, and more than 1 million children die each year of malaria-related complications.
Project: Appalachia: Demographic and Socioeconomic Trends
A look at population, education, employment, income, poverty, and computer/broadband access in Appalachia 2014-2018.
