PRB Discuss Online: The Increasing Complexity of Family Life in the United States
(2011) Today, Americans are more likely to marry and to divorce than in almost any other Western nation. How has this pattern changed over the last 10 years?
(2011) Today, Americans are more likely to marry and to divorce than in almost any other Western nation. How has this pattern changed over the last 10 years?
Project: International Media Program
Where do developing country policymakers get the information on which they base their public policy decisions?
(2015) Three alumna of PRB's Women's Edition program and a fourth journalist who participates in PRB's study tours and trainings in Francophone West Africa are among 15 journalists being honored by Women Deliver for their excellent reporting on the health and rights of women and girls.
Project: Center for Public Information on Population Research (CPIPR)
PRB, the Critical Labor Coalition, and special guest former U.S. Secretary of Labor R. Alexander Acosta discuss the latest data behind the shrinking U.S. workforce and explore potential policy solutions.
(2008) Sub-Saharan Africa remains the "last frontier" of fertility decline. Throughout the developing world (including China), the average number of children per woman has dropped from around six in 1965 to just about three today.
(2015) Rwanda today has been hailed as one of the few countries on a fast track to reducing child and maternal mortality--thus meeting two of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals in 2015.
(2009) Climate change may adversely affect the population in many parts of the globe, in particular in developing countries where there is still substantial population growth.
(2014) Gender-based violence (GBV) is a difficult topic, encompassing a wide range of issues—from date rape to intimate partner violence to rape in conflict settings. And interventions that seek to prevent violence or help survivors similarly are unable to cater to all people experiencing abuse, as culture and context can shape both the forms of violence and the needs of victims.