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Project: IDEA: Informing Decisionmakers to Act

New Kenyan Population Policy a Model for Other Countries

(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

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Aging Baby Boomers to Face Caregiving, Obesity, Inequality Challenges

The aging of the baby boom generation could fuel a 75 percent increase in the number of Americans ages 65 and older requiring nursing home care, to about 2.3 million in 2030 from 1.3 million in 2010, the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) projects in a new report.

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Changing Race and Ethnicity Questions on the U.S. Census Form Reflect Evolving Views

Census questions about race and ethnicity have evolved over time, as have Americans’ views about racial and ethnic identification.

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Understanding Population Projections: Assumptions Behind the Numbers

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Demographic Challenges of the Sahel

This article focuses on the demographics of the 10 countries that make up the Sahel region--Burkina Faso, Chad, Eritrea, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, and Sudan.

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Trafficking in Persons: Myths, Methods, and Human Rights

(2001) In a 2001 report published by Amnesty International, a 27-year-old Ukrainian psychologist and social worker told of being trafficked to Israel.

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South Korea’s Demographic Dividend

(2012) The countries known as the "Asian Tigers" are good examples of the advantages to be gained when changes in fertility can be a springboard for economic growth. (The Asian Tiger countries are Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand.)

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The Demographic Divide: What It Is and Why It Matters

(2005) Public attention has begun to focus on the "demographic divide," the vast gulf in birth and death rates among the world's countries.

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Unmet Need for Family Planning: Recent Trends and Their Implications for Programs

(2003) More than 100 million women in less developed countries, or about 17 percent of all married women, would prefer to avoid a pregnancy but are not using any form of family planning.

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