(2002) It is difficult to compare poverty levels in different countries. Countries not only have different currencies, they have different family income levels, consumption patterns, prices for goods and services (which affect purchasing power), spending patterns, and family and demographic characteristics.
Project: Research Technical Assistance Center (RTAC)
This innovation brief describes the growing impact of hydroelectric dams on the Amazon River ecosystem in Brazil.
Project: Evidence to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
From 2015 to 2019, the African-led consortium developed innovative research methods and uncovered new evidence about the practice and how it is changing—focusing on families and communities, and health and legal systems—in eight countries: Burkina Faso, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, and Sudan.
Project: Counting Women’s Work
Une stratégie de communication politique solide est un élément important du processus de changement politique réussi pour la prise en compte du travail domestique non rémunéré dans les politiques publiques et macro-économiques.
Household size and composition play an important role in the economic and social well-being of families and individuals.
PRB is assessing the favorability of the policy environment for contraceptive access nationally and within each U.S. state so that state policies and programming can be easily interpreted and compared.
(2002) Having dropped from around 5 to just under 3 between 1989 and 1996, Iran's total fertility rate has again plunged — this time to 2. Iran, an Islamic country, has followed a unique and rapid path to replacement-level fertility.
Project: PACE: Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health
Collecting, analyzing, and using gender-related indicators in projects is critical to addressing many of the underlying challenges that communities around the world face, particularly in integrated Population, Health, and Environment (PHE) projects.