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Global Employment and the Sustainable Development Goals

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 8 calls for full and productive employment and decent work for all. In our latest Population Bulletin, we explain how demographic trends will have a bearing on whether and how rapidly this and other SDG goals are achieved.

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Diverse Factors Linked to Maternal Deaths in Zambia

(2003) Poor access to health facilities and low-quality health care delivery may be among the reasons that Zambia is facing increasing levels of maternal deaths.

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Changes in Fertility Rates Among Muslims in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh

(2009) The number of Muslims worldwide is projected to grow over the next decade to reach one-quarter of the world's population, largely because of higher fertility among Muslim populations.

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What Demographers Saw Coming: The Largest Graduating Class in U.S. History

A milestone class, a demographic forecast come true — here’s what the numbers say about the Class of 2025.

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The Rural Rebound

(1999) Both of these visions of rural America reflect a fundamental fact: Throughout most of the 20th century, millions of people moved out of the thousands of towns and counties nestled far from major highways and city lights. American agriculture prospered, but the mechanization of farm work, several droughts, and the changing economics of farming hurt once-thriving small towns and counties.

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