Reports

Table of Contents Introduction Chapter 1: Why Population Assistance Matters Chapter 2: The Policy Environment for Population Assistance Chapter 3: Trends in Population Assistance Chapter 4: Geographic and Program Priorities Chapter 5: Population Assistance Channels Conclusion: Building on Progress, Fulfilling … Continue reading »

Nada Chaya Weak infrastructure and limited distribution systems in low-income countries complicate access to health services, especially in rural areas. Government health outlets may be relatively few and widely dispersed, and private-sector sources often favor wealthier urban areas, resulting in uneven … Continue reading »

  Updated Report available: The Shape of Things to Come: The Effects of Age Structure on Development By Elizabeth Leahy with Robert Engelman, Carolyn Gibb Vogel, Sarah Haddock and Tod Preston What follows is the result of more than two years of … Continue reading »

Since 2001, the U.S. Congress has encouraged the U.S. Agency for International Development – USAID, the agency that dispenses foreign development assistance – to implement family planning and related reproductive health programs in areas where biological diversity is threatened and … Continue reading »

By Sarah Haddock HIV prevention has long been approached at the level of individual behaviors, operating to some extent under the assumption that behavior is determined by a person’s conscious decisions. However, a paradigm shift toward considering the physical and … Continue reading »

By Wendy Turnbull Vietnam—a vibrant country of 84 million people—is experiencing rapid economic growth and unprecedented societal change ushered in by globalization. This is posing interesting possibilities and challenges for U.S. assistance and policy. In June 2004, the Bush Administration … Continue reading »

By Elizabeth Leahy With the largest population in Africa, Nigeria’s political and economic developments reverberate across the continent. Nigeria chairs the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and is the eighth largest oil exporting country in the world. More … Continue reading »

By Robert Engelman Whatever one’s view about population as an issue, few people fervently wish the world were home to a lot more human beings than it is. Some may wonder if another Mahatma Gandhi or an Albert Einstein or … Continue reading »

By Carolyn Gibb Vogel New foreign assistance strategies that aim to encourage ownership by recipients while still effectively reducing poverty are laudable. They offer the hope of increased financial support to overall global development—a bigger pie—but they also pose significant … Continue reading »

Nada Chaya A generation has passed since the onset of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. During this time, 65 million people have been infected with HIV and more than 25 million people died of AIDS. Despite the devastation, many countries, using a … Continue reading »