A Post-Recession Update on U.S. Social and Economic Trends (cont’d.)

The U.S. Great Recession (2007 to 2009) resulted in a broad-based decline in America's economic well-being and security. This Population Bulletin Update provides new data and analysis on the ongoing impact of the recession in the United States.

The U.S. Great Recession (2007 to 2009) resulted in a broad-based decline in America's economic well-being and security. This Population Bulletin Update provides new data and analysis on the ongoing impact of the recession in the United States.

The United Nations Development Programme's 2011 report examines the relationship between environmental degradation and inequality. Environmental challenges increase inequality, while inequalities in human development such as income, health, and education can further strain the environment.

The SPREAD Project in Rwanda's agribusiness programs focuses on research and extension of improved agricultural and processing practices to increase coffee quality and quantity, cooperative and business development assistance for farmer cooperatives and private enterprises.

Women with at least some formal education are more likely than uneducated women to use contraception, marry later, have fewer children, and be better informed on the nutritional and other needs of children.

As a lower middle-income country, Guatemala is well-advanced in its demographic transition, showing evidence of recent reductions in its birth rate.

Uganda has entered into its demographic transition by reducing its once-high death rate. As a result of lower mortality but still high fertility, Uganda has developed a very youthful age structure.

In a PRB Discuss Online, Robert Hummer, Centennial Commission professor of liberal arts at the University of Texas, Austin, answered questions from participants about the relationship between education and longevity in the United States. Read a transcript of the questions and answers.

"Uganda on the Move" was developed by PRB and the University of Makerere, School of Public Health in Kampala, with guidance and support from a multisectoral task force of local experts.

"Kenya Leading the Way" is a PRB ENGAGE multimedia presentation that examines the important link between family planning and development in Kenya.

Marcia Carlson examines the magnitude and implications of adults having children with more than one partner, a trend called "multi-partner fertility".

A new book, The Demographic Transition and Development in Africa: The Unique Case of Ethiopia, by demographers Charles Teller and Assefa Hailemariam sets out to "unravel" Ethiopia's complex population dynamics.