Investments in Family Planning and Education Drive Labor Productivity

In this research brief, we aim to better understand the relationship between use of voluntary family planning, fertility decline, human capital development, and labor productivity. To assess the relationship between family planning, fertility decline, and labor productivity, we applied the Cannin…

In Burkina Faso’s Sahel Region, an administrative region in the northeastern part of the country, girls are more likely to drop out of primary and lower secondary school than girls nationally, resulting in lower girls’ educational attainment in the Sahel Region compared to the rest of the country. S…

Girls’ educational attainment affects the human capital of Burkina Faso’s future labor force, shaping their economic opportunities and their country’s economic growth.

Researchers from the Population and Poverty Research Network (PopPov) have developed a macroeconomic model that estimates the impact of fertility declines on economic growth. The model is especially useful in country-level policy planning.

With increased attention to women’s economic empowerment among donors and policymakers across the globe, we are at a pivotal moment for reviewing the current state of the research on women’s economic empowerment to identify gaps.

The Research Council of Norway, a funding partner in the Population and Poverty Research Network (PopPov) for which PRB is the Secretariat, recently hosted a knowledge-sharing event at the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) in Oslo, Norway.

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.

This policy brief summarizes policymakers’ perspectives on what constitutes barriers to evidence-informed policymaking and also presents strategies for making research results more accessible to high-level policymakers at the country level.

The demographic dividend offers a powerful argument linking population dynamics and economic development. This topic has attracted a wide variety of researchers and international development organizations and has recently gained traction among global policy audiences.

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation's Population and Poverty Research Initiative, together with four European research councils, has sponsored research into how investments in women's and children's health contribute to economic development.

Today's Research on Aging (Issue 30): This issue examines new research on the elderly in Latin America their trends and implications.

Given the history of economic difficulties in the Appalachian Region, the Appalachian Regional Commission commissioned the Population Reference Bureau to analyze the effects of the recent recession on household wealth and economic well-being in the region.