Bridging Research and Policy: The PopPov Initiative

The PopPov network is a group of global researchers and funders that is interested in how population dynamics impact economic outcomes, focusing on how population policies can be used for poverty reduction.

PopPov researcher Pieter Hooimeijer of Utrecht University shares research findings from Rwanda that show how reproductive health investments can break the cycle of decreasing agricultural productivity.

In this video, participants at the 6th annual PopPov Conference share their reflections on the conference, the importance of the PopPov Network and its research, and how to connect research findings to policy.

Fred Sai, former Ghanaian Presidential Advisor on Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS, shares his thoughts on progress made toward family planning over his career.

Robert Engelman, president of Worldwatch Institute, discusses how family planning can benefit the environment and why the gap between population and environmental concerns persists.

Vik Mohan of the UK-based marine conservation organization Blue Ventures describes the population and environment challenges of rural coastal Madagascar.

PRB and the Hopkins Population Center sponsored its 5th Annual Symposium on Policy and Health: "The Effects of Military Deployment on Family Health."

The question of how many people have ever lived on Earth is a perennial one. Somewhere, at some time back in the 1970s, a writer made the statement that 75 percent of the people who had ever been born were alive at that moment. For this "estimate" to be true would mean either that births in the 2…

As part of PRB's commemoration of International Youth Day and the close of the UN's International Year of Youth, this PowerPoint presentation is designed to bring attention to and present accurate data on early marriage, gender-based violence, and reproductive health of youth in sub-Saharan Africa.

Global population trends result from varying levels of population growth and decline among countries. This informative video provides a simple and compelling overview of population trends that have created a world of 7 billion people.

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

D'Vera Cohn, former Washington Post reporter, shares her advice and strategies for speaking effectively with reporters and building positive ongoing relationships with the media.