Tackling the demographic challenge in Uganda
At the moment, a child born in Uganda will be only 38 percent as productive when she grows up as she can be if she enjoyed complete education and full health, according to the human capital index (HCI)
Population Trends
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Boost resilience of small and mid-sized cities
<p>It is fitting that the United Nations Habitat III conference in October will be held in Quito, Ecuador. In April, the city and nearby Portoviejo and Manta suffered an earthquake that killed more than
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Malaria and large dams in sub-Saharan Africa: future impacts in a changing climate
<p>Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has embarked on a new era of dam building to improve food security and promote economic development. Nonetheless, the future impacts of dams on malaria transmission are poorly
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PRB projects world population rising 33 percent by 2050 to nearly 10 billion
The world population will reach 9.9 billion in 2050, up 33 percent from an estimated 7.4 billion now, according to projections included in the latest World Population Data Sheet from the Population Reference
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Child poverty, inequality and demography: Why sub-Saharan Africa matters for the Sustainable Development Goals
Children in Africa will on current trends account for 43% of global poverty by 2030, almost double the current share, due to a combination of demographic change, deep poverty and extreme inequality, warns
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Sixteen years of change in the global terrestrial human footprint and implications for biodiversity conservation
<p>Human pressures on the environment are changing spatially and temporally, with profound implications for the planet’s biodiversity and human economies. Here we use recently available data on infrastructure,
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Making the most of demographic change in Southern Africa
The countries of the Southern African Customs Union have relatively diverse demographic and economic starting points. These economies have the potential to realize demographic dividends and experience
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Voluntary family planning to minimise and mitigate climate change
<p>Simply put, climate change is caused by excessive production of greenhouse gases. As highlighted by the late Professor Tony McMichael, the “cause(s) of the causes” should not be overlooked.1
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Asia-Pacific Human Development Report 2016: shaping the future- how changing demographics can power human development
Demographic change in Asia and the Pacific is happening at a rate the world has never seen. An explosion in the working age population and a fall in birth rates that took a century in Europe are happening
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The potential impacts of 21st century climatic and population changes on human exposure to the virus vector mosquito Aedes aegypti
<p>The mosquito Aedes (Ae). aegypti transmits the viruses that cause dengue, chikungunya, Zika and yellow fever. We investigate how choosing alternate emissions and/or socioeconomic pathways may modulate
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Does size matter? A study of risk perceptions of global population growth
<p>The global human population now exceeds 7 billion and is projected to reach 10 billion around 2060. While population growth has been associated with certain benefits (e.g., economies of scale, technological