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Reflections on the value of anthropology for population studies at Population and Development Review’s 50th anniversary

For decades, PDR has been a welcoming venue for ethnographically grounded scholarship, publishing many articles by anthropologists as well as work by demographers that incorporates anthropological approaches and evidence.

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Beyond Women: The Urgent Need to Address Adolescent Girls in the Care Economy

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The Dynamics of Contraceptive Preferences: Insights from Kenyan Women

Current approaches to measuring reproductive preferences in population surveys are limited to exploring only fertility preferences and implicitly assume that contracepting people are using a method they want.

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Power, Voice, and Agency: Empowering Adolescent Girls and Young Women through Multiple Interventions for Evidence-Informed Contraceptive Decisions

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Matching Design to Desire: Developing the Next Generation of Contraceptives

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Schooling and evidence-based interventions for adolescents and young girls in the Sahel

Addressing challenges to education through school support activities

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The Distinct–and Damaging–Impacts of Policies Externalizing Migration Control on Refugees and Other Migrants

Blocking border crossings undermines access to humanitarian protection while deflecting individuals unlikely to obtain refugee status to alternative migratory routes.

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