As Remittances Rise Sharply, We Need to Rethink Established Concepts of Demographic Support
International financial transfers have fallen in cost and become easier to access. We argue in “Remittances-Adjusted Support Ratio,” our new Population and Development Review [...]
A Retrospective with Zeba Sathar
Pakistan’s Ministry of Planning Development and Special Initiatives celebrated its 75th anniversary by recognizing individuals and organizations for distinguished and exceptional achievements in the [...]
Research and Analysis for Scientific Transformation and Advancement (RASTA)
The Council is leading multiple institutions in the RASTA initiative, which uses a collaborative research platform to track India’s progress toward achieving the Sustainable [...]
Demographic Trends and Population Health: Tackling Inequality in a World of Eight Billion People
In a new BMJ Global Health commentary, Thoai Ngo discusses a shift in the way we tackle interactions between the 3Cs (climate crisis, conflict, [...]
Survey of Young People in Egypt
Young people are powerful catalysts for social and economic development and change. In Egypt, approximately 60% of the population is under the age of [...]
Maintaining the Momentum of Family Planning Task Force Recommendations in Pakistan
This project was in response to the Supreme Court of Pakistan’s judgment on the Alarming Population Growth Rate in Pakistan. The Council assisted the [...]
Integrated Health and Population Dashboard
Under the component of bolstering accountability on family planning policy and implementation of Council of Common Interests (CCI) decisions through the Gates-funded grant “Maintaining [...]
Strengthening Capacities of Egyptian Researchers to Study Issues Related to Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health
With funds from the Ford Foundation, the Population Council/Egypt implemented a series of projects to build the capacity of junior researchers in Egypt to [...]