Population Matters Overview
Highlighting the Policy Relevance of Demographic Research
The goals of the Population Matters program are to highlight the importance of population policy issues, and to supply a more scientific basis for public debate over population policy questions. Learn more.
Program activities include:
- Identifying important and topical population issues
- Reviewing relevant, scientifically sound research on these issues
- Summarizing and synthesizing the research and drawing policy implications
- Disseminating this information to key audiences through the most effective means
- Translating selected products into various languages
Recent Publications
Demographics and Security in Maritime Southeast Asia — 2006
Brian Nichiporuk, Clifford Grammich, Angel Rabasa and Julie DaVanzo
Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, Vol 7, No. 1, pp. 83-91, Winter/Spring 2006
Reprint
Demographics and Security: The Contrasting Cases of Pakistan and Bangladesh — 2005
C. Christine Fair, Clifford Grammich, Julie DaVanzo, Brian Nichiporuk
Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. XXVII, No. 4, Summer 2005, pp. 53-76
Reprint
Liquid Assets: How Demographic Changes and Water Management Policies Affect Freshwater Resources - 2005
Jill Boberg
Full Document
Research Brief
Population Implosion? Low Fertility and Policy Responses in the European Union - 2005
Research Brief | Translation: Spanish
Full Document
Disarming Development - 2004
Julie DaVanzo, Clifford Grammich, Brian Nichiporuk, C. Christine Fair. Published in Peace and Conflict Studies, Oct. 2004, 7 [10]: 14-15
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Changes in American Opinion about Family Planning - 2004
Clifford Grammich, Julie DaVanzo, Kate Stewart. Published in Studies in Family Planning, 35[3]: 197-206
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Low Fertility and Population Ageing: Causes, Consequences and Policy Options - 2004
Jonathan Grant, Stijn Hoorens, Suja Sivadasan, Mirjam van het Loo, Julie DaVanzo, Lauren Hale, Shawna Gibson, William Butz
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Research Brief
A Demographic Overview of Metropolitan Pittsburgh - 2004
Peter A. Morrison
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Too Few Good Men: The Security Implications of Russian Demographics - Summer/Fall 2003
Julie DaVanzo, Olga Oliker, and Clifford Grammich
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A Shrinking Russia - July/April 2003
Julie DaVanzo, Olga Oliker, and Clifford Grammich. One of 10 essays by RAND analysts in Headlines Over the Horizon, in The Atlantic Monthly
Journal Article
Regional Demographics and the War on Terrorism - February 2003
Brian Nichiporuk, RUSI Journal
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