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February 24, 2022

Immigration and Migration
Growing Up and Moving Out: The Critical Link Between Health and Migration

Migration is seen as the product of desperate circumstances, but increasingly it is the byproduct of success—improved child survival followed by a booming young-adult population.

A young man, wearing a white jacket, shorts, sneakers, and a hat, sits atop a wall next to the U.S.-Mexico border wall.

December 5, 2011

Conflict Prevention
Preventive Priorities Survey: 2012

The Preventive Priorities Survey (PPS) is intended to help inform the U.S. policy community about the relative urgency and importance of competing conflict prevention demands. The Center for Preventi…

September 9, 2009

Elections and Voting
2012: The Year of Elections

Elections throughout the world in 2012 brought several countries to a crossroads as they struggled with the eurozone debt crisis, the formation of post-Arab Spring governments, and recovery from econ…

2012: The Year of Elections

November 14, 2014

Noncommunicable Diseases
The Emerging Crisis: Noncommunicable Diseases

Overview The gravest health threats facing low- and middle-income countries are not the plagues, parasites, and blights that dominate the news cycle and international relief efforts. They are …

October 16, 2018

Women and Women's Rights
Women's Workplace Equality Index

Most countries still have laws that make it harder for women to work than men. This inequality shortchanges not only women but also entire economies.

Female petrol station worker operates a fuel pump at a petrol station in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, on November 21, 2016