Population & Reproductive Health

A 2007 policy brief by CGD non-resident fellow Jeremy Shiffman lays out nine reasons why the campaign to reduce maternal mortality has fared less well than other causes, namely HIV/AIDS.

Population and development in Western Africa are closely linked. At the heart of these issues lies the slow demographic transition of the region’s countries, which still experience some of the highest fertility rates in the world. Last month the Center for Global Development hosted a meeting ...