The Upper Brahmaputra River Basin is prone to natural disasters and environmental stresses (floods, droughts and bank erosion, delayed rainfall, among others) creating an environment of uncertainty and setting the basin back in terms of socio-economic development. The climate change literature...

The importance of meeting the unmet need for contraception is nowhere more urgent than in the countries of sub-Saharan Africa, where the fertility decline is stalling and total unmet need exceeds 30 per cent among married women. In Ghana, where fertility levels vary considerably, demographic...

The database contains world, regional and country estimates and projections of the total population, the activity rates and the economically active population (labour force) by sex and five-year age groups (from 15 to 64 years and 65 years and over).The update of the 5th edition shows estimates...