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Media coverage and policy debates outside Nigeria rarely go beyond covering the latest crisis. This conference goes beyond the headlines to better understand key challenges and opportunities. more
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Since 1994, the Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP) has explored the connections among environmental, health, and population dynamics and their links to conflict, human insecurity, and foreign policy.
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The Latest from the Environmental Change and Security Program
Family Planning and Results-Based Financing Initiatives: Opportunities and Challenges
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May 21, 2012 // 12:00pm — 2:00pm
The impact of results-based financing (RBF) on health outcomes is mixed. The discussion will evaluate how RBF affects the supply and demand-sides of family planning, highlight new research from the field, and address the future of RBF at USAID. more
As the clock ticks, trees fall in Brazil's Amazon
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May 15, 2012
Former Public Policy Scholar and author of "The Unconquered", Scott Wallace, writes on deforestation in the Amazon. more
Afghanistan, Against the Odds: A Demographic Surprise
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May 11, 2012
A new survey finds that Afghanistan and Pakistan are on surprisingly similar demographic paths. Demographer Elizabeth Leahy Madsen says this is good news for Afghanistan, but not for Pakistan, where efforts to meet family planning needs have fallen short. more
Global Water Security: The Intelligence Community Assessment
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May 09, 2012 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
While wars over water are unlikely within the next 10 years, water challenges – shortages, poor quality, floods – will likely increase the risk of instability and state failure, exacerbate regional tensions, and distract countries from working with the United States on important policy objectives, according to an assessment prepared by the U.S. intelligence community. more
Uninvited Guests: Invasive Species and the Threat to Ecosystems and Economies
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May 08, 2012 // 9:00am — 11:00am
Experts agree that ongoing trade, habitat destruction, and climate change will exacerbate the threat posed by invasive alien species throughout Canada and the United States. The invasive species threat has immediate and long-term implications for the ecology, biodiversity, economic prosperity, human health, and national security of both countries. more
