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Archive for July, 2009“Like a Wave on Top of a Tsunami”: Have the Food Price and Financial Crises Increased World Hunger and Malnutrition?Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 Posted in Income/Poverty | 5 Comments » by Charlie Teller, Bixby visiting scholar In 1995, the international community proclaimed the goal of reducing hunger by 50 percent by 2015. However, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that ... Read more..Links Between HIV/AIDS and…the Environment?Monday, July 27th, 2009 Posted in Environment, HIV/AIDS | 2 Comments » by Jason Bremner, program director, Population, Health, and Environment When I tell friends and colleagues that I’ve just returned from a trip to Kenya to participate in a seminar on HIV/AIDS ... Read more..Economic Recession Negatively Affecting U.S. ChildrenThursday, July 2nd, 2009 Posted in Youth | 1 Comment » by Nadwa Mossaad, research associate A new report by Duke University, funded by the Foundation for Child Development, paints a dire portrait of U.S. children in 2010. Child poverty is expected ... Read more..Population Boom in America’s Big CitiesWednesday, July 1st, 2009 Posted in Immigration/Migration | 1 Comment » by Mark Mather, associate vice president, Domestic Programs The population in America’s largest cities is booming, according to new data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. Just a few years ... Read more.. |
