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Family Planning and Reproductive Health
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Economic Development
Links between poverty and population; the impact of economic crises (including corruption, natural disasters, political instability, currency devaluation, etc.) on fertility; affects of global policies such as debt relief and structural adjustment on reproductive health and family planning.

Resources:

United Nations Development Programme

International Development Research Centre

Center for Global Development

Interaction

Emergency Contraception
Following the FDA approval which makes Plan-B available without a prescription, the latest on the emergency contraception.

Resources:

EC Help

Plan B

Emigration
The process of leaving one country to take up permanent or semipermanent residence in another.
Environment
Population and reproductive health links to environmental concerns including water, sanitation, natural resources, eco-systems, and food supply.

Resources:

The Center for Environment and Population

Population-Environment Research Network

Academy for Educational Development

Sierra Club


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All terms and definitions, except where noted, are excerpted with permission from the Population Reference Bureau's International Population Handbook, by Arthur Haupt and Thomas Kane, 4th Edition, 1998.