The Population & Poverty Research Network

We are a group of academic researchers and funders from around the globe studying the ways that population dynamics impact economics.

News

Helena Choi, Population Program Officer at the Hewlett Foundation, answers questions about the relationship between population and poverty, the PopPov Research Network, and how research can improve policy.
 
The Cornell Population Program invites applications for the newly funded Frank H.T. Rhodes Post-doctoral Fellowships.
 
Rebecca Thornton, Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Michigan, and Scott McNiven, a Hewlett Population, Reproductive Health and Economic Development Fellow and PhD Candidate at the University of California at Davis, recently won 3IE awards.
 
Rachel Nugent, Deputy Director for Global Health at the Center for Global Development and Director of the PopPov Research Network, discusses PopPov and the recent conference in Cape Town on CGD’s Global Prosperity Wonkcast.

COMING SOON! Electronic Working Paper Series
The Hewlett Foundation and International Health Economics Association have created a new electronic working paper series to provide broader intellectual discourse on the topic of population, reproductive health, and economic development.

Events

The annual conference put on by the PopPov Research Network took place in Cape Town, South Africa, January 14-17, 2010. The meeting brought together the world’s most prominent researchers on population and economic development, with a particular emphasis on African economics researchers and  those conducting research in Africa. View presentations and a summary (PDF) of the conference.
March 12, 2010