Population

Population

The Alan Guttmacher Institute
http://www.agi-usa.org/
Statistics, policy papers, & other information (focusing on the U.S.) from
contraceptive use & services, national teen sex & pregnancy stats, birth, abortion,
STD’s, youth, & law & public policy. Often there are references.

Asian Development Bank
http://www.adb.org/
In the “our work in the region” link: environmental impact studies (coming soon),
law & development summaries, info about projects (organized by region or type of
project) & links to other financial institutions.

Brown University’s Population Studies Training Center
http://pstc3.pstc.brown.edu/index.html
An annotated list of resources at Brown, U.S. Government agencies, non-
governmental organizations, population (related) centers, international organizations,
references, & 5 periodicals (Population journal gopher, Pop. Index, Annual Review
of Sociology).

Committee for the National Institute for the Environment
http://www.cnie.org/
A population/environment database. Categories: demographic information (fertility rates, population movements), development & economics (regional examples), conflict & security, food & agriculture,health, land use, as well as other environmental issues.

Demography & Population Studies virtual library
http://demography.anu.edu.au/VirtualLibrary/
List of associated virtual libraries, census info, data servers, electronic journals, historical info, & discussion lists.

Earth Times
http://www.earthtimes.org/index.html
Daily international on-line News about the Environment, Education, Society,
Business, Culture, Media, Nature, Politics, UN, Gender, Health (including
Reproductive Health) & Population by “renowned writers”. Link to the
Environmental News Service.

Earth’s Biggest Environmental Search Engine
with Directory-social science- population issues
http://www.webdirectory.com/Social_Science/Population/
Direct links, some briefly annotated, to 40 organizations, many listed above.

Florida State University’s Population Center
Http://mailer.fsu.edu/~popctr/links.html
Direct links to working papers at 10 schools, 30 population centers, and 8 on-line journals on population, family planning, and migration.

Geography World
http://members.aol.com/bowermanb/population.html
A fun site to explore. A high school teacher has compiled pages on 30 topics,
including land, water, erosion, population, maps, and global regions. Links to
personal pages and pages of facts from organizations like the Population Reference
Bureau.

Harvard University’s Global Reproductive Health Forum
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/Organizations/healthnet/index.html
Topics covered: Gender, Biology, and Technology; Reproductive Rights, Population and Family Planning, Maternal Health, STD’s, Abortion, Maternal Health, HIV/AIDS, & Contraception. Access to working papers, & a database on law and population.

Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs- Net links
http://www.jhuccp.org/netlinks.stm
900 annotated internet resources on health (public health, health education,
demography, environment, communication, public policy). Search by country, name
of organization, region, type of resource, subject, or a combination of the above.

Jstor- search 9 population journals
http://www.jstor.org/cgi-bin/jstor/post-query
Journals: Demography, Family Planning Perspectives, International Family
Planning, International Family Planning Perspectives and Digest, Population: An
English Selection, Population and Development Review, Population Studies.

National Audubon Society’s Population and Habitat Campaign
http://www.earthnet.net/~popnet/homepage.html
Press releases, state activities, legislative information & guide, toolkit for education
& advocacy, papers & articles from outside sources.

Negative Population Growth (NPG)
http://www.npg.org
Special reports, publications, facts & figures, state population &
immigration facts, information on Malthus, listserve topics: census, contraception,
growth control/management, immigration, pop/biology, pop/disease, pop/econ, to
name a few.

New England Coalition for a Sustainable Population
http://www.wpfvf.com/necsp/
A great site for educators and concerned individuals. Book, video, job, and web resources, information about the group, calendar of events, information on past and current sustainability projects in N.E., and articles on related topics

PopNet
http://www.popnet.org/
Annotated lists of international information (including statistics) on demography,
economics, education, the environment, gender, policy and reproductive health.
Direct links to governments worldwide, news update, search by keyword or region.

Population Action International (PAI)
http://www.populationaction.org
Information on reproductive health, population,
gender issues, pertinent news updates & voting records. Summaries of publications.

Population Communication International
http://www.population.org
Annual report highlights, basic information on their social education through media
programs, 30 links to organizations many related to women’s empowerment and
reproductive rights. Links to a few publications and relevant world events.

Population Council
http://www.popcouncil.org/
Order the recent annual report or booklets-FREE. Access to working papers & full text of quarterly reports.

Population Index
http://popindex.princeton.edu
37000 records search by author, subject, region, year, or free-text.

Population information line (POPLINE)
http://www.jhuccp.org/popline
The world’s largest bibliographic population database with over 250,000 records.

Population Institute
http://www.populationinstitute.org/
Popline bi-monthly newsletter, briefs on relevant issues in congress.

Population Projects Database (PPD)
http://www.jsi.com/intl/ppd/home.htm
Overview of Population related projects overseen by USAID ‘95-‘97, reports and
data collection, and data updates- downloadable country expenditure forms.

Population Reference Bureau (PRB)
http://www.prb.org/
An excellent resource on the 50 United States. Data on population, farms and land,
the economy, people and lifestyles, resources, and the environment. Excerpts from
“The Population Bulletin” & full text of “Population Today” (a monthly
publication).

Population Services International
http://www.psiwash.org
Profiles of the social marketing projects aimed to develop &
distribute contraception and other health products to low-income people.

Population-Environment Balance
http://www.balance.org
A grassroots organization concerned with population, the environment, &
immigration. Action alerts & lists of publications.

RAND
http://www.rand.org/popmatters/
A nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. List of publications, many available online, and links to other sites of interest.

Reports from the International Conference on Population held in Cairo.
http://www.undp.org/popin/icpd2.htm
Information kit, press releases, summary report, recommendations, & more.

Sierra Club’s International Population Program
http://www.sierraclub.org/population/index.html
Links to info on the global environment, environmental quality, & the great
outdoors. Facts on population, resources & projects. Also features the Club’s
legislative agenda & publication “Population Report”.

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
http://www.info.usaid.gov/
Info about programs (by region) on the environment & population. Links to
demographic & health surveys as well as the International Database at the Census
Bureau.

Union of Concerned Scientists Population Page
http://www.ucsusa.org/
Info on arms control, agriculture, global resources, climate, energy, and transportation.

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF )
http://www.unicef.org/
Relevant news updates, statistics by region or country, on
child & maternal mortality, sanitation, water supply, adult literacy, & enrollment in
primary school.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
http://www.undp.org/
Links to these focus areas: Poverty, Environment, Gender, and Governance. Features project results and links.

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
http://www.unesco.org/
Information on programs in the natural sciences biotech, gender equality &
education statistics. Science, culture and communication data coming soon. View the
index to easily locate info on Africa, social programs. Link to search all the UN
websites.

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
http://www.unfpa.org/
Publications (many are free): email address to order Program Review & Strategy
Development Reports, special reports: International Assistance for Population
Activities (1995)- on-line, Inventory of Population Project (1996), & Resource
Requirements for Health Programs (1997). Also available are UNFPA’s programme
bulletin (10 issues/year), State of the World Population Report, & updates on the
Cairo Conference.

United Nations Population Information Network (POPIN)
http://www.undp.org/popin/popin.htm
Information on world population trends, an electronic library (bibliographies & bibliographic databases), dictionary of demographic & reproductive health terminology,
worldwide directory of population institutions- search alphabetically, by region, or type of organization.

University of Michigan’s Population Studies Center
http://www.psc.lsa.umich.edu/library/resources.shtml
Search 150 resources by subject or format (ie electronic databases, population centers).

World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org/
Download data with Acrobat. Search by country or topic: population, standard of
living, health, life expectancy & mortality, employment, economics, urbanization,
education, air & water pollution & land use. Projects info & working papers.

World Health Organization (WHO)
http://www.who.org/
Information & databases organized by disease or topics such as mortality,
demographic & health, & child growth & malnutrition. WHOSIS information
system, excerpts from the World Health Reports 1995-1998.

World Overpopulation Awareness (WOA)
http://www.overpopulation.org/
Managed by Paul Storey of ZPG (see below). Basic facts search, incredible fact
sheets (usually with a reference), news updates, links to sites for family planning,
global consequences, & educational materials for all ages.

World Population Film and Video Festival/Competition
http://www.wpfvf.com/
Attention educators, activists, and students- info about the competition, prizes available, and links.

Zero Population Growth (ZPG)
http://www.zpg.org
Become a member of this grassroots organization for FREE. Congressional
scorecards, info on how to contact representatives, & the bi-monthly publication
“The Reporter”. Resources for teachers grades K-12.

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