102 million people call an archipelago of 7,107 islands home. The Philippines tucked away in South East Asia is the 12th largest country in the world by population. In a 1903 census conducted by the then American colonial administration, found that the former Spanish (later American) colony was home to 8 million people spread throughout the archipelago. In a 2015 study by the National Economic Development Authority, the now independent Republic was found to be home to 105 million people. This represents a 1170% population jump in the last 113 years.
The Philippines, one...
The Navarra Center for International Development, along with the Fundación Ramón Areces, will organize the Vth Research Workshop in Madrid, the 6th and 7th of this coming June.
We are pleased to announce the distinguished keynote speakers for this fifth edition:
Monday, June 6th. Sonia Bhalotra (University of Essex) and Gonzalo Hernández Licona (CONEVAL).
Tuesday, June 7th. Friedrich Schneider (Johannes Kepler University, Institute for the Study of Labor), Chris Papageorgiou (International Monetary Fund) and, Luis Carranza (Ex mi...
While maternal mortality has fallen sharply in the last decade, it remains unnecessarily high at about 800 deaths a day worldwide. Moreover, there is enormous variation in levels and rates of decline across countries, even after accounting for differences in income. This column discusses new evidence showing that gender prejudice explains a significant part of this variation.
Although maternal mortality rates (MMR) have fallen sharply in the last decade, there was limited progress for many years and the rate remains unnecessarily high, at around 800 deaths a day worldwide. T...