Immigration in the United States is a debated and much-researched topic. What are the social and economic effects of immigration on the United States? On the one hand, immigration leads to displacement of jobs. On the other hand, immigrants create economic demand and growth. In this video, PRB president Bill Butz talks with Charles Hirschman,…

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With Millennium Development Goal 6, the international community pledged to “combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases” throughout the world. Worldwide, 1.4 billion people are infected with one or more of these less-known “other diseases.” They come from the poorest of the poor who live on $1.25 or less per day, mostly on farms and in urban slums…

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In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the global AIDS epidemic overwhelmed health care systems, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. The epidemic appeared unstoppable as infection and prevalence rates continued to increase dramatically. However, data now show that since its peak in the late 1990s, new HIV infection rates and prevalence have begun stabilizing in much…

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