Journals, Newsletters and Other Publications
Name
Description
African Development Review

African Development Review is a professional journal devoted to the study and analysis of development policy in Africa. Published twice a year, in June and December for the African Development Bank, the Review emphasizes policy relevance of research findings, rather than purely theoretical and quantitative issues.
http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/asp/journal.asp?ref=1017-6772

African Journal of Reproductive Health

The African Journal of Reproductive Health was co-founded by the Women's Health and Action Research Centre (WHARC) in Nigeria and the Department of Population and International Health at the Harvard School of Public Health. It is a multidisciplinary and international journal which publishes original research, comprehensive review articles, short reports and commentaries on reproductive health in Africa. Published twice annually in English and French, the Journal aims to promote the study of reproductive health in Africa; to provide a forum for African authors, as well as others working in Africa; and to provide a scientific understanding of the reproductive health needs in the Africa region.
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/ajrh

African Population Studies (UAPS)

African Population Studies as well as the Newsletter from the Union for African Population Studies can be accessed through the UAPS web site.
http://www.uaps.org

Africa Recovery

Africa Recovery is created by the Africa Recovery Section of the Library and Publications Division in cooperation with the Information Technology Section, Department of Public Information, United Nations
http://www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/afrec

Africa's Population and Development Bulletin
(ECA - SDD)

Published once a year by the Economic Commission for Africa in both English and French languages, the Bulletin's main objective is to encourage the exchange of experiences, achievements, best practices and constraints among African countries in the implementation of the DND/ICPD-PA.

Demographic Research

Demographic Research is a free, online, peer-reviewed journal of the population sciences published by the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock, Germany.
http://www.demographic-research.org

EarthTimes

Environment. Education. Society. Business. Culture. Media. Nature. Politics. Population. Online News -- Daily on the Web
http://www.earthtimes.org

Ethiopia Journal of
Health Development

The Ethiopian Journal of Health Development is published three times a year by the Department of Community Health, Addis Ababa University. The Journal is jointly sponsored by the Ethiopian Public Health Association and the Addis Ababa University
http://www.cih.uib.no/journals/EJHD/EJHD-main-page.htm

Global Intersections

A Monthly News Digest and Information Service of Population Communications International
http://www.population.org/gi.htm

International Family Planning Perspectives

Published on-line by the Alan Guttmachter Institute, International Family Planning Perspectives provides the latest peer-reviewed research on sexual and reproductive health and rights in Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean and Asia. This quarterly emphasizes contraception, fertility, adolescent pregnancy, abortion, family planning policies and programs, sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS, and reproductive, maternal and child health.
http://www.agi-usa.org/journals

International Social Science Journal

Published on behalf of UNESCO, the International Social Science Journal bridges communities of social scientists between disciplines, and between different parts of the globe. It is truly interdisciplinary and international, sharing information and debate with the widest possible audience.
http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/asp/journal.asp?ref=0020-8701

The Journal of Contemporary African Studies

The Journal of Contemporary African Studies is an interdisciplinary biannual journal of research and writing in the human sciences - economics, political science, international affairs, military strategy, modern history, law, sociology, education, industrial relations, urban studies, demography, social anthropology, literature, development studies and related fields. The journal seeks to promote a scholarly understanding of developments and change in Africa. All articles are independently refereed, but the editors are responsible for the final selection of contents of the journal. Published by Carfax, Managing Editor: Roger Southall, Department of Political Studies, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/carfax/02589001.html

Population and Development Review

Prepared by the Population Council, Population and Development Review seeks to advance knowledge of the interrelationships between population and socio-economic development and provides a forum for discussion of related issues of public policy. The journal contains articles on advances in theory and application, policy analysis, sociographic studies and critical assessments of recent research, notes and commentaries on current population questions and policy developments etc.
http://www.popcouncil.org/pdr/default.asp

Population Briefs

A quarterly research newsletter of the Population Council. It contains brief reports on research on many aspects of reproductive health.
http://www.popcouncil.org/publications/popbriefs/default.htm

Population Reports

A quarterly journal published in several languages by the Population Information Program (PIP) at the Center for Communication Programs (CCP) of The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. It is designed to provide an accurate and authoritative overview of important developments in family planning and related health issues.
http://www.jhuccp.org/pr

The State of World Population Report

Since 1978, UNFPA has been issuing every year reports on the state of world population highlighting new developments in population. This site posts the integral version (in html and pdf formats) of a series of issues that have been produced in the past years.
http://www.unfpa.org/publications/swp.htm

Studies in Family
Planning

Studies in Family Planning is a peer-reviewed international quarterly concerned with all aspects of reproductive health, fertility regulation, and family planning programs in both developing and developed countries. Each issue contains original research articles, reports, a commentary, book reviews, and a data section with findings for individual countries from the Demographic and Health Surveys.
http://www.popcouncil.org/sfp/default.asp

UNFPA Publications

A UNFPA's site containing recurrent and non-recurrent publications produced by UNFPA including the State of World Population Report, technical reports on various thematic issues, periodicals, advocacy booklets, etc.
http://www.unfpa.org/publications/pubmain.htm