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Role of the Diaspora

Committee on Population, National Academy of Sciences (CPOP)


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The Committee on Population (CPOP) was established to conduct scientific assessments of major population-related issues and to provide a forum for the discussion and analysis of important public policy issues related to population. It deals with questions about the determinants and consequences of changes in population size and distribution that are important to policy makers and researchers in both developed and developing nations.

Projects 2006/2007:

  • Research Agenda and New Data for Aging in Africa
  • Hispanics in the United States
  • Workshop on Biomarker Collection in Population-Based Health and Aging Research
  • Expert Meeting on Disability Decline in the United States
  • Expert Meeting on Estimates of the Mortality Crisis in Darfur, Sudan
  • Using Demographic Data and Tools More Effectively To Assist Populations At Risk of Facing Disasters

Website: http://www7.nationalacademies.org/cpop/index.html
Email: Programme Officer: mwilliams@nas.edu
Tel: +1 (202) 334-3187
Fax: +1 (202) 334-3829
Address: Committee on Population, The National Academy of Sciences, 500 Fifth Street, NW, W1108, Washington,