Robert Walker

Robert Walker is the president of the Population Institute, where he directs the organization's advocacy and public education activities, including its work on issues related to health, economic development, sustainability and the environment. Prior to joining the Population Institute in February 2009, Walker was president of the Population Resource Center. He formerly was the executive director of the Common Cause Education Fund, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization.

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How to meet the challenges posed by population growth

over 10 years ago // Robert Walker on population growth

Demographically vulnerable nations face a highly uncertain future, but demography is not destiny. If the development and aid communities pay greater attention to population projections and their implications, and if they reprioritize and increase aid levels accordingly, their outlooks will change.

Food, population and the post-2015 development agenda

over 11 years ago // #FeedingDev

Meeting the growing demand for food may be the world’s single greatest challenge, but it is part of a much larger complex of problems, writes Robert Walker of the Population Institute in this guest commentary for Feeding Development.

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