Population and Development Review (PDR) seeks to advance knowledge of the interrelationships between population and socioeconomic 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
• Data and perspectives on new statistics and their interpretation
• Archives with a resonance for current debate on population issues
• Book reviews
• Documents and official voices on population matters from around the world.

Population and Development Review is published on behalf of the Population Council by Blackwell Publishing.