Model Application: Population and Reproductive Health

For over 20 years—currently under the USAID│Health Policy Project—Futures Group has worked to elevate the status of family planning and reproductive health on the political agenda decisionmakers.

Although the benefits of family planning and reproductive health services have been substantiated and discussed for decades, persuasive evidence-based arguments are still needed to renew high-level commitment among governments and policymakers. 

The RAPID Model—part of Futures Group’s Spectrum  package— projects the social and economic consequences of high fertility and rapid population growth for the economy, education, health, urbanization, and agriculture. Futures Group has used the RAPID Model in more than 40 countries and presented the findings to key stakeholders and decisionmakers.

RAPID is an interactive, user-friendly tool that helps in-country stakeholders manipulate data to analyze alternative population scenarios and encourages evidence-based policy dialog. RAPID presentation materials can be geared toward diverse audiences (e.g., senior decisionmakers, budget planners, and religious leaders), various sectors (e.g., environment, health, education, and economy) and different levels (e.g., national and local), depending on the country context.

Key Results