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JOHN F. MAY, Ph.D.
Professional Address Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies Department of International Health - NHS 3700 Reservoir Road, NW, Box 571107 Washington, DC 20057-1107 USA Phone: (202) 687-3847 Fax: (202) 784-3128 Cell phone: (240) 423-5310 Email: [email protected] Twitter: @JMay1950 www.georgetown.edu
Home Address 10112 Fleming Avenue Bethesda, MD 20814-2120 USA Phone: (301) 530-5191
Career Profile: Demographer with 40 years of international experience in demographic analysis, population projections, population policies, family planning and reproductive health programs and HIV/AIDS issues. Extensive experience in the design, implementation and evaluation of population & reproductive health strategies and operations supported by strong analytical work. Adjunct Professor of Demography at Georgetown University. Solid track record in teaching and publishing (including three books), spanning demography, global health and population policies. Summary of Skills Strong Quantitative and Analytical Skills
Extensive experience in population, family planning and reproductive health, and HIV/AIDS policies and programs Ability to develop strong partnership in different cultural environments Experience in teaching, formal training, on-the-job training, and mentoring More than 7 years of continuous residence in developing countries Working experience with most multilateral and bilateral donors and lenders Bilingual English-French; basic knowledge of Spanish
Specific Experience
Population strategic planning analysis, awareness raising, policy dialogue, and advocacy Population policies formulation, implementation (e.g., participatory approaches), and evaluation Design and assessment of family planning & reproductive health programs and contraceptive prevalence targeting Family planning programs cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis Population research design, including demographic and environment issues HIV/AIDS epidemic modeling (including HIV surveys) and HIV/AIDS interventions design Teaching, training and mentoring in demographic analysis and population issues Task management and team leadership
Worldwide Scope
Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo and Uganda) East Asia and the Pacific (Fiji, Guam, Myanmar, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam and Western Samoa) Latin America and the Caribbean (Haiti) Middle East and North Africa (Djibouti, Morocco and Yemen) South Asia (Bangladesh, Maldives and Pakistan)
Professional Experience
2 Georgetown University, Washington, DC Adjunct Professor, 8/2008 – Present
Duties: Under the direct supervision of the Department of International Health’s Chair, prepare and teach courses and seminars on demography, population and development at undergraduate and graduate levels; mentor undergraduate and graduate students; and conduct research activities on the demographic dividend and demography, health and urbanization linkages.
Specific Activities: Taking leadership and/or participating in the following courses: GLOH-220: Demography and Population (required undergraduate course); GLOH-614: Changing Global Demographic and Economic Patterns (elective graduate course); and GLOH-910: Field Research Module and Scholarly Project (requited graduate course).
Previous Activities: Prepare and teach graduate course “Africa’s Moment: Demography, Health and Development” (with two colleagues); prepare and teach INTH-220 “Population, Demography and Development” (with two colleagues); mentor in INTH-393 “Internship II: International Organizations”; and mentor in Tutorial INTH-212 “Population Policy Design, Implementation and Evaluation”.
Population Reference Bureau (PRB), Washington, DC Visiting Scholar, 1/2013 – 9/2017
Duties: Under the direct supervision of PRB’s President, contribute to PRB’s research and outreach, mentor younger PRB staff, and help enhance PRB’s outputs and visibility.
Specific Activities: Help prepare the PRB World Population Data Sheet; expand Francophone material on PRB’s Webpage; contribute to professional development of PRB’s younger staff; prepare PRB Web articles, blogs and podcasts; participate in PRB’s general operations with a focus on population and development issues in Western Africa; foster collaboration between African Anglophone and Francophone specialists and institutions in the areas of population and development, family planning and reproductive health; and help prepare PRB funding proposals.
Center for Global Development (CGD), Washington, DC Visiting Fellow, 5/2012 – 6/2013
Duties: Within the CGD’s Global Health Policy program, assume leadership in population, demographic and reproductive health dimensions of CGD’s work and mandate.
Specific Activities: Reexamine CGD’s population and development research agenda, in particular the work on macroeconomics and demographics (including data collection issues), with a focus on Western Africa; contribute to CGD publications; blog on population and development issues on CGD Website; liaise with major development agencies in the field of population and reproductive health (e.g., AFD, UNFPA, and World Bank); and enhance linkages between Anglophone and Francophone specialists and institutions in the areas of population, development, and family planning and reproductive health.
The World Bank, Washington, DC Lead Population Specialist (Open-Ended), Africa Region, 7/2008 – 3/2012
Duties: Assume leadership in population and demographic advisory, analytical, and operational work in the Africa Region; provide technical inputs to Bank task team leaders and help them convert population and development principles adopted at Cairo (1994) and in other international conferences into reality in strategic documents, sector studies, and operations; review and advise on operational documents and analytical work; participate in training and staff development activities in the field of population; and 3 participate in professional population and reproductive health meetings of operational concern to the Bank’s Africa Region.
Specific Activities: Participate in preparations, appraisals, mid-term reviews, and implementation completion reports of population and reproductive health operations; promote population and reproductive health components in Health Sector Wide approaches (SWAps); ensure synergies between population, reproductive health, and HIV/AIDS issues; contribute to capacity building of institutions in charge of population research and advocacy in sub-Saharan Africa; lead and/or contribute to population and reproductive health analytical work; participate in preparation of Africa Region and other regions’ Country Assistance Strategies (CAS); and bring population and development issues, including linkages to poverty reduction programs, into other strategic Bank documents such as Country Economic Memoranda (CEM), Public Expenditures Reviews (PER), Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP), and World Development Reports (WDR).
The World Bank, Washington, DC Senior Population Specialist (Open-Ended), Africa Region, 3/2000 – 6/2008
Duties: Contribute to population, reproductive health, and HIV/AIDS operations and analytical work in the Africa Region; review and advise on operational documents and analytical work; participate in training and staff development activities in the field of population and reproductive health; and participate in professional population and reproductive health meetings of operational concern to the Bank’s Africa Region.
Specific Activities: Participate in preparations, appraisals, supervisions, mid-term reviews, and implementation completion reports of population, reproductive health, and HIV/AIDS operations; promote population, reproductive health, and HIV/AIDS components in Health Sector Wide approaches (SWAps); participate in the preparation of Africa Region and other regions’ Country Assistance Strategies (CAS); bring population and development issues, including linkages to poverty reduction programs, into other strategic Bank documents such as CEM, PER, and PRSP; help conducting World Bank Institute (WBI) courses on reproductive health under health sector reforms in Africa; and (for a total period of more than three years) co-coordinate activities of the Bank-wide Thematic Group on Population and Reproductive Health, mostly in the areas of Training, Knowledge Management, and CAS Watch List.
The World Bank, Washington, DC Population Specialist (Long Term Consultant), Africa Region, 10/1997 - 2/2000
Duties: Provide technical inputs on demographic and population issues in the Africa Region; review Bank operational documents and analytical work; help design and prepare population and reproductive health operations; and participate in training and staff development activities in the area of population, reproductive health and HIV/AIDS.
Specific Activities: Participate in population, reproductive health, and HIV/AIDS operations; contribute to capacity building of institutions in charge of population research and advocacy in sub-Saharan Africa; bring population and development issues, including linkages to poverty reduction programs, into strategic Bank documents; and co-coordinate activities of the Bank-wide Thematic Group on Population and Reproductive Health.
The Futures Group International, Washington, DC Senior Scientist, 7/1992 - 9/1997 (Re-appointed as Senior Associate; promoted Senior Scientist and Director of Francophone and Lusophone Africa under the USAID-funded POLICY Project in July 1996)
4 Duties: Manage a team of 6 professionals; assess population, reproductive health, and family planning issues in developing countries; examine the linkages between demographic trends, socioeconomic factors, and human development (including the HIV/AIDS epidemic and environmental issues); design and implement interventions and programs; lead professional teams in the field; and mentor younger professional staff.
Specific Activities: Conduct family planning assessments and family planning cost-benefit analyses; prepare contraceptive prevalence targets; help formulate, implement and evaluate population policies, including awareness and policy dialogue activities at the highest level of leadership (e.g., Heads of State); help draft national population policy statements; evaluate legal and regulatory constraints; lead strategic planning, project design (including participatory approaches with NGO), and institutional building activities. Work conducted mostly in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia.
Population Reference Bureau Andrew W. Mellon Visiting Scholar, 9/1991 - 6/1992 (On sabbatical leave from The Futures Group International)
Duties: Conduct research on population pressure and population policy responses in sub-Saharan Africa (initiation of doctoral dissertation research) and contribute to the international program of the Population Reference Bureau.
Specific Activities: Evaluate population pressure indicators in Rwanda and measure the impact of population policy responses, namely emigration and population redistribution programs, agricultural extension and intensification, family planning programs, and national population policy development; lecture in PRB training courses; and contribute to PRB publications.
The Futures Group International, Washington, DC Senior Associate, 3/1987 - 8/1991 (Appointed as Senior Research Associate; promoted Senior Associate in May 1989)
Duties: Assess population and family planning issues in developing countries; examine linkages between demographic trends and socioeconomic factors; and design and implement appropriate policy responses.
Specific Activities: Prepare population and development computer models; conduct family planning assessments and family planning cost-benefit analyses; prepare contraceptive prevalence targets; help formulate, implement and evaluate national population policies, including awareness raising and policy dialogue; help draft national population policy statements; evaluate legal and regulatory constraints; and conduct strategic planning, project design, institutional building, and training activities. Work conducted mostly in sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean, and the South Pacific.
International Population Consultant, Brussels, Belgium, 9/1986 - 2/1987
Duties: Lecture on demographic topics (including at the graduate level) and consult on demographic analysis.
Specific Activities: As a Visiting Professor, organize at the Demographic Institute of Paris, University of Paris I "Panthéon-Sorbonne" two one-month seminars on population projections software and population and development modeling (September, 1986 and February, 1987); participate as Lecturer in a South Pacific Commission Workshop on Population Projections, including microcomputer training (Guam, November, 1986); consult for the Government of French Polynesia on demographic patterns and trends and microcomputer software (December, 1986); and participate in refresher courses at the Carl Duisberg Foundation in Munich on assessment and correction of population age and sex structures (April and November, 1987).
5 International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), Liège, Belgium Population Training Coordinator, 4/1985 - 8/1986
Duties: Organize, as Project Director, training workshops on demographic analysis in sub-Saharan Africa.
Specific Activities: Organize one five-week workshop at the University of Nairobi, Kenya and one five-week workshop at USED (now CERPOD), Bamako, Mali; help prepare material on latest techniques in demographic data collection, processing and analysis, including operations research issues; help prepare the appropriate microcomputer software; and coordinate with other international agencies in the field of short-term training courses in population.
UN Adviser on Demography and Population Statistics South Pacific Commission, Nouméa, New Caledonia, 1/1980 - 12/1983
Duties: Provide advisory services on population issues to the governments of the South Pacific region.
Specific Activities: Collect and analyze population data (extensive utilization of demographic indirect techniques); organize regional and in-country courses on population topics (population policy, census data analysis, vital registration, and demographic software); disseminate population information to relevant governmental departments; and participate in the population policy process. Work conducted in 12 different countries and geopolitical entities.
UN Associate Expert in Demography Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d’Informatique, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 12/1976 - 12/1979
Duties: Analyze Haitian demographic data and train Haitian demographers.
Specific Activities: Supervise the publication of the 1971 Haitian census results (management of a 6-person team); analyze Haitian demographic census and survey data at national and regional levels, including socioeconomic and education data; assess Haitian international migration patterns; and train Haitian specialists (on-the-job training and formal lectures at under-graduate level).
Various High Schools, Brussels, Belgium High School Teacher, 9/1975 - 11/1976
Duties: Prepare and deliver courses on ethical, religious, and societal contemporary issues.
Catholic University of Louvain, Leuven, Belgium Research Assistant, 6-8/1972 and 10/1974 - 8/1975
Duties: Undertake research in Belgian and French modern socioeconomic and religious history.
Professional Development
Experience with International Agencies
- Direct working experience with: Center for Global Development (CGD), Population Reference Bureau (PRB), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) (executing agencies: DTCD/DESD and ESCAP), UNICEF, USAID, World Bank (Short-Term Consultant, Long-Term Consultant, and Staff), and World Population Society - Principal Investigator, World Bank AIDS Socio-Economic Impacts Study in Madagascar (1995-1996) 6 - Experience on projects funded by: African Development Bank, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Centennial Group Inc., Center for Global Development (CGD), French Ministry of Cooperation, International Labor Office (ILO), International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), Population Council, Population Reference Bureau (PRB), Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP), World Assembly of Youth (WAY), and World Resources Institute (WRI)
Education
Ph.D. in Demography, Summa cum Laude, 1991 - 1996 University "René Descartes" Paris-V (Sorbonne), Faculté des Sciences Humaines et Sociales, Paris, France Dissertation: Urgency and Complacency: Population Pressure and Policy Responses in Rwanda (1962-1994)
MA in Demography, Magna cum Laude, 1984 - 1985 Catholic University of Louvain, Faculty of Economics, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium Thesis: Regional Population Projections for Fiji (1976-2001)
Graduate Diploma in Demography, Cum Laude, 1974 - 1975 Catholic University of Louvain, Faculty of Economics, Leuven, Belgium
Agrégation de l’Enseignement Secondaire Supérieur, Cum Laude, 1974 Catholic University of Louvain, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Leuven, Belgium
BA in Modern History, Cum Laude, 1968 - 1973 University Saint-Louis, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Brussels, Belgium and Catholic University of Louvain, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Leuven, Belgium. Thesis: The demographic consequences of the 1578 plague in Brussels, Leuven, and Mechelen
Secondary Studies, 1961 - 1967 Saint-Boniface High School, Brussels, Belgium
Awards and Honors
Associate Member, Académie royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique (ARB), Classe Technologie et Société (elected on March 2, 2013) Population Institute 2012 Annual Global Media Award for Best Book in Population for “World Population Policies: Their Origin, Evolution, and Impact” (Springer, 2012) World Bank Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) 2008 Good Practice ICR Quality Award for The Gambia HIV/AIDS Rapid Response Project Implementation Completion Report (ICR) World Bank Africa Region, Chief Economist’s Best Practice Award, 2007 Economic and Sector Work (Uganda Country Economic Memorandum) Fred H. Bixby Foundation Visiting Scholarship at the Population Reference Bureau, Winter 2010-2011, Summer 2007, and Summer 2006 World Bank Spot Awards: AFTH2 for Support to HNP Portfolio Quality Improvement in Niger, 2008; AFTH2 for Sector Work on Population Issues in Niger, 2003; AFTQK and AFTH2 (3 Awards) for Implementation of Health and HIV/AIDS projects in The Gambia and HIV/AIDS project in Sierra Leone, 2002; AFTH2 for Implementation Completion Report (ICR) of the Chad Population and AIDS I Project, 2002; HDNHE for Co- coordination of the Population/Reproductive Health Bank-wide Thematic Group activities, 2000 Award for accomplishments in the fight against female genital mutilation, Cellule de Coordination sur les Pratiques Traditionnelles Affectant la santé des Femmes et des Enfants (CPTAFE), Guinea, 2001 Various Who’s Who Entries (Who’s Who in the World 2004; Strathmore’s Who’s Who 2003-04-; Who's Who in America. Science and Engineering: 1999-2000, 5th edition and 2002-03, 6th edition) 7 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Visiting Scholarship at the Population Reference Bureau, 1991-1992
Boards & Scientific Committees
POPDEVINTER, Paris, France, Member of the Scientific Advisory Council since 2016 Berlin Institute, Berlin, Germany, Member of the Scientific Advisory Council since 2015 Association Alfred Sauvy, Paris, France, Member of the Board since 2013
Conferences, Presentations, and University Lectures
Numerous conferences, presentations, lectures, classes and panel attendances on demography, population policies, reproductive health, and HIV/AIDS programs with a focus on developing countries
Académie royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique (ARB), Classe Technologie et Société, Brussels, Belgium Académie des Sciences d’Outre-Mer (ASOM), Paris, France Académie royale des Sciences d’Outre-Mer (ARSOM), Brussels, Belgium Association démocratique des Français à l’étranger (Section de Washington, DC), Washington, DC, USA BCA Research Inc., Montréal, QC, Canada BRAC Institute of Global Health (BRAC University), Dhaka, Bangladesh Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Gatineau, QC, Canada Catholic University of Louvain, Centre de recherche en démographie et sociétés, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium Club d’Amitié Franco-Internationale, Washington, DC, USA Club du 6 mai, Paris, France Collège Belgique, Chaire Lavoisier 2014-2015, Académie royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique (ARB), Brussels, Belgium Collège Belgique, Académie royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique (ARB), Brussels, Belgium Collège International Marie de France, Montréal, QC, Canada Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Bonn, Germany Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevoelkerung, Berlin Office, Germany Église Protestante Francophone de Washington, Washington, DC, USA Équilibres & Populations, Paris, France Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Bonn, Germany Free University of Brussels, Faculty of Medicine, Brussels, Belgium French Development Agency (AFD), Paris, France [Presentations and Meeting with Ms. Anne Paugam, Director General] Futures Group International (Distinguished Speakers Series), Washington, DC, USA George Mason University, Department of Geography, College of Sciences, Fairfax, VA, USA George Mason University, Global Affairs Program, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Fairfax, VA, USA George Washington University, The Elliott School of International Affairs, Washington, DC, USA Georgetown University, Department of International Health, School of Nursing and Health Studies, Washington, DC, USA Global Health Council, Washington, DC, USA Green Climate Fund, Incheon, Korea [Meeting with Ms. Héla Cheikhrouhou, Executive Director] Harvard University, Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, Cambridge, MA, USA Howard University, College of Arts & Sciences, African Studies Department, Washington, DC, USA 8 Institut d'Études Politiques ("Sciences-Po"), Paris, France Institute of Tropical Medicine (several years), Antwerp, Belgium International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), World Population Program, Laxenburg, Austria International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington, DC [Contribution to a IMF presentation on Mali & Meetings with Ms. Christine Lagarde, IMF Managing Director] IPAS, Chapel Hill, NC, USA Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Washington, DC, USA Johns Hopkins University, Hopkins Population Center and The Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA Lycée International Rochambeau, Washington, DC, USA Médecins sans Frontières, Brussels, Belgium Olivaint Conference of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium [July 2008 Visit to Washington, DC, USA] Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris, France Penn State University, Population Research Institute, State College, PA, USA Population Association of Pakistan, Keynote Address: “Population Policies: New Directions” at 13th Annual Conference of the Population Association of Pakistan (PAP), Karachi, November 7-8, 2012 Population Connection, Washington, DC, USA Population Council – Book Launch “Capturing the Demographic Dividend in Pakistan”, Karachi, June 27, 2013 Population Media Center, Shelburne, VT, USA Population Reference Bureau, Washington, DC, USA Population Reference Bureau - PRB Policy Fellows (several years), Washington, DC, USA Population Resource Center, Washington, DC, USA Rotary International, Bujumbura, Burundi Rotary International, Bamako, Mali Société d'Encouragement pour l'Industrie Nationale (SEIN), Paris, France Statistics Norway, Oslo, Norway Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Stockholm, Sweden The 1818 Society. World Bank Group Alumni, Washington, DC, USA The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA, USA [Briefing on Niger to Ms. Melinda Gates, Co-chair] The Cosmos Club, Washington, DC, USA The Maldives National University, Faculty of Sciences, Male’, Maldives The World Bank, Brussels Office, Belgium The World Bank, Washington, DC, USA United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), New York, NY, USA University of Geneva, Institut de démographie et de socioéconomie (I-DESO), Geneva, Switzerland Université "René Descartes" Paris-V (Sorbonne), Faculté des Sciences Humaines et Sociales, Paris, France University of Groningen, Faculty of Spatial Sciences, Department of Demography, Population Research Centre, Groningen, The Netherlands (via Skype) University of Montréal, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Demography, Montréal, QC, Canada University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC, USA U.S. Agency for International Development, Bureau for Global Health, Office of Population and Reproductive Health, Washington, DC, USA Vienna Institute of Demography (VID), Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria Walt Whitman High School, French Honors Society, Washington, DC, USA Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC, USA
Other Contributions 9 Session Organizer, Chairperson, and/or Discussant at major population conferences and events Member of the Core Group of Experts on Research Dialogue on Migration and Global Health under the Georgetown University Initiative for U.S.-China Dialogue on Global Issues, May 2-3, 2016 Initiator of, and contributor to, the World Bank study on the demographic dividend in sub-Saharan Africa (D. Canning, S. Raja, and A.S. Yazbeck (Eds.), Africa’s Demographic Transition: Dividend or Disaster?, Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2015) Invitations by Voice of America (VOA) to participate in “Africa Forum” (live TV program in French) Presenter at Side Event on Sub-Saharan Africa’s Demographic Challenges organized by the French Development Agency, UNFPA, the German Foundation for World Population (DSW), and the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) at the 42nd Session of the UN Commission of Population and Development, New York, March 30, 2009 Discussant at Side Event on Sub-Saharan Africa’s Demographic Challenges organized by the French Development Agency at the UNFPA Board Meeting Geneva, June 17, 2008 Contributions as peer reviewer to major international journals (e.g., Cahiers québecois de démographie, International Family Planning Perspectives, Population and Development Review, Science, Studies in Family Planning, and The World Bank Economic Review) Contributions to major international newspapers (e.g., Op-Ed comments, Financial Times, July 9, 2012 & March 14, 2008 & Jeune Afrique, May 25-31, 2008 and full-page interviews, La Libre Belgique, April 17, 2012 & Le Monde, December 16-17, 2007) (alone or with co-author) Contributions to Web Pages (e.g., Interview posted on World Bank Web Page in April 2008, CGD and PRB Webpages) Adviser on demographic issues to Uncrowded.org, a sustainable development NGO based in San Francisco, CA Global Health Policy Blogs on Center for Global Development (CGD) Web Page Keynote Speaker, Hewlett Foundation-Population Reference Bureau Second Annual Research Conference on Population Impacts on Economic Development, Arusha, Tanzania, December 8-9, 2007 Member of Ph.D. Dissertation Jury: University of Montréal, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Demography (August 2015) and University "René Descartes" Paris-V (Sorbonne), Faculté des Sciences Humaines et Sociales (February 2007) Peer reviewer for numerous World Bank analytical and evaluation reports (e.g., OED/IEG), operations preparation, and Economic and Sector Work reports, since 2002 Peer reviewer for the Population Council book Capturing the Demographic Dividend in Pakistan, 2013 World Bank Population and Reproductive Health Thematic Group, Co-coordinator 1998-2001 Peer reviewer for the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) “Population Bulletin” Vol. 52/4 on Population and Reproductive Health in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1997 Translation and revision skills: Extensive experience with translation and revision of technical documents from English into French. For example, review of the French translation of the World Bank Health, Nutrition, and Population Sector Strategy, 1997 (with Bank colleague) Peer reviewer of manuscript “Économie générationelle et dividende démographique: Théories et applications au Sénégal” for the Gates Institute, Baltimore, MD Provided external comments on Population and Development. Implications for the World Bank, Washington, DC: The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 1994 (World Bank Report for the International Conference on Population and Development in September 1994 in Cairo) Conference Olivaint of Belgium (COB), an organization aimed at training graduate students in political sciences; former President (1974-1975); Member of COB Scientific Committee since 1997
Professional Affiliations
Population Association of Pakistan (PAP), Member since 2012 10 Union for African Population Studies, Member since 2002 Association Internationale des Démographes de Langue Française (AIDELF), Member since 1990 Population Reference Bureau (PRB), Member since 1985 Population Association of America (PAA), Member since 1984 International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), Member since 1980
Publications
Books
Demography and Economic Emergence in Africa, Brussels: Académie royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux- Arts de Belgique, coll. « Académie en poche » [Forthcoming] (with co-author)
Démographie et émergence économique en Afrique, Brussels: Académie royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux- Arts de Belgique, coll. « Académie en poche » [Forthcoming] (with co-author)
Africa’s Population: In Search of a Demographic Dividend, Dordrecht, Springer, 2017 (with co-editor)
Agir sur les évolutions démographiques, Brussels: Académie royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, coll. « Académie en poche », No. 22, 2013
World Population Policies: Their Origin, Evolution, and Impact, Dordrecht: Springer, 2012
Book Chapters
“Introduction”. In Hans Groth & John F. May (Eds.), Africa’s Population: In Search of a Demographic Dividend, Dordrecht, Springer, 2017: 1-8 (with co-author)
“Conclusions”. In Hans Groth & John F. May (Eds.), Africa’s Population: In Search of a Demographic Dividend, Dordrecht, Springer, 2017: 497-501 (with co-author)
“Demographic Challenges of the Sahel Countries”. In Hans Groth & John F. May (Eds.), Africa’s Population: In Search of a Demographic Dividend, Dordrecht, Springer, 2017: 165-177 (with co-authors)
“Global Population and Reproductive Health Policies”. In Deborah R. McFarlane (Edit.), Global Population and Reproductive Health, Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2015: 343-370
“Accelerating the Demographic Transition”. In T. Ahlers, H. Kato, H.S. Kohli, C. Madavo, & A. Sood (Eds.), Africa 2050. Realizing the Continent’s Full Potential, New Delhi: Oxford University Press for Centennial Group International, 2014: 83-100 (with co-author)
A. Goujon & R. Fuchs, “Future Fertility in High fertility Countries.” Chapter 4 in W. Lutz, W.P. Butz, & S. KC. (Eds.) (2014). World Population and Human Capital in the 21st Century. Oxford: Oxford University Press (contributing author)
“Family Planning Trends in Sub-Saharan Africa: Progress, Prospects, and Lessons Learned.” In P. Chuhan-Pole & M. Angwafo (Eds.), Yes Africa Can: Success Stories from a Dynamic Continent, Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2011, 445-463 (with co-authors)
11 “Population Policy”, in D. Poston & M. Micklin (Eds.), Handbook of Population, New York, NY: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers (Springer), 2005: 827-852
Peer Reviewed Articles
“The Role of Public Population Institutions on Fertility Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa”. Population Horizons 14(1) [Forthcoming]
“The Demographic Dividend in Sub-Saharan Africa: Two Issues that Need More Attention”. Journal of Demographic Economics 83(1), 2017: 77-84 (with co-author)
“The Politics of Family Planning Policies and Programs in sub-Saharan Africa”. Population and Development Review (Suppl. to Vol. 43), 2017: 308-329
“Le XXIe siècle sera le siècle de la démographie africaine”. Bulletin de l’Académie royale des Sciences d’Outre-Mer (ARSOM) [Forthcoming]
“La peste de 1578 et ses conséquences démographiques à Bruxelles et dans sa région” [Forthcoming]
Proximate determinants of fertility in sub-Saharan Africa and their possible use in fertility projections, Paper presented at the United Nations Expert Group Meeting on Recent and Future Trends in Fertility. New York, 2-4 December, 2009 (Population Division Expert Paper No. 2011/13), New York: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (with co-author)
“Impact of the proximate determinants on the future course of fertility in sub-Saharan Africa”, Population Bulletin of the United Nations, Special Issue 2002, Nos. 46/47, 71- 95 (with co-author) [also issued in French and Spanish]
“Le sida à Madagascar. I. Epidémiologie, projections, impact socio-économique, interventions”, Bulletin de la Société de Pathologie Exotique, 1998, 91(1): 68-70 (with co-authors)
“Le sida à Madagascar. II. Politique d’intervention pour maintenir la basse prévalence de l’infection par le VIH”, Bulletin de la Société de Pathologie Exotique, 1998, 91(1): 71-73 (with co-authors)
“High syphilis and low but rising HIV seroprevalence rates in Madagascar”, The Lancet (Letter to the Editor) 347, 1996: 831 (with co-authors)
"Policies on Population, Land Use, and Environment in Rwanda", Population and Environment 16(4), 1995: 321-334
"Tendances de la fécondité en Haïti", Cahiers québecois de démographie 21(1), 1992: 167-183 (with co-author)
"AIDS prevention and family planning", The Lancet (Letter to the Editor) 338, 1991: 63-64 (first author)
"Family Planning in Rwanda: Status and Prospects", Studies in Family Planning 21(1), 1990: 20-32 (first author)
"Haitian Migration: 30 Years Assessed", Migration Today 10(1), 1982: 7-12 & 10(3-4): 55 (with co-author)
"Fertility, Mortality, Migration and Family Planning in Haiti", Population Studies 33(3), 1979: 505-521 (with co-author)
"La peste de 1578 à Bruxelles", Annales de la Société Belge d'Histoire des Hôpitaux 12, 1976: 79-95
Other Publications
12 “Pourquoi le XXIe siècle sera le siècle de la démographie africaine”. Académie des Sciences d’Outre-Mer (ASOM) [Forthcoming]
Maldives’ Population Dynamics: Policy Prospects for Human Growth and Opportunity. Male’: UNFPA Maldives Country Office and National Bureau of Statistics Maldives, August 2016.
“Africa’s Rapid Population Growth and Migratory Pressures”. NORRAG News 53. Refugees, Displaced Persons and Education: New Challenges for Development and Policy, May 2016, 112-113 (with co-author)
“Population Policies in Europe”, Europe en Formation 377, Special Issue “La Démographie de l’Europe” Autumn 2015, 136-150
“The Demographic Dividend: An Opportunity for Ethiopia’s Transformation”. Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau and Ethiopian Economics Association, October 2015 (with co-authors)
“The Demographic Dividend: An Opportunity for Ethiopia’s Transformation”. Early Insights. Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau and Ethiopian Economics Association, June 2015 (with co-authors)
“Afrique de l’Ouest : Un agenda de recherche en population et développement”. Note de recherche. Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, October 2014 (with co-author)
“Family Planning and Health Sector Policy in Bangladesh”. Health, Nutrition and Population Knowledge Notes, Washington, DC: The World Bank (with co-authors)
“Population, Family Planning and Reproductive Health Policy Harmonization in Bangladesh”. Discussion Paper. Washington, DC: World Bank Group, Health, Nutrition & Population, November 2014 (with co-authors)
“Les défis démographiques des pays sahéliens”. In ÉTVDES 4206, June 2014, 19-30 (with co-author)
“Population Policy.” The Oxford Companion to International Relations, New York: Oxford University Press, 2014, vol. 2: 193-196 (with co-author)
“Pour des nouvelles politiques de population en Afrique subsaharienne: l’exemple du Niger.” Études Sahéliennes 7, 2013 (October): 28-59 (with co-authors)
“Monde: les nouveaux défis démographiques”, Population & Avenir 718, 2014 (May-June): 17-19.
“Population and climate change: who will the grand convergence leave behind?” Comment, The Lancet Open Access; see www.thelancet.com/lancetgh, Vol 2 May 2014: e253-e254 (with co-authors)
“African Demography”, Global Journal of Emerging Market Economies, 2013, 5(3): 215-267 (with co-author) This article was featured in “African demography: The dividend is delayed”, The Economist, March 8th 2014, pp.49-50; French translation “Afrique: que penser de sa fécondité élevée? Population & Avenir 719, 2014 (September-October): 17-19.
“Population Policy.” The Oxford Companion to Comparative Politics. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012, vol. 1: 259-262 (with co-author)
“Le rôle des politiques de population”. In ÉTVDES 4175, November 2012, 441-452
“The Role of Population Policies”. In ÉTVDES 4175, November 2012, 441-452 (CAIRN.INFO International Edition)
13 “L’Afrique subsaharienne dans la démographie mondiale”. In ÉTVDES 4154, October 2011, 305-316 (with co-author)
Demography and Economic Growth in Uganda. Report No. 63165-UG, Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2011 (with co-author)
Mali. The Demographic Challenge, Report No. 44459-ML, Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2010 (with co-author)
Rapid Population Growth in Burundi: Implications for the World Bank, Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2009
Demographic Growth and Development Prospects in Rwanda: Implications for the World Bank, Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2009 (with co-author)
Le Mali face au défi démographique. Report No. 44459-ML, Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2009 (with co-author)
Burkina Faso. Coping with Population Growth, Chapter of the Burkina Faso Country Economic Memorandum (CEM), Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2009 (with co-authors)
Population Issues in the 21st Century. The Role of the World Bank, HNP Discussion Paper, Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2007 (with co-authors) [also issued in French and Spanish]
Capturing the Demographic Bonus in Ethiopia: Gender, Development, and Demographic Actions, Report No. 36434- ET, Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2007 (with co-authors)
Uganda’s High Population Growth. A Challenge to Improved Livelihoods. Background Paper to the Uganda Country Economic Memorandum (CEM) and Public Expenditure Review (PER), Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2007 (with co-authors)
Lutte contre la pauvreté au Burkina Faso: L’importance de l’écart urbain-rural des indicateurs de santé, nutrition et population, (ESW/AAA Sector Work), Africa Region HD Working Paper Series, Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2006 (with co-authors)
Niger. Providing All Nigeriens with Food, Education, and Health Care: A Demographic Perspective, Report No. 34219-NE, Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2005 (with co-authors)
Nourrir, éduquer et soigner tous les Nigériens: La démographie en perspective, (ESW/AAA Sector Work), Africa Region HD Working Paper Series, Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2004 (with co-authors)
Chad Population and AIDS I Project: Implementation Completion Report, Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2002
Le secteur médical privé à Cotonou, Bénin, en 1999, World Bank HNP Working Paper Series, Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2000 (with co-author)
The Costs and Benefits of Vietnam’s National Investment in Population and Family Planning from 1979 to 2010. Final Report, Hanoi: The National Committee for Population and Family Planning, 1997 (with co-authors)
Vietnam’s Population and Family Planning Investments and Savings (1979-2010), Hanoi: The National Committee for Population and Family Planning, 1997 (with co-authors)
"Violences en Afrique: La surpopulation en accusation", Équilibres & Populations 27, 1997: 1-2
“Demographic Pressure and Population Policies in Rwanda, 1962-1994”, Population et Sociétés, Translation of No. 319, 1996: 1-4 14 “Pression démographique et politiques de population au Rwanda, 1962-1994”, Population et Sociétés 319, 1996: 1-4
Le sida à Madagascar, Epidémiologie, Projections, Impact socio-économique, Interventions, Antananarivo: Laboratoire national de référence MST/SIDA, Programme national de lutte contre les MST/SIDA & Ministère de la santé et de la population, 1995 (2nd edit., 1996) (with co-authors)
A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Family Planning Programme in Malawi, 1984-2009, Lilongwe, Malawi: Population and Human Resources Development Unit, Ministry of Economic Planning and Development in collaboration with the National Family Welfare Council of Malawi, 1994 (with co-authors)
La planification familiale au Burundi: Une analyse coût-bénéfice à l'aide du modèle FAMPLAN. Rapport Technique, Bujumbura: Ministère de la Planification, du Développement et des Finances, Unité de Planification de la Population, 1993 (with co-author)
"Census Taking in Niue, South Pacific", Population Today 20(2), 1992: 5
Population et environnement au Rwanda, Washington, DC: The Futures Group for The World Bank/World Resources Institute, 1990 (2nd edit., 1991)
A new wave of population policies, People 18(1), 1991: 7-8 (IPPF, London)
Spotlight Series in Population Today: "Myanmar" (19, 7/8, 1991: 12); "Haiti" (17, 12, 1989: 12); "Benin" (17, 2, 1989: 12); "Togo" (16, 12, 1988: 12); "Rwanda" (16, 11, 1988: 12); and "French Polynesia" (16, 7/8, 1988: 12)
Haiti – where fertility is on the increase, People 17(2), 1990: 28-29 (IPPF, London)
World Bank 1990 Haiti Country Economic Memorandum. Population Sector, Washington, DC: The Futures Group, 1990
Haïti: Modèle Population et Développement (POPDEV). Manuel d'Accompagnement, Washington, DC: The Futures Group, 1989 (with co-authors)
Diagnostic Studies of Family Planning Activities in Rwanda. How to Increase Contraceptive Prevalence?, Washington, DC: The Futures Group, OPTIONS Project, 1988 (first author)
Regional Population Projections for Fiji (1976-2001), Working Paper 131, Louvain-la-Neuve: Department of Demography, Catholic University of Louvain, 1987
Kingdom of Tonga. Census of Population and Housing, 1976, Vol. 2: Demographic Analysis, Nuku'alofa, Department of Statistics, 1984 (with co-author)
Conference Papers, Posters and Abstracts
The Politics of Family Planning Policies and Programs in Sub-Saharan Africa. Paper presented at the Workshop on “Recent Trends in Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa”, U.S. National Academy of Sciences, Division of Behavioral and Social Science and Education, Committee on Population, Washington, DC, June 15-16, 2015
A “Road Map” to Accelerate the Fertility Decline in African Countries That Are Less Advanced in Their Fertility Transition. Paper presented at the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) XXVIIth International Population Conference, Busan, Korea, 26-31 August 2013 (with co-author) 15 Is Democracy an Adequate Policy Tool to Address the Demographic Challenges of this Century? Paper presented at the International Colloquium “Democracy, Gridlocked?” Brussels, Belgium, May 30th - June 1st 2013, published in Actes de Colloque: La démocratie, enrayée?, Brussels: Académie royale de Belgique, 2013: 147-166.
Financement des Programmes de Planification Familiale en Afrique de l’Ouest: Motifs, Montants et Modalités, Paper presented at the 3rd International Conference on Health Financing in Developing and Emerging Countries, Centre d’études et de recherches sur le développement international (CERDI), Clermont-Ferrand, France, May 11-13, 2011 (with co- authors)
A Call for New Population Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Example of Niger, Paper prepared at the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population’s International Seminar on Human Fertility in Africa: Trends in the Last Decade and Prospects for Change, Cape Coast, Ghana, September 16-18, 2008 (with co-authors)
Population Projections as Modeling Tools for Socio-Economic Planning: The case of Niger, Paper presented at the Global Economic Modeling Network (EcoMod-Net) International Conference on Policy Modeling, Istanbul, July 3-6, 2003 (with co-author)
Impact of the proximate determinants on the future course of fertility in sub-Saharan Africa, Paper presented at the United Nations Expert Group Meeting on Prospects for Fertility Decline in High Fertility Countries. New York, July 9-11, 2001, New York: United Nations, Population Division ESA/P/WP.167 (with co-author)
Revisiting the African Fertility Exception, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Washington, DC, March 29-31, 2001 (with co-author)
New Approaches to Population Policies and Programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa, Paper presented at the Third African Population Conference, Durban, December 6-10, 1999, Union for African Population Studies, The African Population in the 21st Century, Vol. 5: 145-159, n.d. (2002)
L’épidémie du SIDA, modélisation pour l’action, in Chaire Quételet 1995, Le défi de l’incertitude: Nouvelles approches en perspectives et prospective démographiques, Institute of Demography, Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain-la- Neuve: Academia-Bruylant/L'Harmattan, 1999: 157-170
Policies on Refugees: The Case of Rwanda, Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Washington, DC, March 27-29, 1997
High syphilis and low but rising HIV seroprevalence rates in Madagascar, XI International Conference on AIDS, Vancouver, July 1996 [abstract Mo.C.1488] (with co-authors)
Policy interventions to preserve low HIV prevalence in Madagascar, XI International Conference on AIDS, Vancouver, July 1996 [abstract We.D.233] (with co-authors)
The Role of Financial Presentations in the Process of Population Policy Dialogue in sub-Saharan Africa, Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Miami, Florida, May 5-7, 1994, based on paper Family Planning Financial Analyses and Population Policy Dialogue in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Burundi, Kenya, and Rwanda (with co-author)
Policies on Population, Land Use and Environment in Rwanda, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Cincinnati, Ohio, April 1-3, 1993
The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Population Growth in Central Africa: The Cases of Uganda and Rwanda, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Denver, Colorado, April 30-May 2, 1992 (first author)
16 Web Articles, Blogs, & Podcasts
“Africa’s Rapid Population Growth and Migratory Pressures”. NORRAG News 53, Refugees, Displaced Persons and Education: New Challenges for Development and Policy, May 2016 (with co-author) www.ideas4development.org: French Development Agency. Blog “Accelerating the demographic transition in Sub- Saharan Africa” (posted in English and French on March 31, 2014) www.prb.org: Population Reference Bureau. Articles & Podcasts on demography, population and development, population policy, reproductive health, and family planning issues www.cgdev.org: Center for Global Development, Blogs, Global Health Policy. Blogs on population, development, reproductive health, and family planning issues
Main Book Reviews
C. O. Odimegwu & J. Kekovole (Eds.). Continuity and Change in Sub-Saharan African Demography. Routlegde African Studies 17. New York-London: Routlegde, 2014. Reviewed in Population Studies 69(3) 2015: 392-393.
D. S. Hoff. The State and the Stork: The Population Debate and Policy Making in US History. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press. 2012. Reviewed in Population Studies 68(1) 2014: 132-133.
M. Caraël & J. R. Glynn (Eds.). HIV, Resurgent Infections and Population Change in Africa. Dordrecht, NL: Springer. 2008. Reviewed in Population Studies 64(3) 2010: 307-308
E. Leahy, R. Engelman, C. G. Vogel, S. Haddock, & T. Preston. The Shape of Things to Come: Why Age Structure Matters to a Safer, More Equitable World. Washington, DC: Population Action International, 2007. Reviewed in Environmental Change and Security Program, Report Issue 13, 2008-2009: 127-129
C. Campbell. Letting Them Die: Why HIV/AIDS Intervention Programmes Fail. Oxford, UK-Bloomington, INL Indiana University Press. Reviewed in Population Studies 58(3) 2004: 366-367
M. L. Lévy. Déchiffrer la démographie, 2nd Edit. Paris: Syros. 1998. Reviewed in Population Studies 54(2) 2000: 240
R. McClory. Rome et la contraception: Histoire secrète de l’encyclique Humanae Vitae. Paris: Les Éditions de l’Atelier/Les Éditions Ouvrières. 1998. Reviewed in Population 54(2) 1999: 354-356
Main Press Articles, Op-Eds, Interviews, and Quotes
“L’Afrique face à sa démographie”. Jeune Afrique, August 9, 2017 http://www.jeuneafrique.com/464852/societe/lafrique- face-a-sa-demographie/ (Comment; with co-author)
“Failure to address Africa’s rising population is not an option”. The Financial Times, Special Report, G20 Health, July 7, 2017 (Comment; with co-author)
“Weniger Babys, mehr Jobs: Davon hängt Afrikas Zukunft ab”. Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ am Sonntag), April 16, 2017: 34-35 (quote)
17 “The Ups and Downs of Demography”. Between 2 Geeks. Episode 1. The World Bank Group: World Bank SoundCloud, April 4, 2017 (interview)
“Why have four children when you could have seven? Family planning in Niger”. The Guardian, March 15, 2017 (quote)
Film Démographie directed by Daniel Serre, with host Daniel Cohn-Bendit, co-production Flair Production & Kaos Film, with participation of France Televisions, Ushuaïa TV, and RTBF, 2016 (appearance)
“Pourquoi le XXIe siècle sera celui de la démographie africaine”. Interview by Niels Planel. L’Obs Le Plus, June 19, 2016 http://leplus.nouvelobs.com/contribution/1528893-pourquoi-le-xxie-siecle-sera-celui-de-la-demographie-africaine.html
“Africa’s life expectancy jumps dramatically”. The Financial Times, EM Squared, April 26, 2016 (quote)
“Support from the top”. Los Angeles Times, December 2, 2012 (contribution under heading: “Beyond 7 billion: Bending the population curve”)
Interview with LTEconomy (Long Term Economy), September 14, 2012 http://www.lteconomy.it/en/2011-09-26-10-03- 49
“Surpeuplée ? Vieillissante ? Entretien avec John F. May sur l’avenir démographique de la planète”. Sens Public, Revue WEB, September 10, 2012 http://sens-public.org/spip.php?article988
“An issue that has been long neglected”, The Financial Times. Special Report FT HEALTH Sexual & Reproductive Health (US Edit.), July 9, 2012 (Guest Column) http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/4576726e-c547-11e1-940d- 00144feabdc0.html#axzz26ljWxZ00
“A new science of population”, The Economist, May 19, 2012 (review of my book World Population Policies)
“Former le capital humain”. La Libre Belgique, April 17, 2012 (interview)
“Demographic Challenges in sub-Saharan Africa”. In Population Matters – Africa 2050. Think Africa Press, September 2011 (online; http://thinkafricapress.com/population-matters) (with co-author)
“Vers un second souffle des politiques publiques.” In “Démographie au XXIe siècle: l’enjeu subsaharien.” Sciences au Sud. Le journal de l’IRD 60, June-July-August 2011: 9 (interview)
“Demography in Mali: challenges and issues.” Partnership, The World Bank Magazine Mali, 2010. Special Issue, 44-45 (with co-authors)
“Démographie au Mali: défis et enjeux.” Partenariat. Journal de la Banque mondiale Mali, 2010. Numéro spécial, 42-44 (with co-authors)
“Population: In the family way”. The Financial Times (US Edit.), December 9, 2009 (quote)
“Réduire la fécondité africaine, une priorité.” Jeune Afrique, May 26, 2008 (Op-Ed; with co-author)
“Africa’s greatest challenge is to reduce fertility.” The Financial Times (US Edit.), March 13, 2008 (Op-Ed; with co- author)
“Afrique: le grand rattrapage démographique.” Le Monde, December 15, 2007 (interview; with co-interviewee)
18 Personal Data
Date of birth: March 10, 1950 Married, two children Citizenships: US & Belgian References: available upon request File: MAYCV2017_September _1.doc
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