The Girl Child Initiatives in the Spell of HIV/AIDS: Some Reflections on the Southern Africa Development Community's Experience • George Kararach, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

Advancing Research on the Consequences of Female Genital Cutting • Gilda Sedgh, Harvard University ; Nahla Abdel-Tawab, Population Council ; Barbara Ibrahim, Population Council

The Effect of Village-Level Birth Planning Policy Variation on Infant Mortality in China • William Lavely, University of Washington ; William M. Mason, University of California at Los Angeles

The Effect of Gender Differences in Primary School Access and Quality on Schooling Outcomes in Rural Pakistan • Cynthia B. Lloyd, Population Council ; Cem Mete, Yale University ; Zeba A. Sathar, Population Council