Steven W. Sinding

Steven Sinding, Ph.D. "is a recognized expert on international population matters who, until his retirement in 2006, served as Director-General of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF). He is credited with rejuvenating and revitalizing IPPF, a major international, non-governmental organization with member associations in 150 countries and programs in 183 countries focusing on sexual and reproductive health. Prior to joining IPPF in 2002, he held a variety of positions related to population, health and nutrition.

"Following a 20-year career at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Dr. Sinding served as Population Advisor to the World Bank, Director of Population Sciences for the Rockefeller Foundation and Professor of Population and Family Health at Columbia University. He has written extensively on international population matters and is frequently called upon to speak to both academic and general audiences. Since joining IPPF, he has become a public spokesperson on population and reproductive health issues. Dr. Sinding is a graduate of Oberlin College and holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill." 

" Steven W. Sinding was the Director-General of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) from 2002-2006. Before joining IPPF, Dr Sinding was Professor of Population and Family Health and Adjunct Professor of Public Policy at Columbia University.

"From 1991 to 1999, he served as Director of the Population Sciences program at the Rockefeller Foundation and in 1994 was a member of the United States delegation to the International Conference on Population and Development at Cairo. Prior to joining Rockefeller, Steven served as Senior Population Adviser to the World Bank, following a 20-year career at the U.S. Agency for International Development.

"He has written extensively on international population matters and is the author of the article on “family planning programs” in the Encyclopedia of Population and co-editor of Population Matters: Demographic Change, Economic Growth, and Poverty in the Developing World (Oxford: 2001)."


 * Director, ABT Associates
 * Steering Group, Population and Sustainability Network
 * Trustee, International HIV/AIDS Alliance

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