River Path Associates, Knowledge consultancy covering Research, Strategic Counsel and Creative Solutions.

River Path is an organisational pathfinder. We work by challenging perceptions, building evidence for change, and mapping the future. We use a range of techniques, including strategic consulting, research, and the development of creative solutions.

We work in the public, private and not for profit sectors, and in multiple professional fields – ranging from demography to communications technologies, and from international relations to retail. But everything we do is focused on four strands that we consider essential to being fit for the future.

Library - Demography

Britain & Ireland: Lives Entwined II

Britain & Ireland: Lives Entwined II is a book of 10 essays on the nuanced and knotty complexities of contemporary British-Irish relations. Published by the British Council in 2006, the book contains a preface from Irish President Mary McAleese and a number of deeply personal contributions from an eclectic line up of authors: John Bruton, Bernadette McAliskey, Ed Moloney, Liz O¿Donnell, John A Murphy and others.

Client: British Council Ireland
Author: Various (designed & produced by River Path Associates)
Date: 22/04/06
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The Demography of Aging in Japan and the United States

This paper, written for the American Academy of Arts and Sciences’ Aging and Health Symposium, is an overview of the demographic shifts taking place in Japan and the United States. These transitions will, in the next fifty years, lead to a change in the population balance, with a diminished labour force supporting a dramatically increased number of elderly people. The paper assesses the possible impacts of these changes and looks at ways that countries might prepare for them.

Client: American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Author: David E. Bloom, A. K. Nandakumar, Manjiri Bhawalkar and River Path Associates
Date: 01/09/00
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Demographic Transition and Economic Opportunity - The Case of Jordan

This paper was commissioned by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Jordan division and is a study of the demographic opportunities and challenges facing Jordan as the baby boom generation grows up and changes the age structure of the population. The paper shows the importance of demography, and in particular age structure, to a country’s economy and suggests policy actions that will enable Jordan’s government to capture the “demographic dividend”.

Client: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Author: David E. Bloom, David Canning, Kinga Huzarski, David Levy, A. K. Nandakumar, Jaypee Sevilla and River Path Associates
Date: 01/03/01
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Britain & Ireland: Lives Entwined

Following on from Through Irish Eyes, this series of essays, including contributions from Dr Garret FitzGerald and Eoghan Harris, studies the relationships between the two countries. The book was launched by Tanaiste, Mary Harney, at a series of events held in Dublin in March 2005.

Client: British Council Ireland
Author: Various (designed & produced by River Path Associates)
Date: 22/03/05
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Through Irish Eyes

Based on extensive quantitative and qualitative research, Through Irish Eyes reflects young Irish people’s attitudes towards the UK. This report was launched at a seminar by former Taoiseach Dr Garret FitzGerald, held in Dublin in February 2004

Client: British Council Ireland
Author: River Path Associates and Behaviours and Attitudes
Date: 01/02/04
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