Demography And The Development Potential Of Sub Saharan Africa
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Demography And The Development Potential Of Sub Saharan Africa
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Author : Bo Malmberg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Demography And The Development Potential Of Sub Saharan Africa written by Bo Malmberg and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Africa, Sub-Saharan categories.
Africa S Population In Search Of A Demographic Dividend
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Author : Hans Groth
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-05-23
Africa S Population In Search Of A Demographic Dividend written by Hans Groth and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-23 with Social Science categories.
This book examines the promises as well as the challenges the demographic dividend brings to sub-Saharan Africa as fertility rates in the region fall and the labor force grows. It offers a detailed analysis of what conditions must be met in order for the region to take full economic advantage of ongoing population dynamics. As the book makes clear, the region will need to accelerate reforms to cope with its demographic transition, in particular the decline of fertility. The continent will need to foster human capital formation through renewed efforts in the areas of education, health and employment. This will entail a true vision and determination on the part of African leaders and their development partners. The book will help readers to gain solid knowledge of the demographic trends and provide insights into socioeconomic policies that eventually might lead sub-Saharan Africa into a successful future.
Africa S Demographic Transition
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Author : David Canning
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 2015-10-22
Africa S Demographic Transition written by David Canning and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-22 with Business & Economics categories.
Africa is poised on the edge of a potential takeoff to sustained economic growth. This takeoff can be abetted by a demographic dividend from the changes in population age structure. Declines in child mortality, followed by declines in fertility, produce a 'bulge' generation and a large number of working age people, giving a boost to the economy. In the short run lower fertility leads to lower youth dependency rates and greater female labor force participation outside the home. Smaller family sizes also mean more resources to invest in the health and education per child boosting worker productivity. In the long run increased life spans from health improvements mean that this large, high-earning cohort will also want to save for retirement, creating higher savings and investments, leading to further productivity gains. Two things are required for the demographic dividend to generate an African economic takeoff. The first is to speed up the fertility decline that is currently slow or stalled in many countries. The second is economic policies that take advantage of the opportunity offered by demography. While demographic change can produce more, and high quality, workers, this potential workforce needs to be productively employed if Africa is to reap the dividend. However, once underway, the relationship between demographic change and human development works in both directions, creating a virtuous cycle that can accelerate fertility decline, social development, and economic growth. Empirical evidence points to three key factors for speeding the fertility transition: child health, female education, and women's empowerment, particularly through access to family planning. Harnessing the dividend requires job creation for the large youth cohorts entering working age, and encouraging foreign investment until domestic savings and investment increase. The appropriate mix of policies in each country depends on their stage of the demographic transition.
Population And Development Challenges And Opportunities
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Author : Anatoly G. Vishnevsky
language : en
Publisher: EOLSS Publications
Release Date : 2009-10-20
Population And Development Challenges And Opportunities written by Anatoly G. Vishnevsky and has been published by EOLSS Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-20 with categories.
Population and Development: Challenges and Opportunities is a component of Encyclopedia of Human Resources Policy, Development and Management in the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), which is an integrated compendium of twenty one Encyclopedias. The Theme on Population and Development: Challenges and Opportunities with contributions from distinguished experts in the field discusses population and development. This volume is aimed at the following five major target audiences: University and College students Educators, Professional practitioners, Research personnel and Policy analysts, managers, and decision makers and NGOs.
The Demographic Transition And Development In Africa
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Author : Charles Teller
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2011-03-04
The Demographic Transition And Development In Africa written by Charles Teller and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-04 with Social Science categories.
"The heated Malthusian-Bosrupian debates still rage over consequences of high population growth, rapid urbanization, dense rural populations and young age structures in the face of drought, poverty, food insecurity, environmental degradation, climate change, instability and the global economic crisis. However, while facile generalizations about the lack of demographic change and lack of progress in meeting the MDGs in sub-Saharan Africa are commonplace, they are often misleading and belie the socio-cultural change that is occurring among a vanguard of more educated youth. Even within Ethiopia, the second largest country at the Crossroads of Africa and the Middle East, different narratives emerge from analysis of longitudinal, micro-level analysis as to how demographic change and responses are occurring, some more rapidly than others. The book compares Ethiopia with other Africa countries, and demonstrates the uniqueness of an African-type demographic transition: a combination of poverty-related negative factors (unemployment, disease, food insecurity) along with positive education, health and higher age-of-marriage trends that are pushing this ruggedly rural and land-locked population to accelerate the demographic transition and stay on track to meet most of the MDGs. This book takes great care with the challenges of inadequate data and weak analytical capacity to research this incipient transition, trying to unravel some of the complexities in this vulnerable Horn of Africa country: A slowly declining population growth rates with rapidly declining child mortality, very high chronic under-nutrition, already low urban fertility but still very high rural fertility; and high population-resource pressure along with rapidly growing small urban places”
Continuity And Change In Sub Saharan African Demography
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Author : Clifford O. Odimegwu
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-07-11
Continuity And Change In Sub Saharan African Demography written by Clifford O. Odimegwu and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-11 with Social Science categories.
This book offers an in-depth African perspective to the major issues in demographic discourse in sub-Saharan Africa. It provides comprehensive analysis of sub-Saharan African censuses, profiling demographic changes, trends, patterns and consequences in the region. Interdisciplinary, comprehensive, accessible, simple and topical, this volume is perfectly suited to researchers, students and lecturers who are interested in understanding sub-Saharan African population dynamics and issues.
Population Growth And Policies In Sub Saharan Africa
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Author : World Bank
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
Population Growth And Policies In Sub Saharan Africa written by World Bank and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Political Science categories.
For sub - Saharan Africa, the need for reductions in population growth rates is a critical component in achieving greater economic development and higher standards of living. Correspondingly, the present report focuses on the economic consequences of rapid population growth in Africa and on policies and programs to reduce it. The report basically has three themes. The first theme centers on the deep concern that rapid population growth in Africa is slowing development and sharply reducing the possibility of raising living standards. The second theme revolves around the recent evidence of the change in ideas and behavior regarding fertility. With more and more governments expressing concern over the issue, the idea of family planning is gaining acceptance. Finally, the last theme concerns the involvement of Governments in the development of population policy and programmes. If progress in population policy is to be rapid and programs are to expand steadily, some strategic reorientation of the direction and nature of government involvement is needed. Slowing population growth in the next few decades, as part of broader development strategies, can help to relieve poverty and raise living standards for Africa's people.
Recent Fertility Trends In Sub Saharan Africa
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Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 2016-03-18
Recent Fertility Trends In Sub Saharan Africa written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-18 with Social Science categories.
Fertility rates and population growth influence economic development. The marked declines in fertility seen in some developing nations have been accompanied by slowing population growth, which in turn provided a window of opportunity for rapid economic growth. For many sub-Saharan African nations, this window has not yet opened because fertility rates have not declined as rapidly there as elsewhere. Fertility rates in many sub-Saharan African countries are high: the total rate for the region is estimated to be 5.1 births per woman, and rates that had begun to decline in many countries in the region have stalled. High rates of fertility in these countries are likely to contribute to continued rapid population growth: the United Nations projects that the region's population will increase by 1.2 billion by 2050, the highest growth among the regions for which there are projections. In June 2015, the Committee on Population organized a workshop to explore fertility trends and the factors that have influenced them. The workshop committee was asked to explore history and trends related to fertility, proximate determinants and other influences, the status and impact of family planning programs, and prospects for further reducing fertility rates. This study will help donors, researchers, and policy makers better understand the factors that may explain the slow pace of fertility decline in this region, and develop methods to improve family planning in sub-Saharan Africa.
Demographic Change In Sub Saharan Africa
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Author : National Research Council
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 1993-02-01
Demographic Change In Sub Saharan Africa written by National Research Council and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-02-01 with Social Science categories.
This overview includes chapters on child mortality, adult mortality, fertility, proximate determinants, marriage, internal migration, international migration, and the demographic impact of AIDS.
Renewing Development In Sub Saharan Africa
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Author : Deryke Belshaw
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2005-06-29
Renewing Development In Sub Saharan Africa written by Deryke Belshaw and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-06-29 with Political Science categories.
Renewing Development in Sub-Saharan Africa reviews the debates and brings together specialist contributions, to provide a clear guide to the major complexities of African development. They lay the foundation for designing a range of individual country-specific policy-sets, in which the strategic components are prioritized according to each country's constraints and opportunities. The emphasis of the book is on the identification of effective strategies that will enable individual countries to most effectively exploit their growth opportunities and to meet poverty-reducing and other key equity objectives.