Africa’s demographic transition : dividend or disaster? : La transition démographique de l’Afrique : dividende ou catastrophe ? (French)

The demographic dividend describes the interplay between changes in a population’s age structure due to the demographic transition and rapid economic growth. Except for a few countries in Southern Africa and some island nations, fertility rates and youth dependency rates in Sub-Saharan Africa are among the highest in the world, exposing the region to higher poverty rates, smaller investments in children, lower labor productivity, high unemployment...

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Canning,David J.;

Jobanputra,Sangeeta Raja;

Yazbeck,Abdo S.;
Document Date
2016/09/08
Document Type
Publication
Report Number
100383
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Africa,
Region
Africa,
Disclosure Date
2016/09/08
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
La transition démographique de l’Afrique : dividende ou catastrophe ?
Keywords
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

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Canning,David J.; Jobanputra,Sangeeta Raja; Yazbeck,Abdo S..

Africa’s demographic transition : dividend or disaster? : La transition démographique de l’Afrique : dividende ou catastrophe ? (French). Africa development forum Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/707361473325197573

Africa’s demographic transition : dividend or disaster? : La transition démographique de l’Afrique : dividende ou catastrophe ? (French)

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