Africa's Demographic Transition : Dividend or Disaster?

This book lays out a range of policy actions that are needed at the various phases of the demographic transition and uses global and regional experiences to provide evidence on what has worked and what has not. Countries have a menu of options available to speed up the transition, improve investment...

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Main Authors:	Canning, David, Raja, Sangeeta, Yazbeck, Abdo S.
Format:	Book
Language:	en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank; and Agence Française de Développement 2015
Subjects:	child mortality economic growth fertility gender health investment population saving
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22036

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spelling	okr-10986-220362021-04-23T14:04:07Z Africa's Demographic Transition : Dividend or Disaster? Canning, David Raja, Sangeeta Yazbeck, Abdo S. Canning, David Raja, Sangeeta Yazbeck, Abdo S. child mortality economic growth fertility gender health investment population saving This book lays out a range of policy actions that are needed at the various phases of the demographic transition and uses global and regional experiences to provide evidence on what has worked and what has not. Countries have a menu of options available to speed up the transition, improve investment in the resulting youth cohort, expand labor markets, and encourage savings. This book not only looks at lessons from East Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East, but also at unique demographic characteristics in Sub-Saharan Africa. Harnessing the demographic dividend means, first and foremost, empowering women and girls by improving their health, enhancing their human capital through increased investment in education and skills, and providing them with greater market, social, and decision-making power. The full potential of the demographic dividend can be realized in Sub-Saharan Africa with proactive policies that can help to make it happen. 2015-06-23T16:10:56Z 2015-06-23T16:10:56Z 2015-10-22 Book 978-1-4648-0489-2 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22036 en_US Africa Development Forum; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank; and Agence Française de Développement Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Publication Africa Sub-Saharan Africa
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description	This book lays out a range of policy actions that are needed at the various phases of the demographic transition and uses global and regional experiences to provide evidence on what has worked and what has not. Countries have a menu of options available to speed up the transition, improve investment in the resulting youth cohort, expand labor markets, and encourage savings. This book not only looks at lessons from East Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East, but also at unique demographic characteristics in Sub-Saharan Africa. Harnessing the demographic dividend means, first and foremost, empowering women and girls by improving their health, enhancing their human capital through increased investment in education and skills, and providing them with greater market, social, and decision-making power. The full potential of the demographic dividend can be realized in Sub-Saharan Africa with proactive policies that can help to make it happen.
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Africa's Demographic Transition : Dividend or Disaster?

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