Population and Development in the Sahel : Policy Choices to Catalyze a Demographic Dividend

The demographic transition in the Sahel region has been slower than that in the rest of the world. Although child mortality rates have declined in recent decades, they are still higher in West Africa than in other regions. Furthermore, the fertility decline has progressed very slowly, with some coun...

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Main Authors:	Shekar, Meera, Yazbeck, Abdo, Hasan, Rifat, Bakilana, Anne
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	demographic dividend demography development demographic change labor market
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/10/26857117/population-development-sahel-policy-choices-catalyze-demographic-dividend http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25293

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spelling	okr-10986-252932021-05-25T09:53:32Z Population and Development in the Sahel : Policy Choices to Catalyze a Demographic Dividend Shekar, Meera Yazbeck, Abdo Hasan, Rifat Bakilana, Anne demographic dividend demography development demographic change labor market The demographic transition in the Sahel region has been slower than that in the rest of the world. Although child mortality rates have declined in recent decades, they are still higher in West Africa than in other regions. Furthermore, the fertility decline has progressed very slowly, with some countries seeing stalls and others even an increase in birth rates. The speed with which this transition takes place has a critical impact on a population’s age structure and future potential for economic productivity. The current rates of change in the Sahelian sub region will make it unlikely that countries will achieve an age structure that will create a youth bulge of a healthy, well-nourished, and educated cohort ready to enter a modern labor market to capture a sizable demographic dividend. Once missed, this opportunity for a demographic dividend will not return. This analysis uses quantitative data triangulated with the qualitative findings and policy analyses to identify the triggers necessary to accelerate the demographic dividend in this sub region. 2016-10-27T21:27:56Z 2016-10-27T21:27:56Z 2016-08 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/10/26857117/population-development-sahel-policy-choices-catalyze-demographic-dividend http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25293 English en_US Health, Nutrition and Population Discussion Paper; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper Africa Sub-Saharan Africa
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description	The demographic transition in the Sahel region has been slower than that in the rest of the world. Although child mortality rates have declined in recent decades, they are still higher in West Africa than in other regions. Furthermore, the fertility decline has progressed very slowly, with some countries seeing stalls and others even an increase in birth rates. The speed with which this transition takes place has a critical impact on a population’s age structure and future potential for economic productivity. The current rates of change in the Sahelian sub region will make it unlikely that countries will achieve an age structure that will create a youth bulge of a healthy, well-nourished, and educated cohort ready to enter a modern labor market to capture a sizable demographic dividend. Once missed, this opportunity for a demographic dividend will not return. This analysis uses quantitative data triangulated with the qualitative findings and policy analyses to identify the triggers necessary to accelerate the demographic dividend in this sub region.
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author	Shekar, Meera Yazbeck, Abdo Hasan, Rifat Bakilana, Anne
author_facet	Shekar, Meera Yazbeck, Abdo Hasan, Rifat Bakilana, Anne
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title	Population and Development in the Sahel : Policy Choices to Catalyze a Demographic Dividend
title_short	Population and Development in the Sahel : Policy Choices to Catalyze a Demographic Dividend
title_full	Population and Development in the Sahel : Policy Choices to Catalyze a Demographic Dividend
title_fullStr	Population and Development in the Sahel : Policy Choices to Catalyze a Demographic Dividend
title_full_unstemmed	Population and Development in the Sahel : Policy Choices to Catalyze a Demographic Dividend
title_sort	population and development in the sahel : policy choices to catalyze a demographic dividend
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2016
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/10/26857117/population-development-sahel-policy-choices-catalyze-demographic-dividend http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25293
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Population and Development in the Sahel : Policy Choices to Catalyze a Demographic Dividend

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