The Demography of Youth in Developing Countries and its Economic Implications

The number of young people is reaching unprecedented levels in most developing countries. In many countries, especially in East Asia and Latin America, youth populations are at or near their peak, and will decline in coming decades. In other countries, especially in Africa and South Asia, youth popu...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lam, David
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ADULTHOOD AGE GROUPS BABIES BABY BABY BOOM BIRTH COHORT BIRTH RATE BIRTH RATES CENSUS CENSUS DATA CENSUSES CHANGES IN FERTILITY CHILD MORTALITY CHILDBEARING CHILDBEARING AGE CRUDE BIRTH RATE CRUDE DEATH RATE DEATH RATE DEATH RATES DEATHS DECLINE IN FERTILITY DECLINES IN BIRTH RATES DECLINES IN FERTILITY DEMOGRAPHERS DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS DEMOGRAPHIC PRESSURE DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS DEPENDENCY BURDEN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ECONOMIC CHANGE ECONOMIC DEMOGRAPHY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EPIDEMIC FAMILY RESOURCES FAMILY SIZE FERTILITY BEHAVIOR FERTILITY DECLINE FERTILITY DECLINES FERTILITY RATE FERTILITY RATES HEALTH CARE HIGH POPULATION GROWTH HIGH POPULATION GROWTH RATES HIV INCOME INEQUALITY INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LAM LARGE FAMILIES LARGE POPULATIONS LATIN AMERICAN LIFE CYCLE MORTALITY MORTALITY DECLINE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL NUMBER OF BIRTHS OLDER ADULTS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION AGE STRUCTURE POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION BOMB POPULATION DIVISION POPULATION DYNAMICS POPULATION ESTIMATES POPULATION EXPLOSION POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH RATE POPULATION GROWTH RATES POPULATION MATTERS POPULATION MOMENTUM POPULATION PROJECTIONS POPULATION STUDIES PRODUCTIVE AGES PROGRESS RAPID POPULATION GROWTH RATE OF GROWTH RATE OF POPULATION GROWTH RATES OF GROWTH RATES OF POPULATION SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOLING SIZE OF FAMILIES SMALL FAMILIES SMALLER FAMILIES SOCIAL AFFAIRS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TFR TOTAL FERTILITY RATE TOTAL POPULATION UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNITED NATIONS POPULATION DIVISION WAGES WOMAN WORKING POPULATION WORKING-AGE POPULATION WORLD POPULATION WORLD POPULATION GROWTH YOUNG ADULTS YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WORKERS YOUTH YOUTH EMPLOYMENT YOUTH POPULATION YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT YOUTH WAGES YOUTH WORKERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/10/7106763/demography-youth-developing-countries-economic-implications http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9009

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/10/7106763/demography-youth-developing-countries-economic-implications
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9009

The Demography of Youth in Developing Countries and its Economic Implications

Internet

Similar Items