Holdings: Africa’s Demographic Transition : Key Messages

Africa’s Demographic Transition : Key Messages

Declines in child mortality, followed by declines in fertility, produce a youth bulge generation and a period when a country has a large number of working age people and a smaller number of dependents. If gainfully employed, a large number of worke...

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Main Authors:	Canning, David, Raja, Sangeeta, Yazbeck, Abdo
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	SKILLS CHILD HEALTH EQUITY DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION FEMALE EDUCATION SOCIAL NORMS DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILES HUMAN CAPITAL POPULATION STRUCTURES OLDER PEOPLE WORKFORCE ECONOMIC GROWTH PEOPLE POLICIES BARRIERS MORTALITY LEVELS DISPOSABLE INCOME WOMAN PARTICIPATION FAMILY INCOME AGE CHILD MARRIAGE GENDER FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE INFORMATION LABOR FORCE DIVIDEND FEWER CHILDREN GENDER EQUITY AGRICULTURE YOUTH HEALTH JOB CREATION NUTRITION DECLINES IN MORTALITY SAVING POLICY OUTPUT CHILD MORTALITY LIFE EXPECTANCY GOVERNANCE NUMBER OF WORKERS CHILDREN PER WOMAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT KNOWLEDGE TRADE DECLINES IN FERTILITY LABOR MARKET PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN CHILDREN SAVINGS LEGAL SYSTEM EDUCATION INVESTMENT POPULATION KNOWLEDGE POPULATION STRUCTURE SHARE TOTAL FERTILITY RATE RURAL AREAS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT FERTILITY RATES ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FAMILY SIZE POPULATION PYRAMID POPULATION FERTILITY RATE GIRLS INVESTMENTS INTERVENTIONS FERTILITY MARRIAGE DEMOGRAPHIC WOMEN FERTILITY DECLINE INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION MORTALITY EDUCATED WOMEN
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25973000/africa’s-demographic-transition-dividend-or-disaster http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23801

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