Demographic Transition : Lessons from Bangladesh's Success Story

Bangladesh has been a star performer on fertility reduction, reducing its TFR from 6.7 in 1960 to 2.1 in 2017 (i.e. the replacement level of fertility). As a comparison, SSA countries reduced TFR by as little as 2 births per woman, on average, betw...

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Main Author: World Bank
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2020
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/716001588089852253/Demographic-Transition-Lessons-from-Bangladeshs-Success-Story
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33672