The prospects for an imminent demographic dividend in Africa: The case for cautious optimism

This paper looks at the prospects of a demographic dividend in Africa in the near future. While acknowledging that the fertility declines which change population age structures and thus dependency ratios have been slow to begin and often seem to have stal

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Basu, Alaka M. ; Basu, Kaushik
Institutions:	World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU/WIDER), United Nations University
Subject:	Africa \| age distribution \| family planning \| health

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Series:	Working Paper Series.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number UNU-WIDER Research Paper WP2014/053 2 pages long
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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