Overview 1. - 1 The State of Demographics in Sub-Saharan Africa 43. - 2 Speeding the Demographic Transition 71. - 3 Education Effects of the Demographic Dividend 111. - 4 Economic Effects of the Demographic Dividend 129. - Index 169

Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Editors and Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- Introduction -- Demographic Dividend or Disaster -- Demographic Dynamics in Africa -- Slow Declines in Fertility -- Variations in the Fertility Transition -- Speeding up the...

This book lays out a range of policy actions that are needed at the various phases of the demographic transition and uses global and regional experiences to provide evidence on what has worked and what has not. Countries have a menu of options available to speed up the transition, improve...

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 workers per capita gives a boost to the economy. The...

We investigate the empirical relationship between child mortality and fertility across 46 low and middle income countries. Specifically, we model the effect of mortality expectations and interdependent fertility preferences on fertility. The direct marginal effect of mortality expectations on...