This paper looks at the prospects of a demographic dividend in Africa in the near future. While acknowledging that the … have stalled once they have begun, we nevertheless conclude that there are many underlying features of Africa today which … of the world - such as economic development, social modernization, mortality decline and a rise in 'natural' fertility …

cent of the missing women are 'missing' from Africa. This paper employs a novel methodology to determine how the phenomenon … of missing women is distributed across Africa. Moreover, it provides estimates of the extent of excess female mortality … mortality for women in Africa. …

The rate of fertility decline has been slow in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Using the Demographic and Health Surveys for …

Female labour force participation rates have stagnated in sub-Saharan Africa since the turn of the millennium. This … participation and female educational attainment across the working age. Female education is further positively related to female … gap in labour supply. The higher investments in education by younger female cohorts, together with the demographics of sub …

importance for official development assistance. …

This paper begins by noting that Uganda has been a public sector reform leader in Africa. It has pursued reforms …' in Africa (and beyond). The problem is that many of the reforms have been limited to these kinds of gains - producing new …

effects on women's wellbeing. We analyse the consequences of sterilization on maternal health. To do so, we take advantage of …

A consensus among social scientists is that fertility rates in Africa are declining. What determines these declines? I … present fresh evidence that shows education, especially for women, is an important determinant of the fertility transition in … Africa. This finding is consistent with the predictions of the unified growth theory and sheds important insights in …

underlying labour market dynamics. We explore the potential of South Africa's demographic dividend. We also consider the …