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Lozano-Gracia, Nancy - 2017

Rapid urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa places immense pressure on urban services to meet the needs of the burgeoning …

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From Demographic Dividend to Demographic Burden? Regional Trends of Population Aging in Russia

Matytsin, Mikhail - 2017

Do regions with higher working age populations grow faster? This paper examines this question using data from Russian regions and finds evidence that demographic trends influence regional growth convergence. In other words, keeping other factors constant, poorer regions grow faster than richer...

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Sub-Saharan Africa's Recent Growth Spurt : An Analysis of the Sources of Growth

Cho, Yoonyoung - 2017

Since the mid-1990s, Sub-Saharan Africa has experienced unprecedented levels of high economic growth. A key question follows: What accounts for the turnaround of the growth performance in the mid-1990s? The answer can provide insight into whether the recent growth spurt in Sub-Saharan Africa is...

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Health, Demographic Transition and Economic Growth

Jorgensen, Ole Hagen - 2017

This paper develops a link between four central components of the demographic transition: survival rates; fertility decisions; altruistic intergenerational transfers from workers toward their parents; and economic growth. An increase in child survival is found to reduce the fertility rate and...

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Infrastructure Gap in South Asia : Infrastructure Needs, Prioritization, and Financing

Andres, Luis Alberto - 2017

If the South Asia region hopes to meet its development goals and not risk slowing down or even halting growth, poverty alleviation, and shared prosperity, it is essential to make closing its huge infrastructure gap a priority. Identifying and addressing gaps in the data on expenditure, access,...

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Population Pressures, Migration, and the Returns to Human Capital and Land : Insights from Indonesia

Liu, Yanyan - 2017

Rapid population growth in many developing countries has raised concerns regarding food security and household welfare. To understand the consequences of population growth in a general equilibrium setting, this paper examines the dynamics of population density and its impacts on household...

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Hukou and Highways : The Impact of China?S Spatial Development Policies on Urbanization and Regional Inequality

Bosker, Erik Maarten - 2017

regional economic development and urbanization patterns across China. The results suggest large overall economic benefits from … different. The construction of the national expressway network reinforced existing urbanization patterns. The initially lagging … gain by moving to where he or she is most productive. Removal of the Hukou restrictions would also promote urbanization in …

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Stocktaking of Global Forced Displacement Data

Sarzin, Zara Inga - 2017

Conflict-induced forced displacement is receiving increased interest within the international community. However, establishing an accurate picture of its scale and dynamics is extremely challenging. Large amounts of data on forced displacement are collected and disseminated each year and used to...

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Understanding the Geographical Distribution of Stunting in Tanzania : A Geospatial Analysis of the 2015-16 Demographic and Health Survey

Joseph, George - 2019

Tanzania is home to the third highest population of stunted children in Sub-Saharan Africa, with about 2.7 million children under the age of five failing to reach their full potential of growth attainment compared with the reference population as per the World Health Organization standards....

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Cost-Effective Estimation of the Population Mean Using Prediction Estimators

Fujii, Tomoki - 2017

This paper considers the prediction estimator as an efficient estimator for the population mean. The study may be viewed as an earlier study that proved that the prediction estimator based on the iteratively weighted least squares estimator outperforms the sample mean. The analysis finds that a...

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