We assess Africa's prospects for enjoying a demographic dividend. While fertility rates and dependency ratios in Africa … Northern America. This projection suggests Africa has considerable potential to enjoy a demographic dividend. Whether and when … these areas, coordinated policies will likely be most effective in generating the momentum needed to pull Africa's economies …

We assess Africa's prospects for enjoying a demographic dividend. While fertility rates and dependency ratios in Africa …, Europe, and Northern America. This projection suggests Africa has considerable potential to enjoy a demographic dividend … complementarities among these areas, coordinated policies will likely be most effective in generating the momentum needed to pull Africa …

We assess Africa's prospects for enjoying a demographic dividend. While fertility rates and dependency ratios in Africa … Northern America. This projection suggests Africa has considerable potential to enjoy a demographic dividend. Whether and when … these areas, coordinated policies will likely be most effective in generating the momentum needed to pull Africa's economies …

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. …

Education as a tool in the fight against corruption has been subject to much debate in academic and policy making … learning and synergy effects. Four main findings are established. First, education is a powerful tool in the fight against … corruption. Second, there is evidence of an incremental effect in the transition from secondary to tertiary education. Third …

population-environmental degradation hypothesis for five populous African countries (DR Congo, Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Africa …

population-environmental degradation hypothesis for five populous African countries (DR Congo, Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Africa …

The gap between youth aspirations and the reality of the labour markets in Africa is large. Career aspirations of young …