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 …, 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 …

women. Historically, women with more education have been the least likely to marry and have children, but this marriage gap … degree relative to women with fewer years of education. However, the patterns of, and reasons for, marriage have changed … marital patterns by education for men. …

women. Historically, women with more education have been the least likely to marry and have children, but this marriage gap … degree relative to women with fewer years of education. However, the patterns of, and reasons for, marriage have changed … marital patterns by education for men. …

differentials by mother’s education. The exercise shows that the historical improvement in mother’s education compensated the …

infrastructure do not appear to be a potential mechanism for the effect to occur; the strongest evidence is that local women leaders …