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 …

of individuals surveyed in their early twenties. The inclusion of early life household wealth, parental education and … cognitive outcomes in young adult life. Additionally, we find that both early life cognitive ability and health seem to have … cohort members according to their height, which we consider a proxy for health status – shorter individuals show a stronger …

equation model, this paper provides an analysis of the effects of the volume and volatility of aid on education, health, water … for education and health seems to have a positive impact on the outcomes in these sectors, whereas total aid seems to be …The expected increase in aid to Africa will put a big challenge for public service delivery. Using a simultaneous …

This paper describes changes over the past 15-20 years in non-income measures of wellbeing—education and health … public spending in the social sector would contribute to declining poverty and inequality in health and education, even in an … examination of underweight women as an indicator of general current health status of adults. With regard to education, the story …