Africa's Population: In Search of a Demographic Dividend

Front Matter....Pages i-xxv
Introduction....Pages 1-8
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Africa’s Population: History, Current Status, and Projections....Pages 11-31
Reaping a Demographic Dividend in Africa’s Largest Country: Nigeria....Pages 33-51
The Second Biggest African Country Undergoing Rapid Change: Ethiopia....Pages 53-69
The Third Biggest African Country: The Democratic Republic of the Congo....Pages 71-86
A Case of An Almost Complete Demographic Transition: South Africa....Pages 87-99
Fertility Transitions and Schooling Dividends in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Experience of Vanguard Countries....Pages 101-111
Countries with Fertility Transitions in Progress....Pages 113-129
Countries with Slow and Irregular Fertility Transitions....Pages 131-145
Countries with Very Slow or Incipient Fertility Transition....Pages 147-164
Demographic Challenges of the Sahel Countries....Pages 165-177
Front Matter....Pages 179-179
The Demographic Dividend: A Potential Surplus Generated by a Demographic Transition....Pages 181-195
African Fertility Changes....Pages 197-211
Access to Family Planning and Women’s Health....Pages 213-224
Manpower, Education, Skills and Jobs in Sub-Saharan Africa: Past Trends and Future Outlook....Pages 225-250
Marriage Patterns and the Demographic Dividend....Pages 251-265
Mortality, Health, and Aging in Sub-Saharan Africa....Pages 267-281
Acute and Chronic Health Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Unfinished Agenda....Pages 283-297
New and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa....Pages 299-313
Internal Migration, Urbanization and Slums in Sub-Saharan Africa....Pages 315-332
Front Matter....Pages 179-179
Internal and International Migration....Pages 333-349
Front Matter....Pages 351-351
Economic Growth and Public and Private Investments....Pages 353-365
Governance, Transparency, and the Rule of Law....Pages 367-384
The Role of Natural Resources....Pages 385-401
Population, Food Security, and Climate Change: Africa’s Challenges....Pages 403-414
The Development of Organized Commodity Exchanges in Africa: An Economic Analysis....Pages 415-431
Front Matter....Pages 433-433
Is Rapid Fertility Decline Possible? Lessons from Asia and Emerging Countries....Pages 435-451
Demographic Dividend Models....Pages 453-467
The Roles of Governments, the Private Sector, and the International Community....Pages 469-482
Conflicts and the Demographic Transition: Economic Opportunity or Disaster?....Pages 483-496
Conclusions....Pages 497-501
Back Matter....Pages 503-526