Special Seminar by Prof. David Canning: Demographic dividend in Africa: Does it apply to Malawi?
On Friday 5 August 2016, IFPRI-Malawi held a special seminar by Professor David Canning (Professor of Population Science and Professor of Economics & Public Health at Harvard University’s Chan School of Public Health) entitled “Demographic dividend in Africa: Does it apply to Malawi?”. Professor Canning presented on the components of population growth, the Asian economic miracle, the new view on importance of population, health and wealth of nations, the demographic dividend and Africa’s demographic transition.
Contextualising demographic transition in subSaharan AfricaSeamus Grimes
It explores different perspectives on demographic change in the context of sub-Saharan Africa, paying particular attention to the case of Kenya. It will seek to understand the relatively high levels of fertility, mortality and population growth in sub-Saharan Africa, despite the many decades of population programmes focusing on raising levels of contraceptive prevalence. Having explored the different philosophical perspectives, attention will be focused on empirical trends in relation to the dynamics of population change in the region.
James Thurlow and Valerie Mueller
BOOK LAUNCH
Youth and Jobs in Rural Africa: Beyond Stylized Facts
Co-Organized by IFPRI and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets
JAN 21, 2020 - 12:15 PM TO 01:15 PM EST
HLEG thematic workshop on Measurement of Well Being and Development in Africa...StatsCommunications
HLEG thematic workshop on Measurement of Well Being and Development in Africa, 12-14 November 2015, Durban, South Africa, More information at: www.oecd.org/statistics/measuring-economic-social-progress
Contextualising demographic transition in subSaharan AfricaSeamus Grimes
It explores different perspectives on demographic change in the context of sub-Saharan Africa, paying particular attention to the case of Kenya. It will seek to understand the relatively high levels of fertility, mortality and population growth in sub-Saharan Africa, despite the many decades of population programmes focusing on raising levels of contraceptive prevalence. Having explored the different philosophical perspectives, attention will be focused on empirical trends in relation to the dynamics of population change in the region.
James Thurlow and Valerie Mueller
BOOK LAUNCH
Youth and Jobs in Rural Africa: Beyond Stylized Facts
Co-Organized by IFPRI and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets
JAN 21, 2020 - 12:15 PM TO 01:15 PM EST
HLEG thematic workshop on Measurement of Well Being and Development in Africa...StatsCommunications
HLEG thematic workshop on Measurement of Well Being and Development in Africa, 12-14 November 2015, Durban, South Africa, More information at: www.oecd.org/statistics/measuring-economic-social-progress
The Global AgeWatch Index measures how well 96 countries are supporting their older populations, in terms of health, income, employment and education and the enabling environment.
This year, Norway comes first, replacing Sweden from last year. Apart from Japan, all the top 10 countries are again in Western Europe, North America and Australasia. Afghanistan comes bottom again.
This presentation is to help navigate the architecture, methodology and data behind the Global AgeWatch Index.
Generation Gap? Political and Economic Sentiment Across Three GenerationsRommell Montenegro
Millennials, born between 1980 and 2004, are now the largest and most diverse segment of the U.S. population. Not surprisingly, there has been a surge of recent research attempting to understand how this generation thinks, works and shops. One area that has received relatively little attention is differences in political and economic sentiment across the three largest generation groups.
Are Millennials more optimistic about the economy? Who cares the most about immigration policy? Which age group is the best target for messages about healthcare? As the US recovers from a recession and looks towards the next presidential election, it becomes critical to understand these market trends.
Datos de la población mundial 2015. (Population Reference Bureau) 2015 worl...Juan Martín Martín
Datos de la Población Mundial en 2015. Datos de todos los países del Mundo. gráficos, pirámides de población, natalidad, mortalidad, fecundidad, esperanza de vida, maternidad, envejecimiento, previsiones mundiales, etc.
We keep hearing that India will become a Super Power country some day because of its demographic dividend.
What exactly is this demographic dividend? Here's a lesson ‘Demographic Dividend’ that attempts to simplify this interesting concept for you.
Datos de La población mundial 2018. (Population Reference Bureau) 2018 world-...Juan Martín Martín
Datos de la Población Mundial en 2018 (en inglés). Datos de todos los países del Mundo. gráficos, pirámides de población, natalidad, mortalidad, fecundidad, esperanza de vida, maternidad, envejecimiento, previsiones mundiales, etc.
James Thurlow
POLICY SEMINAR
Youth Required: Building Resilient Food Systems for a Sustainable World
Co-Organized by The Hunger Project and IFPRI
JAN 25, 2018 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EST
Apresentação utilizada pelo ministro da SAE/PR e presidente do Ipea, Marcelo Neri, no Fórum Acadêmico dos BRICS, realizado nos dias 18 e 19 de março de 2014, no Rio de Janeiro.
Mais informações: : www.sae.gov.br
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Large gender gaps in employment persist and may have been exacerbated by the global financial crisis in some regions Employment-to-population ratio, women and men, 2000-2012 (Percentage) Employment-to-population ratio, women and men, 2000-2012.
Sub-Saharan Africa the Caribbean Caucasus and Central Asia South-eastern Asia Northern Africa Southern Asia Oceania Developed regions Developing regions Gender gap Men Women 74.7 46.6 The lack of data on women’s experiences of poverty and hunger limits the analysis of MDG 1 to women’s employment outcomes. Between 2000 and 2012, women’s employment-to-population ratio declined globally from 48.5 per cent to 47.1 per cent compared to 73.9 and 72.2 per cent for men. In 2012, female employment ratio was still 25.1 percentage points lower than male’s.
North Africa, Southern Asia and Western Asia stand out as regions where women are particularly disadvantaged with gender gaps in employment of 50.0, 48.9 and 48.3 percentage points, respectively. The global financial crisis has contributed significantly to the decline in employment ratio in some regions and has had a significant impact on women. Globally, whereas before the crisis (2000-2007) female employment ratio declined only modestly by 0.1 percentage points (compared to a 0.8 decline for men), between 2007 and 2012, they declined by 1.3 percent-age points compared to 0.9 percentage points decline for men. Proportion of own-account and contributing family workers in total employment, women and men, 2000-2012 (Percentage)
While the share of people in vulnerable employment is decreasing, large gender gaps persist in most regions Proportion of own-account and contributing family workers in total employment, women and men, 2000-2012. Globally the proportion of women in vulnerable employment declined from 55.3 per cent in 2000 to 49.3 in 2012, compared to 50.5 and 47.1 per cent for men. Both the scale of vulnerable employment and the gap be-tween women and men differ widely across regions.
Sub-Saharan Africa, Southern Asia and Oceania have the highest shares of people in vulnerable employment with values of over 80 per cent for women and around 70 per cent for men. The widest gender gaps can be found in Northern Africa and sub-Saharan Africa with 20.6 and 15.6 percentage points, respectively. Due to pervasive occupational segregation, women are overrepresented in low paid jobs, have less access to social protection, and are paid on average less than men for work of equal value. Women’s employment opportunities are further limited by the disproportionate amounts of unpaid care work that they perform.
GLOBAL FOOD POLICY REPORT
IFPRI South Asia Discussion of the 2020 Global Food Policy Report
Co-Organized by IFPRI, Indian Council of Agricultural Research Johan Swinnen
(ICAR), and Trust for Advancement of Agricultural Sciences (TAAS)
JUL 6, 2020 - 04:30 PM TO 06:00 PM IST
Presentation: Human Development Challenges in Southern Africa – What is the B...HFG Project
USAID’s Health Finance and Governance (HFG) project and Abt Associates hosted a briefing on Wednesday, April 26th, featuring the World Bank’s Paolo Belli, Program Leader for Human Development in the Southern Africa Country Management Unit. Dr. Belli presented on the main challenges in human development in the Southern Africa subregion, specifically: poverty, inequality, youth unemployment, and education and health service delivery challenges. He also presented on the World Bank’s strategic directions in the subregion and some of the Bank’s landmark engagements in the human development sectors (health, education, social protection, and unemployment).
Human Development Challenges in Southern Africa – What is the Bank doing?HFG Project
USAID’s Health Finance and Governance (HFG) project and Abt Associates webinar hosted featuring the World Bank’s Paolo Belli, Program Leader for Human Development in the Southern Africa Country Management Unit.
Dr. Belli presents on the main challenges in human development in the Southern Africa subregion, specifically: poverty, inequality, youth unemployment, and education and health service delivery challenges. He also presents on the World Bank’s strategic directions in the subregion and some of the Bank’s landmark engagements in the human development sectors (health, education, social protection, and unemployment).
The Global AgeWatch Index measures how well 96 countries are supporting their older populations, in terms of health, income, employment and education and the enabling environment.
This year, Norway comes first, replacing Sweden from last year. Apart from Japan, all the top 10 countries are again in Western Europe, North America and Australasia. Afghanistan comes bottom again.
This presentation is to help navigate the architecture, methodology and data behind the Global AgeWatch Index.
Generation Gap? Political and Economic Sentiment Across Three GenerationsRommell Montenegro
Millennials, born between 1980 and 2004, are now the largest and most diverse segment of the U.S. population. Not surprisingly, there has been a surge of recent research attempting to understand how this generation thinks, works and shops. One area that has received relatively little attention is differences in political and economic sentiment across the three largest generation groups.
Are Millennials more optimistic about the economy? Who cares the most about immigration policy? Which age group is the best target for messages about healthcare? As the US recovers from a recession and looks towards the next presidential election, it becomes critical to understand these market trends.
Datos de la población mundial 2015. (Population Reference Bureau) 2015 worl...Juan Martín Martín
Datos de la Población Mundial en 2015. Datos de todos los países del Mundo. gráficos, pirámides de población, natalidad, mortalidad, fecundidad, esperanza de vida, maternidad, envejecimiento, previsiones mundiales, etc.
We keep hearing that India will become a Super Power country some day because of its demographic dividend.
What exactly is this demographic dividend? Here's a lesson ‘Demographic Dividend’ that attempts to simplify this interesting concept for you.
Datos de La población mundial 2018. (Population Reference Bureau) 2018 world-...Juan Martín Martín
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James Thurlow
POLICY SEMINAR
Youth Required: Building Resilient Food Systems for a Sustainable World
Co-Organized by The Hunger Project and IFPRI
JAN 25, 2018 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EST
Apresentação utilizada pelo ministro da SAE/PR e presidente do Ipea, Marcelo Neri, no Fórum Acadêmico dos BRICS, realizado nos dias 18 e 19 de março de 2014, no Rio de Janeiro.
Mais informações: : www.sae.gov.br
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Large gender gaps in employment persist and may have been exacerbated by the global financial crisis in some regions Employment-to-population ratio, women and men, 2000-2012 (Percentage) Employment-to-population ratio, women and men, 2000-2012.
Sub-Saharan Africa the Caribbean Caucasus and Central Asia South-eastern Asia Northern Africa Southern Asia Oceania Developed regions Developing regions Gender gap Men Women 74.7 46.6 The lack of data on women’s experiences of poverty and hunger limits the analysis of MDG 1 to women’s employment outcomes. Between 2000 and 2012, women’s employment-to-population ratio declined globally from 48.5 per cent to 47.1 per cent compared to 73.9 and 72.2 per cent for men. In 2012, female employment ratio was still 25.1 percentage points lower than male’s.
North Africa, Southern Asia and Western Asia stand out as regions where women are particularly disadvantaged with gender gaps in employment of 50.0, 48.9 and 48.3 percentage points, respectively. The global financial crisis has contributed significantly to the decline in employment ratio in some regions and has had a significant impact on women. Globally, whereas before the crisis (2000-2007) female employment ratio declined only modestly by 0.1 percentage points (compared to a 0.8 decline for men), between 2007 and 2012, they declined by 1.3 percent-age points compared to 0.9 percentage points decline for men. Proportion of own-account and contributing family workers in total employment, women and men, 2000-2012 (Percentage)
While the share of people in vulnerable employment is decreasing, large gender gaps persist in most regions Proportion of own-account and contributing family workers in total employment, women and men, 2000-2012. Globally the proportion of women in vulnerable employment declined from 55.3 per cent in 2000 to 49.3 in 2012, compared to 50.5 and 47.1 per cent for men. Both the scale of vulnerable employment and the gap be-tween women and men differ widely across regions.
Sub-Saharan Africa, Southern Asia and Oceania have the highest shares of people in vulnerable employment with values of over 80 per cent for women and around 70 per cent for men. The widest gender gaps can be found in Northern Africa and sub-Saharan Africa with 20.6 and 15.6 percentage points, respectively. Due to pervasive occupational segregation, women are overrepresented in low paid jobs, have less access to social protection, and are paid on average less than men for work of equal value. Women’s employment opportunities are further limited by the disproportionate amounts of unpaid care work that they perform.
GLOBAL FOOD POLICY REPORT
IFPRI South Asia Discussion of the 2020 Global Food Policy Report
Co-Organized by IFPRI, Indian Council of Agricultural Research Johan Swinnen
(ICAR), and Trust for Advancement of Agricultural Sciences (TAAS)
JUL 6, 2020 - 04:30 PM TO 06:00 PM IST
Presentation: Human Development Challenges in Southern Africa – What is the B...HFG Project
USAID’s Health Finance and Governance (HFG) project and Abt Associates hosted a briefing on Wednesday, April 26th, featuring the World Bank’s Paolo Belli, Program Leader for Human Development in the Southern Africa Country Management Unit. Dr. Belli presented on the main challenges in human development in the Southern Africa subregion, specifically: poverty, inequality, youth unemployment, and education and health service delivery challenges. He also presented on the World Bank’s strategic directions in the subregion and some of the Bank’s landmark engagements in the human development sectors (health, education, social protection, and unemployment).
Human Development Challenges in Southern Africa – What is the Bank doing?HFG Project
USAID’s Health Finance and Governance (HFG) project and Abt Associates webinar hosted featuring the World Bank’s Paolo Belli, Program Leader for Human Development in the Southern Africa Country Management Unit.
Dr. Belli presents on the main challenges in human development in the Southern Africa subregion, specifically: poverty, inequality, youth unemployment, and education and health service delivery challenges. He also presents on the World Bank’s strategic directions in the subregion and some of the Bank’s landmark engagements in the human development sectors (health, education, social protection, and unemployment).
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2015
UNITED NATIONS
Cover Inside
This report is based on a master set of data that has been compiled by the Inter-Agency and Expert
Group on MDG Indicators led by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United nations
Secretariat, in response to the wishes of the General Assembly for periodic assessment of progress
towards the MDGs. The Group comprises representatives of the international organizations whose
activities include the preparation of one or more of the series of statistical indicators that were identified as
appropriate for monitoring progress towards the MDGs, as reflected in the list below. A number of national
statisticians and outside expert advisers also contributed.
ECOnOMIC AnD SOCIAL COMMISSIOn FOR ASIA AnD THE PACIFIC
ECOnOMIC AnD SOCIAL COMMISSIOn FOR WESTERn ASIA
ECOnOMIC COMMISSIOn FOR AFRICA
ECOnOMIC COMMISSIOn FOR EUROPE
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WORLD TRADE ORGAnIZATIOn
The Millennium Development Goals Report
2015
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United nations
new York, 2015
Foreword | 3
Foreword
The global mobilization behind the Millennium
Development Goals has produced the most successful
anti-poverty movement in history. The landmark
commitment entered into by world leaders in the year
2000—to “spare no effort to free our fellow men,
women and children from the abject and dehumanizing
conditions of extreme poverty”—was translated into
an inspiring framework of eight goals and, then, into
wide-ranging practical steps that have enabled people
across the world to improve their lives and their future
prospects. The MDGs helped to lift more than one billion
people out of extreme poverty, to make inroads against
hunger, to enable more girls to attend school than ever
before and to protect our planet. They generated new
and innovative partnerships, galvanized public opinion
and showed the immense value of setting ambitious ...
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The Millennium Development Goals Report
2015
UNITED NATIONS
Cover Inside
This report is based on a master set of data that has been compiled by the Inter-Agency and Expert
Group on MDG Indicators led by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United nations
Secretariat, in response to the wishes of the General Assembly for periodic assessment of progress
towards the MDGs. The Group comprises representatives of the international organizations whose
activities include the preparation of one or more of the series of statistical indicators that were identified as
appropriate for monitoring progress towards the MDGs, as reflected in the list below. A number of national
statisticians and outside expert advisers also contributed.
ECOnOMIC AnD SOCIAL COMMISSIOn FOR ASIA AnD THE PACIFIC
ECOnOMIC AnD SOCIAL COMMISSIOn FOR WESTERn ASIA
ECOnOMIC COMMISSIOn FOR AFRICA
ECOnOMIC COMMISSIOn FOR EUROPE
ECOnOMIC COMMISSIOn FOR LATIn AMERICA AnD THE CARIBBEAn
FOOD AnD AGRICULTURE ORGAnIZATIOn OF THE UnITED nATIOnS
InTERnATIOnAL LABOUR ORGAnIZATIOn
InTERnATIOnAL MOnETARY FUnD
InTERnATIOnAL TELECOMMUnICATIOn UnIOn
InTERnATIOnAL TRADE CEnTRE
InTER-PARLIAMEnTARY UnIOn
JOInT UnITED nATIOnS PROGRAMME On HIV/AIDS
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SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUnITY
THE WORLD BAnK
UnITED nATIOnS CHILDREn’S FUnD
UnITED nATIOnS COnFEREnCE On TRADE AnD DEVELOPMEnT
UnITED nATIOnS DEVELOPMEnT PROGRAMME
UnITED nATIOnS EDUCATIOnAL, SCIEnTIFIC AnD CULTURAL ORGAnIZATIOn
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UnITED nATIOnS EnVIROnMEnT PROGRAMME
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WORLD HEALTH ORGAnIZATIOn
WORLD TRADE ORGAnIZATIOn
The Millennium Development Goals Report
2015
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United nations
new York, 2015
Foreword | 3
Foreword
The global mobilization behind the Millennium
Development Goals has produced the most successful
anti-poverty movement in history. The landmark
commitment entered into by world leaders in the year
2000—to “spare no effort to free our fellow men,
women and children from the abject and dehumanizing
conditions of extreme poverty”—was translated into
an inspiring framework of eight goals and, then, into
wide-ranging practical steps that have enabled people
across the world to improve their lives and their future
prospects. The MDGs helped to lift more than one billion
people out of extreme poverty, to make inroads against
hunger, to enable more girls to attend school than ever
before and to protect our planet. They generated new
and innovative partnerships, galvanized public opinion
and showed the immense value of setting ambitious
goals. By putting people and their immediate needs at
t ...
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Have you ever wondered how search works while visiting an e-commerce site, internal website, or searching through other types of online resources? Look no further than this informative session on the ways that taxonomies help end-users navigate the internet! Hear from taxonomists and other information professionals who have first-hand experience creating and working with taxonomies that aid in navigation, search, and discovery across a range of disciplines.
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Demographic Dividend in Africa: Does it Apply to Malawi?
1. DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND IN
AFRICA: DOES IT APPLY TO
MALAWI?
David Canning
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Friday 5th August
IFPRI, Lilongwe, Malawi
1
2. Population and Development
• Negative effects of
population growth-
population bomb
• Positive effects – scale
and technology
• National Academy of
Sciences 1986 – no
effect empirically
• Neutral position on
population
2
3. Components of Population Growth
• Kelly and Schmidt 1995
• While growth of population numbers does not
matter, components do matter.
• Population growth = birth rate- death rate.
• High birth rates seem to have a negative effect on
growth.
• High death rates seem to have a negative effect on
growth.
4. 4
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Birth Rates and Economic Growth
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Death Rates and Economic Growth
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6. Asian Economic Miracle
• What caused the Asian
miracle? ADB 1997
• Growth, labor, capital
Bloom, Williamson
• Growth regressions
– Infrastructure
– Health (Life expectancy)
– Age structure
6
7. New View on
Importance of Population
• Not just population numbers
• Age structure effects - very large effects
• Explains about a third of the Asian Miracle
7
8. Health and Wealth of Nations
• Effects of child health
on physical and
cognitive development
• Effects of life span on
life cycle behavior
• Effect of child mortality
reductions on fertility
• WHO Commission on
Macroeconomics and
Health 2001
8
9. The Demographic Dividend
• Pure age structure effects
• Behavioral effects
– Female labor supply
– Investments in child health and
education
– Longevity and saving
• Dividend not automatic
– extra resources must be productively
employed
– Dividend must be earned by
investments – increased policy effects
9
10. Working Age Share is Linked to
Economic Takeoff
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 2060 2070 2080 2090 2100
RatioofWorkingAgeto
Dependents
Year
Source: World Bank Medium Fertility Variant
Ratio of Working Age to Dependents
Sub Saharan Africa
East Asia
South Asia
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13. Structure
• Introduction
• Demographic Dynamics in Africa
• Determinants of the Demographic Transition
• Human Development Payoffs
• Jobs Payoffs
• Economic Growth in Africa
• Policies to Speed up the Demographic
Transition
• Policies to Reap the Demographic Dividend
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14. Total Fertility Rate in Select World
Regions, 1960–2010
14
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
TotalFertilityRate
Sub-Saharan Africa East Asia & Pacific Europe & Central Asia Latin America & Caribbean
Middle East & North Africa North America South Asia World
Source: Health, Nutrition and Population Statistics.The World DataBank 2013.
15. Great Heterogeneity in Fertility
Transition
15
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Mauritius Réunion Gabon Togo Senegal Malawi Niger
South Africa Lesotho Ghana Comoros DRC
Cape Verde Namibia Ethiopia Gambia Zambia
Botswana Zimbabwe Congo Mozambique Chad
Swaziland Côte d'Ivoire Sierra Leone Uganda
Sao Tome and Principe Burundi Guinea-Bissau Somalia
Sudan Equatorial Guinea Mali
Cameroon Liberia
Eritrea Rwanda
Mauritania Guinea
Kenya Benin
Madagascar Tanzania
CAR Nigeria
Angola
Burkina Faso
Total Fertility Rates
16. Fertility Reduction
The Demographic Dividend
• Pure age structure effects
• Behavioral effects
– Female labor supply
– Investments in child health and
education
– Longevity and saving
• Dividend not automatic
– extra resources must be productively
employed
– Dividend must be earned by
investments
16
19. A Family Planning Intervention Reduced Fertility
in Navrongo, Ghana
Treatment Area: Comparison Area
19
n
20. Malawi Family Planning Project
• Improving Access to Post Partum Family
Planning in Lilongwe
• RCT – 2000 women
• Components – FP counselling, transport to
Good Health Kauma Tunza clinic, free FP
services, side effect treatment
• Outcomes: Contraceptive prevalence, birth
spacing, child health and education, female
health and employment
• Demographic dividend in the household 20
21. Policies to Promote Fertility Decline
Decrease Child Mortality
21*World Development Indicator Data. 2010
22. Mortality Transition
22
Below 50 50-99 100-149 150-199 200-249
Réunion Namibia Comoros Guinea Chad
Mauritius Botswana Tanzania Cameroon
Cape Verde Madagascar Kenya Zambia
Eritrea Gambia Nigeria
Ghana Ethiopia Niger
Sao Tome and Principe Swaziland Burundi
Gabon Congo Burkina Faso
South Africa Lesotho Equatorial Guinea
Zimbabwe Togo Angola
Senegal Mauritania CAR
Sudan Côte d'Ivoire Sierra Leone
Liberia Somalia
Uganda DRC
Rwanda Mali
Benin Guinea-Bissau
Malawi
Mozambique
Under 5 Mortality per 1000 Births
23. Fertility Rates by Women’s Education
Data from various Demographic and Health Surveys.
27. 0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
12-14 years 15-19 years 20-24 years 25-29 years
(Reference)
30-34 years 35-39 years 40-44 years 45-49 years
Infant Mortality
Adjusted RRR: Age of Mother at Birth
31. Economic Consequences
The Demographic Dividend
• Working age share 30 – 50 year boost
– Labor force per capita
• Investments in
• Child Health
• Education
• Female Labor Force Participation
• Savings
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32. Demographic Dividend is not
Automatic
• Depends on effective policies in other areas
– Education
– Labor market
– Trade
– Governance
– Macroeconomic management
• Demography creates supply side increases in
labor, human capital, and saving – but there is
still a need for jobs and investment
33. Increasing Youth Cohorts In Sub Saharan
Africa
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
1950
1955
1960
1965
1970
1975
1980
1985
1990
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
2025
2030
2035
2040
2045
2050
YearlyCohort15-24(Million)
Eastern Asia South-Central Asia Sub-Saharan Africa
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34. Impact of large youth cohorts
• Youth Unemployment
• Underemployment in unpaid and low
productivity jobs
• Slows industrialization and structural
transformation, youth are absorbed in low
productivity sectors such as agriculture
• Requires high levels of investment to maintain
capital labor ratio
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35. 35
Goals Polices
Speed the Demographic Transition
To empower women and
allow fertility choices
Child mortality, female education, social norms, access
to family planning
Realizing the Labor Force Dividend
To absorb Youth Bulge FDI, domestic saving, natural resource revenues
education, infrastructure, Industrialization
(Agriculture and natural resources not sufficient)
Realizing the Savings Dividend
Harness the 2nd dividend Improve policies and institutions for promoting
domestic savings and investment
36. A Macrosimulation Model of the
Effect of Fertility Decline on
Economic Growth in Africa
Mahesh Karra
David Canning
Joshua Wilde
Forthcoming in Population and Development Review
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37. Effective Labor
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Population by Age
Labor SupplyEducation
Fertility
Height (Health)
Male Labor
Supply
Female Labor
Supply+
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