Rapid Population Growth In Sub Saharan Africa

Author : World Bank
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105040443124

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Population Growth and Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa by World Bank Pdf

For sub - Saharan Africa, the need for reductions in population growth rates is a critical component in achieving greater economic development and higher standards of living. Correspondingly, the present report focuses on the economic consequences of rapid population growth in Africa and on policies and programs to reduce it. The report basically has three themes. The first theme centers on the deep concern that rapid population growth in Africa is slowing development and sharply reducing the possibility of raising living standards. The second theme revolves around the recent evidence of the change in ideas and behavior regarding fertility. With more and more governments expressing concern over the issue, the idea of family planning is gaining acceptance. Finally, the last theme concerns the involvement of Governments in the development of population policy and programmes. If progress in population policy is to be rapid and programs are to expand steadily, some strategic reorientation of the direction and nature of government involvement is needed. Slowing population growth in the next few decades, as part of broader development strategies, can help to relieve poverty and raise living standards for Africa's people.

Author : Rashid Faruqee,Ravi Gulhati
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Africa
ISBN : MINN:31951P00864952K

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Rapid Population Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa by Rashid Faruqee,Ravi Gulhati Pdf

Substantial social and economic progress in sub - Saharan Africa during the past 15 years has not altered the traditional regime of very high fertility. Explanations for this paradox have to turn to broad societal characteristics not captured by multivariate analysis of the household level. The search for physical survival promotes a very large family norm. High fertility may also reflect the predicament of the African woman. This paper argues that enough is known to provide a reliable basis for policies aimed at reducing fertility. The case for such policies rests on evidence that the challenge posed by accelerating population growth in Africa has not elicited a commensurate response in the form of technological or organizational progress. Instead, growing population numbers have accentuated the food deficit, magnified the budgetary problem of financing basic needs services and complicated the employment issue. The paper projects future population growth of nine sample countries, accounting for two-thirds of Africa's total population, on the basis of four sets of assumptions. These exercises confirm the desirability of action by African governments to reduce fertility.

Author : Tunde Obadina
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-29
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781422288900

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Population and Overcrowding by Tunde Obadina Pdf

Africa is the worlds poorest continent, and it also has the worlds fastest-growing population. Many observers have concluded that overpopulation is a root cause of Africas poverty, and that if the continent is ever to emerge from underdevelopment its rapid population growth will have to be slowed. This book examines those assertions, offering a wealth of statistical and other evidence to suggest that the link between African poverty and the size of Africas population is by no means definitive. The book also examines the important demographic trendssuch as rapid urbanization, elevated mortality rates from the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and continued high fertilitythat will help shape African societies in the decades to come.

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309381222

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Recent Fertility Trends in Sub-Saharan Africa by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population Pdf

Fertility rates and population growth influence economic development. The marked declines in fertility seen in some developing nations have been accompanied by slowing population growth, which in turn provided a window of opportunity for rapid economic growth. For many sub-Saharan African nations, this window has not yet opened because fertility rates have not declined as rapidly there as elsewhere. Fertility rates in many sub-Saharan African countries are high: the total rate for the region is estimated to be 5.1 births per woman, and rates that had begun to decline in many countries in the region have stalled. High rates of fertility in these countries are likely to contribute to continued rapid population growth: the United Nations projects that the region's population will increase by 1.2 billion by 2050, the highest growth among the regions for which there are projections. In June 2015, the Committee on Population organized a workshop to explore fertility trends and the factors that have influenced them. The workshop committee was asked to explore history and trends related to fertility, proximate determinants and other influences, the status and impact of family planning programs, and prospects for further reducing fertility rates. This study will help donors, researchers, and policy makers better understand the factors that may explain the slow pace of fertility decline in this region, and develop methods to improve family planning in sub-Saharan Africa.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 77 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : SOCIAL SCIENCE
ISBN : 0309381207

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Recent Fertility Trends in Sub-Saharan Africa by Anonim Pdf

Fertility rates and population growth influence economic development. The marked declines in fertility seen in some developing nations have been accompanied by slowing population growth, which in turn provided a window of opportunity for rapid economic growth. For many sub-Saharan African nations, this window has not yet opened because fertility rates have not declined as rapidly there as elsewhere. Fertility rates in many sub-Saharan African countries are high: the total rate for the region is estimated to be 5.1 births per woman, and rates that had begun to decline in many countries in the region have stalled. High rates of fertility in these countries are likely to contribute to continued rapid population growth: the United Nations projects that the region's population will increase by 1.2 billion by 2050, the highest growth among the regions for which there are projections. In June 2015, the Committee on Population organized a workshop to explore fertility trends and the factors that have influenced them. The workshop committee was asked to explore history and trends related to fertility, proximate determinants and other influences, the status and impact of family planning programs, and prospects for further reducing fertility rates. This study will help donors, researchers, and policy makers better understand the factors that may explain the slow pace of fertility decline in this region, and develop methods to improve family planning in sub-Saharan Africa

Author : Hans Groth,John F. May
Publisher : Springer
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319468891

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Africa's Population: In Search of a Demographic Dividend by Hans Groth,John F. May Pdf

This book examines the promises as well as the challenges the demographic dividend brings to sub-Saharan Africa as fertility rates in the region fall and the labor force grows. It offers a detailed analysis of what conditions must be met in order for the region to take full economic advantage of ongoing population dynamics. As the book makes clear, the region will need to accelerate reforms to cope with its demographic transition, in particular the decline of fertility. The continent will need to foster human capital formation through renewed efforts in the areas of education, health and employment. This will entail a true vision and determination on the part of African leaders and their development partners. The book will help readers to gain solid knowledge of the demographic trends and provide insights into socioeconomic policies that eventually might lead sub-Saharan Africa into a successful future.

Author : Bo Malmberg
Publisher : Current African Issues
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9171066217

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Demography and the Development Potential of Sub-Saharan Africa by Bo Malmberg Pdf

Population growth in Africa has laid the foundation for the eventual development of a prosperous region. Since the 1950s, sub-Saharan Africa has doubled its population twice over to become one of the most populous regions in the world. If sub-Saharan Africa succeeds in taking advantage of this population potential, the sub-continent could become a major player in the world economy. A major reason sub-Saharan Africa remains poor is the very high child-dependency arising from a very high total fertility rate, and low life expectancy based on both high infant mortality and high adult mortality rates. Reduced mortality and lower fertility are key requirements if sub-Saharan Africa is to enter a development trajectory that makes possible increasing per capita incomes and reductions in poverty. BO MALMBERG is a professor in the Department of Human Geography, Stockholm University and a research asssociate at the Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Subcommittee on Census and Population
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Africa, Sub-Saharan
ISBN : LOC:00183650294

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Demographic Trends in Sub-Saharan Africa by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Subcommittee on Census and Population Pdf

Author : Charles Teller,Assefa Hailemariam
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2011-03-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789048189182

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The Demographic Transition and Development in Africa by Charles Teller,Assefa Hailemariam Pdf

"The heated Malthusian-Bosrupian debates still rage over consequences of high population growth, rapid urbanization, dense rural populations and young age structures in the face of drought, poverty, food insecurity, environmental degradation, climate change, instability and the global economic crisis. However, while facile generalizations about the lack of demographic change and lack of progress in meeting the MDGs in sub-Saharan Africa are commonplace, they are often misleading and belie the socio-cultural change that is occurring among a vanguard of more educated youth. Even within Ethiopia, the second largest country at the Crossroads of Africa and the Middle East, different narratives emerge from analysis of longitudinal, micro-level analysis as to how demographic change and responses are occurring, some more rapidly than others. The book compares Ethiopia with other Africa countries, and demonstrates the uniqueness of an African-type demographic transition: a combination of poverty-related negative factors (unemployment, disease, food insecurity) along with positive education, health and higher age-of-marriage trends that are pushing this ruggedly rural and land-locked population to accelerate the demographic transition and stay on track to meet most of the MDGs. This book takes great care with the challenges of inadequate data and weak analytical capacity to research this incipient transition, trying to unravel some of the complexities in this vulnerable Horn of Africa country: A slowly declining population growth rates with rapidly declining child mortality, very high chronic under-nutrition, already low urban fertility but still very high rural fertility; and high population-resource pressure along with rapidly growing small urban places”

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population,Panel on Policy Research and Data Needs to Meet the Challenge of Aging in Africa
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2006-11-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309180092

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Aging in Sub-Saharan Africa by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population,Panel on Policy Research and Data Needs to Meet the Challenge of Aging in Africa Pdf

In sub-Saharan Africa, older people make up a relatively small fraction of the total population and are supported primarily by family and other kinship networks. They have traditionally been viewed as repositories of information and wisdom, and are critical pillars of the community but as the HIV/AIDS pandemic destroys family systems, the elderly increasingly have to deal with the loss of their own support while absorbing the additional responsibilities of caring for their orphaned grandchildren. Aging in Sub-Saharan Africa explores ways to promote U.S. research interests and to augment the sub-Saharan governments' capacity to address the many challenges posed by population aging. Five major themes are explored in the book such as the need for a basic definition of "older person," the need for national governments to invest more in basic research and the coordination of data collection across countries, and the need for improved dialogue between local researchers and policy makers. This book makes three major recommendations: 1) the development of a research agenda 2) enhancing research opportunity and implementation and 3) the translation of research findings.

Author : Thomas J. Goliber
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Africa
ISBN : STANFORD:36105003264368

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Africa's Expanding Population by Thomas J. Goliber Pdf

The region's population growth will slow only when African couples begin to have fewer children. The average number of children per woman ranges form 6 to 8 for most countries. The African's preference for large families is deeply rooted in the culture and fed by the perceived economic benefits they receive from their children.

Author : John May,Jean-Pierre Guengant
Publisher : Académie royale de Belgique
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9782803107551

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Demography and economic emergence of sub-saharan Africa by John May,Jean-Pierre Guengant Pdf

About 35 years later than in the other less developed countries, high mortality and fertility levels have started to decline in the 48 countries of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The late completion of the demographic transition in the region, its slow pace, and its population growth rates over 2.5% per year for more than 50 years, render the SSA demographic trajectories very different from the transitions experienced elsewhere in the world. With the onset of the fertility decline and better economic performance in SSA between 2000 and 2014, most SSA countries thought that they would be able to capture a first demographic dividend and become emerging economies – a process that many East and Southeast Asian countries achieved between 1970 and 2000. However, available data indicates that since the 1960s the rapid population growth in SSA has had negative effects on the growth of its GDP per capita. Moreover, so far there are only fourteen SSA countries, representing 20% of the SSA population, that meet the initial conditions needed to benefit from a first demographic dividend. This volume analyzes the challenges that the SSA countries will need to address in order to replicate the East and Southeast Asian economic miracle. The majority of the SSA countries are at a critical stage in their development. Indeed, the next decades will determine whether or not the SSA countries will be able to accelerate their demographic transition, capture a first demographic dividend, and become emerging economies. John F. May is a Research Professor at the Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University, Arlington, VA, USA. He earned his Doctorate in Demography from the University of Paris-V (Sorbonne). He is a specialist of population policies and the demography of sub-Saharan Africa and has worked on population and development projects around the world for most international organizations. Jean-Pierre Guengant is Emeritus Director of Research at the Research Institute for Development (IRD), presently attached to the University of Paris-I (Panthéon-Sorbonne). He holds a Doctorate in Development Economics from the University of Clermont-Ferrand, France. His recent work focusses on the demographic dividend and the emergence of sub-Saharan Africa.

Author : Robert Cassen
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1412831555

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Population and Development by Robert Cassen Pdf

This volume presents the latest thinking concerning the effect of population growth on economic development and other areas of global concern. The authors address the complex issues that currently face both developed and developing country governments in all areas of population growth, exploring impacts within their country and internationally.

Author : Mr.Jesus R Gonzalez-Garcia,Mr.Ermal Hitaj,Mr.Montfort Mlachila,Arina Viseth,Mustafa Yenice
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 19 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781475546668

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Sub-Saharan African Migration by Mr.Jesus R Gonzalez-Garcia,Mr.Ermal Hitaj,Mr.Montfort Mlachila,Arina Viseth,Mustafa Yenice Pdf

Amid rapid population growth, migration in sub-Saharan Africa has been increasing briskly over the last 20 years. Up to the 1990s, the stock of migrants—citizens of one country living in another country—was dominated by intraregional migration, but over the last 15 years, migration outside the region has picked up sharply. In the coming decades, sub-Saharan African migration will be shaped by an ongoing demographic transition involving an enlargement of the working-age population, and migration outside the region, in particular to advanced economies, is set to continue expanding. This note explores the main drivers of sub-Saharan African migration, focusing on migration outside the region, as this has greater global spillovers. It finds that the economic impact of migration for the region occurs mainly through two channels. First, the migration of young and educated workers—brain drain—takes a toll as human capital is already scarce in the region, although some recent studies suggest that migration may have also a positive effect—brain gain. Second, remittances represent an important source of foreign exchange and income in a number of sub-Saharan African countries, contribute to the alleviation of poverty, and help smooth business cycles.

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Panel on the Population Dynamics of Sub-Saharan Africa
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1993-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309049429

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Demographic Change in Sub-Saharan Africa by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Panel on the Population Dynamics of Sub-Saharan Africa Pdf

This overview includes chapters on child mortality, adult mortality, fertility, proximate determinants, marriage, internal migration, international migration, and the demographic impact of AIDS.