Demographic Dividend in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): A Far-Fetched Dream?
https://doi.org/10.35877/454RI.daengku579
Keywords:
Demographic dividend, Demographic transition, Population Theory, East Asian Miracle, Sub-Saharan Africa
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Abstract
This research was set out to assess whether ‘demographic dividend’ is a far-fetched dream for most countries in Sub Saharan Africa. To achieve this aim, the research draws from a wide range of secondary sources, including data from publications as well as past research and evidence gathered from this study shows that the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region is still at the early stage of demographic transition thereby lagging when compared to other regions. The research concluded by aligning with the position that achieving demographic dividend may be a far-fetch dream for most countries in the Sub Saharan African region. Some policy recommendations were made with key emphasis on education, dulling out of modern and safe contraception, bridging the gap of gender inequality and investing in social amenities.
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Canning, D., Raja, S., & Yazbeck, A. S. (2015). Canning D, Raja S, Yazbeck AS: Africa’s Demographic Transition: Dividend or Disaster? . The World Bank.
Cardona, C., Rusatira, C. J., Cheng, X., Silberg, C., Salas, I., Li, Q., . . . Rimon, J. G. (2020). Generating and capitalizing on the demographic dividend potential in sub-Saharan Africa: a conceptual framework from a systematic literature review. Gates Open Research , 4(145).
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Cilliers, J. (2018). Getting to Africa’s demographic dividend. Institute for Security Studies.
Cincotta, R. (n.d). R Cincotta, response to questions at Hom Nath Chalise, What is demographic dividend and how long is the demographic window of opportunity of different country? Reserach Gate.
Drummond, P., Thakoor, V., & Yu, S. (2014). Africa Rising: Harnessing the Demographic Dividend . IMF Working Paper .
Elhadary, Y., Abdelatti, H., & Nour, A. H. (2018). Demographic Dividends in Sudan: Opportunities and Challenges . Journal of Scientific Research & Reports , 9(4), 1-19.
Galor, O. (2005). The demographic transition and the emergence of sustained economic growth. J Eur Econ Assoc. , 3(2 - 3), 494 - 504.
Mueni, E. (2016 йил 21-December). Harnessing the Demographic Dividend in SubSaharan Africa: Political Commitment or Rhetoric? Retrieved 2021 йил 9-January from SOUTHERN VOICES: https://africaupclose.wilsoncenter.org/files/2016/12/5758662612_c1a02db89b_z.jpg
NASEM. (2016). Recent Fertility Trends in Sub-Saharan Africa: Workshop Summary. A. Beatty, Rapporteur. Committee on Population, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US).
NBS . (2006). NBS 2006. “Core welfare indicators questionnaire survey”. Abuja: National Bureau of Statistics.
OECD. (2008). Taking financial literacy to the next level: Important challenges and promising solutions. OECD-US Treasury international conference on financial education. Washington, DC: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Omoju, O. E., & Abraham, T. W. (2014). Youth bulge and demographic dividend in Nigeria. African Population Studies , 27(2 Supp ).
Onyekwere, S. C. (2020). Harnessing the Potential of Demographic Dividend in Sudan: There is still Hope for Sudan. Policy brief Submitted to University of Portsmouth UK, School of Area Studies, History, Politics, and Literature. Unpublished work.
Roser, M., & Ortiz-Ospina, E. (2017 йил April). World population growth, Our World In Data. Retrieved 2021 йил 10-January from https://ourworldindata.org/ world-population-growth/
Ssewamala, F. M. (2015). Optimizing the “demographic dividend” in young developing countries: The role of contractualsavings and insurance for financing education. Int J Soc Welfare , 24, 248 -262.
The World Bank . (2021). Sub-Saharan Africa . Retrieved from The World Bank : https://data.worldbank.org/region/sub-saharan-africa
UNDESA. (2013). World population prospects: The 2012 revision. Population Division, Population Estimates and Projections. New York: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs .
Vilhuber, L. (2006). The transition from school to the labor market in Uganda. Preliminary outline presented at the WorldBank Youth in Africa’s labor market workshop. Washington, DC: The World Bank.
WPP. (2020). 2019 Revision of World Population Prospects.
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