An African Demographic Dividend Relies on Investments in the ...

This report lays out the importance of youth SRHR to a demographic dividend and points to key investments that can protect and improve SRHR for adolescents and ...

The Demographic Dividend in Africa Relies on Investments in

The demographic dividend in Africa relies on investments in the ...

The demographic dividend in Africa relies on investments in the reproductive health and rights of adolescents and youth: policy brief ... 20 p., illus.

Reaping the Demographic Dividend in West and Central Africa and ...

Generating a demographic dividend relies on significant investments in empowering women and young people, particularly in the areas of ...

DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND INVESTMENTS IN YOUTH

of relying on the potential of the African youth and children through Aspiration 6. However, investing in youth is just one component to ensuring that ...

The African demographic dividend: how to reach its full potential?

This term refers to the economic benefit resulting from a significant increase in the ratio of working-age adults to dependants (children and the elderly).

harnessingthe demographic dividendthrough - UNFPA WCARO

mographic Dividend through investments in Youth”, the African Heads of State and. Government requested the Commission, in collaboration with the Economic Commis ...

Demographic dividend-favorable policy environment in two pre ...

In 2017, the African Union committed to “Harnessing the Demographic Dividend Through Investments ... relies on their savings and retirement funds [8, 9].

Publication: How Significant is Africa's Demographic Dividend for Its ...

If African countries can continue to build on the hard-won development gains, the demographic dividend could account for 11 to 15 percent of gross domestic ...

The demographic dividend and youth in sub-Saharan Africa

Africa needs investments in youth education with a strong focus on gender equality to take advantage of its demographic dividend.

Africa's Prospects for Enjoying a Demographic Dividend

According to UN projections, they will fall further in the coming decades such that by the mid-21st century the ratio of the working-age to dependent population ...

Harnessing the Demographic Dividend through Investment in Youth

But, achieving a demographic dividend depends on how this working population can ideally be turned into a productive labour force to fit the ...

Getting to Africa's Demographic Dividend | SpringerLink

In this chapter, Cilliers defines the demographic dividend and explains its relationship to economic growth, with a focus on the African ...

Whither a Demographic Dividend South Africa:

can significantly enhance the demographic dividend (sections 4.4 and 4.5); so too can investment ... dividend relies on an increase in saving: 'In addition ...

Africa Rising: Harnessing the Demographic Dividend

(2010). •. Both the magnitude and speed of the demographic dividend depend ... Investment in human capital is critical to harnessing the demographic dividend.

A Demographic Dividend for Sub-Saharan Africa

The demographic dividend is the economic growth potential that is created by favorable shifts in the age distribution of the population. For most low- and ...

Harnessing the economic dividends from demographic change

Individuals in this group tend to also accumulate savings at a higher rate, facilitating further investment-led growth and development. A ...

Investing in Youth, Transforming Africa - World Bank

"Timely investments in the education and health of its population can increase productivity, spur job creation to create a demographic dividend, ...

UNICEF Report Recommends Key Investments to Achieve Africa's ...

The report argues that the right investments can set the foundation for a demographic dividend that could lift hundreds of millions of Africans ...

The African Century - International Monetary Fund (IMF)

The ongoing demographic transition offers a huge opportunity for sub-Saharan Africa. The increasing share of working age population provides a ...