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Population Growth and Socio-economic Change in West Africa

Author : Population Council

Publisher : New York : Published for the Population Council [by] Columbia University Press

Page : 792 pages

File Size : 26,13 MB

Release : 1975

Category : Africa, French-speaking West

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Compilation of articles on population growth, economic development and social change in West Africa - covers fertility levels, mortality, migration and urbanization, population policy, attitudes to birth control and child labour, nomadism, etc. Graphs, maps, references and statistical tables.



Africa's Population: In Search of a Demographic Dividend

Author : Hans Groth

Publisher : Springer

Page : 525 pages

File Size : 32,6 MB

Release : 2017-05-23

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 3319468898

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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.



Development in Africa

Author : Patrick O. Ohadike

Publisher :

Page : 434 pages

File Size : 15,15 MB

Release : 1988

Category : Africa

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In this study, the author proposes a programme for the humanization of African development through the installation of man-centred development programmes and self-reliant activities. In essence, the sociological perspective, the concern with the provision of basic needs and in particular with the amelioration of living conditions in the rural areas, reinforce the plea in the book for greater humanization of development.







Issues in the Development of Tropical Africa

Author : Ojetunji Aboyade

Publisher :

Page : 148 pages

File Size : 40,71 MB

Release : 1976

Category : Africa, Sub-Saharan

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Africa in the world economy; The pre-colonial economy; Impact of colonialism; The neo-colonial economy; The economic distance; Focus on development strategy; Characteristics and development performance; Natural resources; Human resources; Financial resources; Economic organization; Beyond mechanistic growth; Influence of development theorizing; Theory in disarray; Evolution of development theorizing; Problem of relevance; Problem of realism; Ingredients for economic design; Lessons from comparative experience; Resource base and market size; Growth without development; Economic institutions and social control; Rural transformation; Manpower development; Regional balance; Balance of payments; Inflation and structural change; Stunted growth and distroted development; Formulating policies and programmes; Contradictions in the development process; Characteristics of capital distortion; External relations and development strategy; Objetives and goalds; Institution building; Policy instruments; Programmes and projects; Perspectives for social debate; Central themes; Approaches to economic decolonization; Limits of revolutionary rhetoric; Issues and non-issues; Information and knowledge.



The Demographic Transition in Tropical Africa

Author : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Development Centre. Population Unit

Publisher : OECD Publishing

Page : 348 pages

File Size : 15,85 MB

Release : 1971

Category : Africa, Central

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Demography of Tropical Africa

Author : William Brass

Publisher : Princeton University Press

Page : 571 pages

File Size : 22,24 MB

Release : 2015-12-08

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 1400877148

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This treatise on the demography of sub-Saharan Africa contains materials on age and sex composition, fertility, and mortality. Sets of demographic data are emerging that provide the completeness and specificity required for critical evaluation and analysis. The main body of the work consists of case studies on the Republic of the Congo, French-speaking territories, Portuguese territories, the Sudan, and Nigeria. Evidence is described in critical detail, methods of analysis are presented in full; and the reader is given the basis for judging the quality of the estimates. Originally published in 1968. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.