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Demographic Dividend in Africa : reaping the benefits

Demographic Dividend in Africa : reaping the benefits. Adedoyin Soyibo High Level Ministerial Meeting International Conference of Family Planning; Dakar, Senegal, 30 November 2011. Health Policy Training and Research Programme, Department of Economics, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

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Demographic Dividend in Africa : reaping the benefits

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  1. Demographic Dividend in Africa : reaping the benefits Adedoyin Soyibo High Level Ministerial Meeting International Conference of Family Planning; Dakar, Senegal, 30 November 2011 Health Policy Training and Research Programme, Department of Economics, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

  2. OUTLINE • What Demographic Dividend(DD) is • What does Research Tell Us about DD in Africa? • What Africa can do to Reap DD • What if it is business as usual? Health Policy Training and Research Programme, Department of Economics, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

  3. What Demographic Dividend is • Demographic Divided refers tovirtuous cycles of economic growth that come with • Increases in Working Age Population with transition from high fertility and high mortality to low fertility and low mortality • Leading to production and income increases • As a result of the existence more effective workers per consumer. Health Policy Training and Research Programme, Department of Economics, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

  4. Changing Age Structure and Lower Dependency Ratio • Changing Age Structure and increasing Longevity • Increasing Working Population to Total Population • Growth in Working Population to Total Population Health Policy Training and Research Programme, Department of Economics, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

  5. Health Policy Training and Research Programme, Department of Economics, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

  6. What Does Research tell us about DD in Africa?

  7. DD in NTA Africa Countries Health Policy Training and Research Programme, Department of Economics, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

  8. What Africa can do to Reap DD • Promoting and strengthening FP to sustain fertility decline • Increase investment in human capital as fertility declines. • Deliberate policies to improve access to labor markets for youths (domestically). • Deliberate policies to improve access to labor markets for youths (regionally and internationally, where possible ). • Promoting industrialization in a sustainable way; for example, through infrastructural development to enhance job creation • Financial sector must be strengthened to aid and sustain investment that will enhance second dividend Health Policy Training and Research Programme, Department of Economics, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

  9. What if it is business as usual? • God forbid!!! • Direct relationship between failed states and high fertility • Direct relationship between share of population aged 0-29 years and failed state • There is a relationship between high infant mortality and high child dependency • Direct relationship between high infant mortality and index of failed states • Must Africa continue on this path? • A wake-up call. • FP is it!!! Health Policy Training and Research Programme, Department of Economics, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

  10. Thank you Health Policy Training and Research Programme, Department of Economics, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

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