Facilitating the demographic transition in Africa : issues and challenges, volume 2
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1997-12Author(s)/Corporate Author (s)
United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa;Metadata
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The study attempts to assess the socio-economic and demographic transition in the selected countries. The purpose is to analyze factors and issues delaying the demographic transition in Africa compared with other world regions, identify the main factors (economic, demographic, social, cultural, biological) facilitating a significant mortality, fertility and population growth declines in Africa, formulate policy and programs recommendations in view of the need of facilitating the demographic transition in the continent. In the analysis of demographic evolution and its determinants, the paper makes use of published data, mainly from censuses, the World Fertility Surveys (WFS), the Demographic and Health Surveys), and also refer to the results of comparative analyses already undertook on the subject by several individuals and organizations.
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“United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa (1997-12). Facilitating the demographic transition in Africa : issues and challenges, volume 2. Addis Ababa :. © UN. ECA,. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/15209”Collections
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