Sub-Saharan Africa could reap significant benefits from its growing population—if the transition is well managed Sub-Saharan Africa’s most formidable economic asset could soon be its people. As the ...

Demographic Research, Vol. 31 (JULY - DECEMBER 2014), pp. 1417-1430 (15 pages) BACKGROUND Anthropological literature has long linked bridewealth payments to decision-making about fertility. Recent ...

Africa’s working age population is expected to grow by 450 million people, or close to 70 percent, by 2035. New analysis shows that without effective policy change, there will only be about 100 ...

“The main messages which emerge from this effort to assess poverty in Africa are both encouraging and sobering,” said Kathleen Beegle, World Bank program leader and co-author of the report. “Although ...