Population and Development in the Sahel : Policy Choices to Catalyze a Demographic Dividend
The demographic transition in the Sahel region has been slower than that in the rest of the world. Although child mortality rates have declined in recent decades, they are still higher in West Africa than in other regions. Furthermore, the fertility decline has progressed very slowly, with some coun...
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Format: | Working Paper |
Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2016
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/10/26857117/population-development-sahel-policy-choices-catalyze-demographic-dividend http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25293 |