The Demography of Youth in Developing Countries and its Economic Implications
The number of young people is reaching unprecedented levels in most developing countries. In many countries, especially in East Asia and Latin America, youth populations are at or near their peak, and will decline in coming decades. In other countries, especially in Africa and South Asia, youth popu...
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okr-10986-90092021-04-23T14:02:41Z The Demography of Youth in Developing Countries and its Economic Implications Lam, David ADULTHOOD AGE GROUPS BABIES BABY BABY BOOM BIRTH COHORT BIRTH RATE BIRTH RATES CENSUS CENSUS DATA CENSUSES CHANGES IN FERTILITY CHILD MORTALITY CHILDBEARING CHILDBEARING AGE CRUDE BIRTH RATE CRUDE DEATH RATE DEATH RATE DEATH RATES DEATHS DECLINE IN FERTILITY DECLINES IN BIRTH RATES DECLINES IN FERTILITY DEMOGRAPHERS DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS DEMOGRAPHIC PRESSURE DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS DEPENDENCY BURDEN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ECONOMIC CHANGE ECONOMIC DEMOGRAPHY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EPIDEMIC FAMILY RESOURCES FAMILY SIZE FERTILITY BEHAVIOR FERTILITY DECLINE FERTILITY DECLINES FERTILITY RATE FERTILITY RATES HEALTH CARE HIGH POPULATION GROWTH HIGH POPULATION GROWTH RATES HIV INCOME INEQUALITY INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LAM LARGE FAMILIES LARGE POPULATIONS LATIN AMERICAN LIFE CYCLE MORTALITY MORTALITY DECLINE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL NUMBER OF BIRTHS OLDER ADULTS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION AGE STRUCTURE POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION BOMB POPULATION DIVISION POPULATION DYNAMICS POPULATION ESTIMATES POPULATION EXPLOSION POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH RATE POPULATION GROWTH RATES POPULATION MATTERS POPULATION MOMENTUM POPULATION PROJECTIONS POPULATION STUDIES PRODUCTIVE AGES PROGRESS RAPID POPULATION GROWTH RATE OF GROWTH RATE OF POPULATION GROWTH RATES OF GROWTH RATES OF POPULATION SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOLING SIZE OF FAMILIES SMALL FAMILIES SMALLER FAMILIES SOCIAL AFFAIRS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TFR TOTAL FERTILITY RATE TOTAL POPULATION UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNITED NATIONS POPULATION DIVISION WAGES WOMAN WORKING POPULATION WORKING-AGE POPULATION WORLD POPULATION WORLD POPULATION GROWTH YOUNG ADULTS YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WORKERS YOUTH YOUTH EMPLOYMENT YOUTH POPULATION YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT YOUTH WAGES YOUTH WORKERS The number of young people is reaching unprecedented levels in most developing countries. In many countries, especially in East Asia and Latin America, youth populations are at or near their peak, and will decline in coming decades. In other countries, especially in Africa and South Asia, youth populations will continue growing for several decades. From an economic perspective, absolute numbers may be less important than the growth rate or relative size of youth cohorts. Growth rates and the ratio of youth to working-age population reached a peak in the 1970s or 1980s in most developing countries. The worst economic pressures of youth demography may have already occurred in many countries, although significant pressure will continue in Africa and South Asia. 2012-06-26T14:15:37Z 2012-06-26T14:15:37Z 2006-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/10/7106763/demography-youth-developing-countries-economic-implications http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9009 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4022 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |
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ADULTHOOD AGE GROUPS BABIES BABY BABY BOOM BIRTH COHORT BIRTH RATE BIRTH RATES CENSUS CENSUS DATA CENSUSES CHANGES IN FERTILITY CHILD MORTALITY CHILDBEARING CHILDBEARING AGE CRUDE BIRTH RATE CRUDE DEATH RATE DEATH RATE DEATH RATES DEATHS DECLINE IN FERTILITY DECLINES IN BIRTH RATES DECLINES IN FERTILITY DEMOGRAPHERS DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS DEMOGRAPHIC PRESSURE DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS DEPENDENCY BURDEN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ECONOMIC CHANGE ECONOMIC DEMOGRAPHY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EPIDEMIC FAMILY RESOURCES FAMILY SIZE FERTILITY BEHAVIOR FERTILITY DECLINE FERTILITY DECLINES FERTILITY RATE FERTILITY RATES HEALTH CARE HIGH POPULATION GROWTH HIGH POPULATION GROWTH RATES HIV INCOME INEQUALITY INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LAM LARGE FAMILIES LARGE POPULATIONS LATIN AMERICAN LIFE CYCLE MORTALITY MORTALITY DECLINE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL NUMBER OF BIRTHS OLDER ADULTS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION AGE STRUCTURE POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION BOMB POPULATION DIVISION POPULATION DYNAMICS POPULATION ESTIMATES POPULATION EXPLOSION POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH RATE POPULATION GROWTH RATES POPULATION MATTERS POPULATION MOMENTUM POPULATION PROJECTIONS POPULATION STUDIES PRODUCTIVE AGES PROGRESS RAPID POPULATION GROWTH RATE OF GROWTH RATE OF POPULATION GROWTH RATES OF GROWTH RATES OF POPULATION SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOLING SIZE OF FAMILIES SMALL FAMILIES SMALLER FAMILIES SOCIAL AFFAIRS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TFR TOTAL FERTILITY RATE TOTAL POPULATION UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNITED NATIONS POPULATION DIVISION WAGES WOMAN WORKING POPULATION WORKING-AGE POPULATION WORLD POPULATION WORLD POPULATION GROWTH YOUNG ADULTS YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WORKERS YOUTH YOUTH EMPLOYMENT YOUTH POPULATION YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT YOUTH WAGES YOUTH WORKERS |
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ADULTHOOD AGE GROUPS BABIES BABY BABY BOOM BIRTH COHORT BIRTH RATE BIRTH RATES CENSUS CENSUS DATA CENSUSES CHANGES IN FERTILITY CHILD MORTALITY CHILDBEARING CHILDBEARING AGE CRUDE BIRTH RATE CRUDE DEATH RATE DEATH RATE DEATH RATES DEATHS DECLINE IN FERTILITY DECLINES IN BIRTH RATES DECLINES IN FERTILITY DEMOGRAPHERS DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS DEMOGRAPHIC PRESSURE DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS DEPENDENCY BURDEN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ECONOMIC CHANGE ECONOMIC DEMOGRAPHY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EPIDEMIC FAMILY RESOURCES FAMILY SIZE FERTILITY BEHAVIOR FERTILITY DECLINE FERTILITY DECLINES FERTILITY RATE FERTILITY RATES HEALTH CARE HIGH POPULATION GROWTH HIGH POPULATION GROWTH RATES HIV INCOME INEQUALITY INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LAM LARGE FAMILIES LARGE POPULATIONS LATIN AMERICAN LIFE CYCLE MORTALITY MORTALITY DECLINE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL NUMBER OF BIRTHS OLDER ADULTS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION AGE STRUCTURE POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION BOMB POPULATION DIVISION POPULATION DYNAMICS POPULATION ESTIMATES POPULATION EXPLOSION POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH RATE POPULATION GROWTH RATES POPULATION MATTERS POPULATION MOMENTUM POPULATION PROJECTIONS POPULATION STUDIES PRODUCTIVE AGES PROGRESS RAPID POPULATION GROWTH RATE OF GROWTH RATE OF POPULATION GROWTH RATES OF GROWTH RATES OF POPULATION SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOLING SIZE OF FAMILIES SMALL FAMILIES SMALLER FAMILIES SOCIAL AFFAIRS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TFR TOTAL FERTILITY RATE TOTAL POPULATION UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNITED NATIONS POPULATION DIVISION WAGES WOMAN WORKING POPULATION WORKING-AGE POPULATION WORLD POPULATION WORLD POPULATION GROWTH YOUNG ADULTS YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WORKERS YOUTH YOUTH EMPLOYMENT YOUTH POPULATION YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT YOUTH WAGES YOUTH WORKERS Lam, David The Demography of Youth in Developing Countries and its Economic Implications |
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Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4022 |
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The number of young people is reaching unprecedented levels in most developing countries. In many countries, especially in East Asia and Latin America, youth populations are at or near their peak, and will decline in coming decades. In other countries, especially in Africa and South Asia, youth populations will continue growing for several decades. From an economic perspective, absolute numbers may be less important than the growth rate or relative size of youth cohorts. Growth rates and the ratio of youth to working-age population reached a peak in the 1970s or 1980s in most developing countries. The worst economic pressures of youth demography may have already occurred in many countries, although significant pressure will continue in Africa and South Asia. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Lam, David |
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Lam, David |
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Lam, David |
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The Demography of Youth in Developing Countries and its Economic Implications |
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The Demography of Youth in Developing Countries and its Economic Implications |
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The Demography of Youth in Developing Countries and its Economic Implications |
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The Demography of Youth in Developing Countries and its Economic Implications |
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The Demography of Youth in Developing Countries and its Economic Implications |
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demography of youth in developing countries and its economic implications |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/10/7106763/demography-youth-developing-countries-economic-implications http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9009 |
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