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Sunday, August 27, 2023

Demographics and Economic Development - The Case of Africa

Demography Is Destiny in Africa
https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/08/26/demographics-africa-sub-sahara-population-boom-growth-aging-gender-inequality-climate-change/
Rapid population growth is about to hit the countries whose economies and climates are least equipped to handle it.

Talking More About Condoms Is Good for Africa’s Economy
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-01/condoms-family-planning-are-key-to-nigeria-economic-growth    
Lowering birthrates is key to cutting poverty in the world’s most fertile population.
 
Africa's population will double by 2050 | The Economist
https://www.economist.com/special-report/2020/03/26/africas-population-will-double-by-2050
 
Africa’s Prospects for Enjoying a Demographic Dividend
https://www.nber.org/papers/w22560
 
Be Fruitful or Multiply: On the Interplay between Fertility and Economic Development
https://www.jstor.org/stable/20007749 

Related:
The Competition for Believers in Africa’s Religion Market
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-competition-for-believers-in-africas-religion-market-66e5255d
On a continent whose growing population presents enormous opportunities for Christianity and Islam, both faiths are adapting to charismatic modes of worship and indigenous traditions.