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Policies Needed to Capture a Demographic Dividend in Sub-Saharan Africa
Canadian Studies in Population ( IF 0.852 ) Pub Date : 2019-03-11 , DOI: 10.1007/s42650-019-00005-8
Hans Groth , John F. May , Vincent Turbat

In recent years, discussions on how to capture a demographic dividend (DD) have come to dominate the debate on international development in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The model is that of the East-Asian countries that benefitted from a DD at the end of the twentieth century. Nowadays, the goal is to replicate a similar process in SSA. For this to happen, however, SSA countries will need to implement a number of policies, which we classify into policies fulfilling necessary conditions and policies fulfilling sufficient conditions required to capture a DD. These necessary and sufficient conditions aim at improving the demographic dependency ratio (DDR) but also, as importantly, the employment dependency ratio (EDR) and the socioeconomic dependency ratio (SDR), each ratio being more stringent than the previous ratio. In addition to the formulation and implementation of adequate policies in the area of population, education, health, and gender equity, SSA countries will need to design and implement sound economic policies and improve good governance. To achieve this tall order, it will be crucial to adopt an “integrated approach” in order to foster socioeconomic development across all sectors and muster the full commitment of both the African leadership and the donors’ community.

中文翻译:

获取撒哈拉以南非洲人口红利所需的政策

近年来,关于如何获取人口红利 (DD) 的讨论已成为关于撒哈拉以南非洲 (SSA) 国际发展的辩论的主导。该模型是从 20 世纪末受益于 DD 的东亚国家的模型。如今,目标是在 SSA 中复制类似的过程。然而,要实现这一点,SSA 国家将需要实施一系列政策,我们将这些政策分为满足必要条件的政策和满足捕获 DD 所需的充分条件的政策。这些必要和充分条件旨在提高人口抚养比(DDR),但同样重要的是,提高就业抚养比(EDR)和社会经济抚养比(SDR),每个比率都比以前的比率更严格。除了在人口、教育、卫生和性别平等领域制定和实施适当的政策外,SSA 国家还需要设计和实施合理的经济政策并改善善治。为了实现这一艰巨目标,采取“综合方法”以促进所有部门的社会经济发展并动员非洲领导人和捐助者社区的充分承诺至关重要。
更新日期:2019-03-11
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