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The Roles of Governments, the Private Sector, and the International Community

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Africa's Population: In Search of a Demographic Dividend

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The chapter discusses the policy options that sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries must embrace in order to benefit from a first demographic dividend (DD). First, SSA governments and their development partners must appreciate that a rapid fertility decline is needed to open the demographic window of opportunity that will permit eventually to capture the benefits of a first DD. In addition, SSA governments will need to assess the various policy options that will facilitate the capturing of a first DD. These policy options exist in social sectors (education and health), in economic sectors (infrastructure , transport, and telecommunicatio nstelecommunications), and in the area of good governance. Thereafter and in order to implement the needed policies, the chapter stresses the importance of governmental strategic partnerships with both the private sector as well as the international community (aid agencies and NGOs). The DD is not automatic and without timely, proactive, and enduring policies in the priority sectors, a first DD might not be captured at all.

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    Savings and investments are particularly important for capturing a second demographic dividend .

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    Jotham Musinguzi

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    John F. May

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Musinguzi, J. (2017). The Roles of Governments, the Private Sector, and the International Community. In: Groth, H., May, J. (eds) Africa's Population: In Search of a Demographic Dividend. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46889-1_29

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