Economic and Demographic Change in Africa |
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| Editor:
| Mafeje, Archie
Radwan, Samir |
| Series title: | International Studies in Demography Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-828892-3 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 1995 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $55.00 |
Book Description:
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The interaction between demography and the economy has been at the centre of the debate on the performance of African economics in recent years. Africa has in the past decade or so shown some of the highest population growth rates in the world, at a time when the economic crisis has become deeper and deeper. One school of thought blames the present economic crisis on radid population growth, another regards this growth as a stimulus to economic development. What emerges from this...
More DescriptionThe interaction between demography and the economy has been at the centre of the debate on the performance of African economics in recent years. Africa has in the past decade or so shown some of the highest population growth rates in the world, at a time when the economic crisis has become deeper and deeper. One school of thought blames the present economic crisis on radid population growth, another regards this growth as a stimulus to economic development. What emerges from this volume is that the quality of African labour is certainly a barrier to rapid economic growth. The rate of increase in the skill endowment of African labour is accordingly seen as both a constrain and a potential source for accelerated development in the future.