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Africa¿s mean total fertility rate (TFR) of 5.1 children per woman is far higher than the TFRs of 3.2 in Asia and 2.7 in Latin America. The level of modern contraceptive use in Africa is barely 16%, compared to over 55% upon other developing country continents. Demographic transition is nonetheless currently well underway in Africa, in keeping with...
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In 1950, 28% of the world¿s population lived in cities. At that point, localities larger than 10,000 inhabitants were home to 0.7 billion people, of whom 36% were in developing countries. However, according to UN projections, the rate of urbanization will reach 47.4% in 2000, with cities housing 2.9 billion people, of whom 68.7% will be in developi...
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Many African countries experienced severe political crises after independence, and in a number of cases the crises had significant demographic consequences, especially for child mortality. Data based on maternity histories allowed the reconstruction of child mortality trends over the past 20-30 years in Uganda, Ghana, Rwanda, Madagascar, and Mozamb...
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A database of census and survey information on fertility and nuptiality in Africa being assembled by the French Center for Population and Development (CEPED) was the source for this analysis of changing marriage patterns. Early marriage for girls, nearly universal marriage for both sexes, rapid remarriage of reproductive-age widows and divorcees, p...
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The major results are presented of a study of adolescent sexuality in five Sahel countries: Burkina Faso, Gambia, Mali, Niger, and Senegal. Because of strong taboos on discussing sexuality, most studies of reproductive health in the region have paid little attention to adolescents, who constitute over one-fifth of reproductive-age women. Awareness ...
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The main task of CEPED, the French Center on Population and Development, is to deal with the relations between population and development. The center in this paper questions the nature of the demographic consequences of adjustment policy and reforms in developing countries. There is no doubt that such policies had important social consequences. The...
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This work discusses uncertainties in current knowledge of the probable effects of AIDS on African population growth, and describes a new publication of the French Center for Population and Development (CEPED) on the likely social and demographic consequences of AIDS in Africa. Tropical Africa entered into the demographic transition later than most ...
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The results of recent fertility surveys prove that fertility decline (especially in urban areas) is occurring in more and more sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. The countries first identified in the 1986-1988 Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) as experiencing fertility decline were Botswana, Kenya, and Zimbabwe. Countries recently added to the...
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Urbanization in Africa is increasing rapidly. Between 1950 and 1990 the urban population in Africa increased from 14.5% to 32%. The UN projects that by the year 2025 54.1% of Africans will live in urban areas. Agriculture does not offer enough employment; furthermore, improvement of the situation in rural areas has lead to improved productivity, th...
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The 3rd International Conference on Population and Development, held in Cairo in September 1994, was attended by 180 delegations of UN members and 15,000 participants in both the official conference and a vast forum of nongovernmental organizations. The nearly universal national representation, despite absence of Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and some other...
